Timpanogos Cave

Clint and I decided to take the boys on an adventure on Saturday. We woke the boys up, got them ready, went to Walmart (which that is an experience all by itself) then headed up the canyons. We wanted to take the boys up to the Timpanogos Cave. We got there about 12:45 and the next hike time up there was at 2:30. We had a some time to kill. We didn't want the boys to get pooped out before we went up, so we had a picnic and threw rocks into the river.

Look how excited they are to go on a hike! They have no idea what to expect.

Look we're not sweaty yet :)

Notice only one of the kids are smiling. Hiking isn't as much fun as they thought it was going to be.

Surprisingly, Tanner made it too the top with no problem. Troy made it with a little help from dad by holding his hand and pulling him. And then there was Carter, he got about 1/4 of the way and then was asking me to hold him. Clint really wanted the kids to make it as long as they could without being carried, so smarty pants Carter would start to walk slow so Clint would get out of his sight and then turn to me and ask "Now can you hold me". How can you say no to him?

As soon as we got inside the cave Carter fell sound asleep and missed all but the last little bit. Then we had the hike down, Tanner and Carter wanted to run down the hill. Troy on the other hand wanted to be carried the whole way down. He cried about being tired, having a tummy ache, and being hot. So we told him if he could make it half way then we would carry him the last half. And then of course when that happened, Carter wanted to be carried. Needless to say Clint and I both ended up carrying one down. Tanner is the winner of the day!

Heather~ I was right, the way I felt yesterday and today it feels like I have had a double workout. YUCK! I am getting old. My thighs, hips and calves hurt from hiking.