Big Cottonwood Canyon

Chris and I took a trip up Big Cottonwood Canyon. One of the canyons up from Salt Lake City. We wanted to go for a hike and see what fall colors we could see up there. We had a great time going for a little walk around Silver Lake.

Eeewww... he found some moss

a hug for mom.... or maybe a choke hold

showing some leg :-)

I think he was really playing with making shadows

nice little pic of the lake and some changing leaves

stopping for a picture

mommy and me... being a goof ball

some beautiful yellows

more yellows

another shot of the lake

trying to hide in the trees

taking a break, he said his legs hurt to much to walk anymore :-)

showing off his hat hair

After our walk around Silver Lake we took a drive over Guardsman pass into Park City

more of the beautiful yellows

thats the dirt road we drove on

finally found some oranges!

Chris started dancing as we were walking along the trail. At first he said it was his "sexy booty dance".... but I think it ended up being more of a "watching his shadow" dance.

Fall Colors

We took a little drive up Beaver mountain to go and see some of the fall colors. There was mostly the yellow aspens, and they were very beautiful!

a little over look to the town below

What a QT

another mommy and me shot

Chris took this picture of Jared and I

the Trio

more yellows

some reds

some oranges

Some Summer Fun

Sorry but I just realized I was a little behind on these. We have a membership to Thanksgiving Point, so we go to the Farm Country as often as we can. Here are some pictures from one of our visits.

Thanksgiving Point, Farm Country

(or petting zoo as Chris calls it)

petting one of the little ponies

some bunny rabbits

The little man wearing his Elmo sunglasses

riding the pony....this is probably his favorite part of the whole Farm Country

some sheep

the best part of the whole day....a popsicle

After the Farm Country we went over to see the Hidden Falls, and had a little picnic there

Hidden Falls

reach for the sky!

SO CUTE!

the goof ball himself!

of course he had to go play in the water

strike a pose

and another pose

Stopping to smell the flowers

For Pioneer Weekend (July 24) we went to the Days of 47 Rodeo in Salt Lake, then on Saturday we went up to Ogden to the Pioneer Days Rodeo. Didn't get any pix of the Days of 47 Rodeo.... but did of the Pioneer Days Rodeo.

Pioneer Days Rodeo, Ogden Utah

walking with his Uncle Randy to the rodeo

holding his hat over his heart during the national anthem. This one is really special because his Uncle Will left for Afghanistan two days before this picture was taken.

checking out the bucken bulls!

"Cheese"

a close up of one of the big old bulls

Over this summer we've made it to 5 rodeos, and there is one more the end of October still to go to. He loves going and watching all the ropers, bare back riders, saddle bronchs, and of course the bull riders. Some of the rodeos started later in the evening so it was a little tough for him to stay awake all the way to the bull riders. But he sure has a great time watching all of them.

Tracy Aviary

One day this summer we decided to go check out the Tracy Aviary here in Salt Lake City. All the years I've lived here I have never gone and checked it out. Jared asked me about it one day and said he'd like to see it, so we all decided to go.

Tracy Aviary is one of two free-standing aviaries in the United States. It is over 70 years old and a cultural asset to Salt Lake City

The little man....all ready to go see some birds!

a pair of beautiful Golden Eagles

and a Beautiful Bald Eagle.... or "Papa Eagle" as Chris calls them

He calls my dad "Papa with no hair", and so that's how the Bald Eagle became the Papa Eagle :-)

the next pictures are take by Christopher himself!

He's turning into a little photographer

The Aviary Bird Show!

cool owl!

the spectators

the Trio

Donating to the Aviary

The Raven might have scared him a just a little :-)

Backwords

Ok so I posted the next two posted in reverse, but you still get the idea. We went to the aquarium the first day, then the railroad camp the next day.....I'm still working at the blog thing :-)