Labor day weekend we finally decided to Hike the Y. I've been wanting to do this for a while with the kids but wasn't sure if it would be too hard. They like to complain on uphill hikes a lot. So I told them this was my birthday present to myself and whoever could join and not complain could come with me and if they came and didn't complain I would buy them ice cream afterwards. Well it totally worked. We had such a fun time. The hike was hard but I like how the have it all marked out with signs at every switch back offering encouragement and we knew exactly how much further we had. We ate some snacks at the top and then hiked down which for my knees was 10xs harder than the way up. My knees were killing me. We then stopped by the Creamery for some yummy ice cream. The kids are already asking when they can hike it again.
On Labor Day we took the family up to the Uintahs. We made a few stops and had a fun day. Our first stop was at this fairy trail I had read about. You can't add anymore fairies to it but it was fun to see all the fairy houses around.
Next we stopped at Mirror lake and walked around it and ate lunch.
The last stop was Provo Falls. The kids loved Provo Falls. They had so much fun bouldering over the rocks and crossing back and forth over the river. It was such a fun day.
The day after Labor Day was my birthday. It was one of the not so favorite birthdays. Siena and I both got colds on Labor Day and after being paranoid about Covid, we decided to go get tested that morning. So I spend my morning in line getting tested. We were both negative thankfully and it was fun to spend some one and one time with Siena. We both recovered a couple days later and were fine. Luckily Shane took me out to dinner the Saturday before so we were still able to celebrate.
The kids did a couple of fun primary activity days this month. The girls did a service project pulling weeds for Maddi and family next door with triplets and Jaron and his group had a fun nerf gun war at the park. Such a fun group of kids and leaders.
Shane and I were finally able to go back to the temple for an endowment session. It was so good to be back and hopefully we never go this long not going to the temple again. It's nice that we both work from home and can get daytime appointments to go as it's a lot easier to get in during the day and you need an appointment to go.
The girls made their Utah cakes that everyone in 4th grade does each year. Siena decided to make a large rice krispy 'cake' and Aria make a chocolate cake with white frosting. They then took all the stuff to decorate with with rivers, mountains and major Utah national parks and sites. They were excited to be able to eat it when they were done.
We took our annual drive up canyon for fall leaves. It was crowded as it always is each year at this time but so pretty. We pulled over and walked up this little random path for a while and it was fun to get out in nature.
Jaron is playing on a AA soccer team this year. His team is new and they have had a pretty rough season. 2 great things happened this month. They won their first game (and would be their only win on the season) and his coaches invited the team and took them to a REAL Salt Lake soccer game. They are the major league soccer team in Salt Lake. The team wore their jersey's and were able to walk onto the field with a bunch of other teams and get announced on the field. They had such a fun time. and although Jaron wishes they would win more, he loves playing soccer so much that the losses don't even bother him that much. He just loves to play.
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