Flatop

So if you know the Mormon Culture - you know that Monday nights are reserved for "Family Home Evening." Which doesn't always occur at home or in the evenings but always includes the family. A couple weeks ago we went up to Flatop - well, the overlook anyway - and did a bit of "hiking" around -  which means we walked over the paths, both paved and dirt. We took a trail up to the power lines and never should have mentioned the word "bear" because Harrison FREAKED out the entire time . . . "I wanna go home now!" "Let's please go home!" "I don't want to hike anymore." So - fortunately for him we had three younger kids - a couple of which were getting ready for bedtime . . . so we didn't stay long - but I must say - with the LARGE amounts of bear maulings and sightings this year, I'm a bit disappointed that I have not been a part of the phenomenon - not the maulings - the sightings! And since you can't actually predict the outcome of a sighting - I'm not that disappointed.

Harrison isn't a fan of direct sunlight - maybe he's a vampire!

(Although he doesn't sparkle like one!)

This photo made me laugh - Aidan is definitely his father's son.

Jack was a bit freaked about the bear situation - but only because he thought we went to SEE bears - and since we hadn't seen one yet, he was not excited about going home. Try telling a 3-year old that they aren't as passive on flatop as they are at the zoo!

Me and my Eme - she's so dang cute in a hat!

After the hiking we went home and made huge mongo gigantor banana splits and ice cream sundaes with so many topping options Ben & Jerry's would have been jealous! So much for our FHE topic the week before about the Word of Wisdom - which includes what's good and not good to ingest - hey, ice cream sundaes aren't on the NO list, just the SOMETIMES list, right?!?!?!?!?!?! At least the bananas were healthy!

{Monday August 11, 2008 Family Home Evening}