Cal's Birthday

This adorable birthday monster is 3 today! He asked for pasta and mint chocolate chip ice cream. I threw in the traditional peach cake to commemorate the occasion of going into labor with him after spending the day canning peaches.

Cal is the comic relief in our family. He's happy, and silly, and friendly, and constantly go-go-going. He lights up the world with his cheesy grin, social laugh, and fluffy white hairs. Everybody loves Cal, and Cal loves everyone.

Happy Birthday Pal, love you to the moon.......and back!

Salt Creek Canyon Falls

Today was the most perfect Labor Day. We hiked to Salt Creek Canyon Falls, one of our favorite trails on Nebo Loop. It's a super easy and family friendly hike, with a great waterfall at the end. Last time we hiked it in spring, so it was too cold to get in the water, but today it was hot and so were we. We spent literally hours playing in the water, and it was so fun. Adelia randomly brought a hammock? So we set it up, and I was able to sit in it to feed Oslo. There were also some big logs to sit on and I did, but the kids mostly played in the pool beneath the falls. They splashed, and built rock dams, and it was so much fun. Other groups of people came and went, but none stayed long, so we pretty much had the place to ourselves. We took turns daring each other to go stand underneath the waterfall. Even I got in on that action. And we took a family selfie, and succeeded in getting all nine of us, plus the waterfall in the picture. Awesome! Here's a few (million) pictures. Enjoy!

Oslo's first hike!

Oslo's Blessing Day

We blessed Oslo today. He was an angel. Our extended family are roskstars because they made it all the way out to Elk Ridge and 8:30am church to celebrate the occasion with us.

After church we came back to the house for brunch. Really the only thing brunchy about it was that it was 10:30 in the morning. We totally had sandwiches, salads, and soda. Oh well.

And since Cal's birthday is in three days, and we didn't think everyone would drive down a second time, we celebrated his 3rd birthday with the extended family. The only dessert we were having was ice cream cones, so we put his candle in that. He wasn't too sure about it, haha! But as you can see, he was thrilled with his new Tball set from Gramma Tam and Papa Kerry.