Rock Canyon With the Baileys

Aaron's sister Stacey and her husband Rob and their three kids, Audrey, Bennett, and Jeremiah came into town last night. They are stopping here in Utah for a couple of days on their way to Washington to visit Aaron's parents. We met up with them this morning and decided to go hiking in Rock Canyon. Kelly also joined us.

Jeremiah and Aaron

Bennett, Audrey, and Rob

On the way up, just past the bright green gate, there was this little place in the rock that was good for climbing for the kids, at least the older ones.

Lincoln walking with a stick

We had one adult per child. I carried Ivan. Stacey carried Jeremiah. Aaron watched out for/helped/and carried Lincoln. And Rob and Kelly kept track of and sometimes gave piggy backs to Audrey and Bennett. We didn't get super far along the trail, but that's ok.

Krystal carrying Ivan

Kelly showed a us nice spot across the river where we stopped and ate lunch. We saw a pretty decent sized Wolf Spider, and someone, Rob I think, promptly killed it. That was a little bit scary since all the kids that could walk were crawling and climbing around all over the rocks.

Lincoln picking up rocks to throw in the stream

After lunch we started to cross the river to continue on with our hike, but we only made it about half way across. The kids weren't that excited about hiking, but they were very excited about throwing rocks in the river. So we sat in the middle of the river in a shady spot (the river isn't deep at all) and let the kids throw rocks in the river. We even set small rocks on top of the really big rocks and used them as targets to aim at. It was fun. After about an hour we decided it was time to head back to the house for nap time and such. Lincoln threw a major fit because he didn't want to stop playing in the water. I think he would have been entertained for hours.

We came home and put the kids down for a nap and Aaron and I prepared everything we needed to for our BBQ. We made chicken sandwiches, roasted pineapple, and a dessert called fire roasted apples. It was all very tasty. We had to invite some of the neighbors over to help us finish off the food. It was a very wonderful relaxing night. Tomorrow we are getting up bright and early to go see the hot air balloons.