Scooter ride

I never posted this picture of Mom and Xavier, but I like it a lot - Mom's smile/laugh. It is a good one.

What do you do when it's hot and humid in the Midwest?

Seriously hot and humid - like 110 heat index and 80% humidity. I am one of the offspring who inherited Dad's profuse sweating capacity and so this kind of heat has its side effects. I won't go into details. I also hate sitting inside all day with two small children watching them rip apart the house. So what to do?

We went to McCormick's Creek and played all morning long.

We scampered over rocks and dipped our toes in the water.

We got a big kick out of throwing rocks and watching them splash.

We waded in the creek.

We enjoyed the gorgeous sunlight.

We conquered rocks and crowed like Peter Pan.

We sat down on smooth river rocks and let the water flow over us.

And we did all kinds of interpretative dancing in the water on the smooth rocks.

And we stayed cool.

Mt. Timpanogos

On saturday, Caitlyn, her sister Lindsey, Lindsey's husband Joe, and I attempted to hike up to the glacier lakes on Mt. Timpanogos. It was a fun hike, but had to be cut short because of the overload of snow that still lays on the mountain. We crossed a bunch of snow patches until we finally thought there was too much and we would have to turn around. So we sat down and ate our packed lunch.....at 9:30 a.m. It was fun trying to ski down the snow fields in our tennis shoes! A fun day.