Super Angie...Oh What Do You Do...

Oh what do you do in the summer time, when all the world is green?
Do you splash in a stream, or picnic with me,
Do you climb every rock in Sight?
If thats what you do, we do too!

Yesterday was so much fun. We took a McDonald's picnic (which BTW was eaten in the car before we even made it to the mouth of the canyon!!) up to American Fork Canyon. We drove around until we found a great picnic area with lots of big boulders for the kids to climb on. For those who aren't familiar, in the sport of Rock Climbing, there is a thing called Bouldering, where you climb on big boulders. There are no safety ropes, usually people bring huge crash pads, so if/when you do fall, you can at least have a semi safe landing. Anyway, we forgot our pad, but the kids climbed anyway. We only had one fall--Dallin--and he just skinned his knee. It was really fun watching the boys get braver and braver.
After a while, we decided to head to another site where there is a well known boulder. No one was climbing it and the level of it was beyond that of the boy's abilities, so instead we went and played in the river. I sat on a rock with Tanith on my lap. I splashed some mountain water on her legs and feet and she seemed to enjoy that. The boys threw rocks (even DH!) and then waded across to the other side. DH could only take one at a time, so the other boy and I would cheer as we watched them go. That water is so cold, but it was 100 degrees, so it felt pretty good. It was cute to watch them all explore the shore line together, holding hands. Sometimes Brennan would hold DH's leg. So cute!

It was a great family outing.
What types of great family outings have you had lately?

Signing off...Super Angie
PS..I changed the colors of my blog...let me know what you think..does it work? Is it hard to read? Do you like it better? What should I do?