On Friday we went on a hike and as we hiked Lloyd, my cousin Kirk, Diego and Alessandro would stop to fish every now and then. It wasn't a very difficult hike, but it took time and it definitely wore the little ones out. (which isn't really a bad thing) :) The biggest highlight of the hike was finding huckleberries and eating them. They were so good and the kids became experts at finding them. So we took lots of "breaks" to eat the huckleberries whenever they were spotted. I think they will always remember that. It was fun to see.
Finding huckleberries mmm
As the boys took a break to fish, in order to keep the younger ones content I let Luca have the camera and he had a blast taking pictures of Mia and me. He'd tell us what kind of faces to make and snap away Here are just a few he took. I won't bore you with them all. ;)
Lloyd loves to take pictures of insects, butterflies, flowers, etc and Diego has learned that he enjoys it also. On his camera you will often find these kind of pictures. Some are really quite good for the cheap old camera he uses.
On Saturday we played in the river that we camped by and some of us went tubing down it a ways. (Colleen bar far being the most daring. hahaha) The water felt like ice so I had no desire to go in and neither did Mia once she touched it. But all the boys did and they had a blast. After playing for most of the day we packed up and went to Lloyd and Colleens for the evening.
Mia refusing to stand in the water with me
She even cried when we forced her to go in the boat
But then she realized it wasn't so bad. :)
Kirk and Colleen trying to boat down...didn't work too well. hahaha
It is always a good time and we are so grateful to have family close that is willing to put up with us non-campers who try to be. :)
Looks like a blast! We still need to make it up there with you one of these years.
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