Silver Lake & Cecret Lake

In July we took advantage of Brad's break from school and the cooler temperatures up in the mountains and made a few trips up the canyons.  We walked around Silver Lake one evening.  We usually make it up there once a summer.  I like this trail because it's a flat, paved walking trail around a gorgeous lake.  The boys had a good time, but we had mistakenly prepped Owen for a hike, and when we were done he said, "But I wanted to go on a hike!"

We saw a few moose at the beginning... didn't stick around there very long!  

This is our annual picture spot.  It's kind of fun to look back and see how our family has changed each year!

2014

 2013

2012

A couple weeks later we ventured up to Cecret Lake, in Alta.  The hike wasn't too bad, but it was definitely a hike!  I stopped counting how many times Owen had to stop because his "legs hurt"... guess we need to find a happy medium for hikes for him!  The surprise of the day was how absolutely beautiful all of the wildflowers were!    

(Because smiling is just too boring!)

 

Owen was such a stinker the whole time!  He wouldn't cooperate for any family pictures.  The sweet lady who stopped to take this tried her best, but this is all we got.  I sort of love it anyways!

Owen has been very interested in taking pictures lately.  This was one he took!  Not bad!

We were headed back to our car at dusk...the lighting was gorgeous, so (of course) we had to stop and take some more pictures! 

(Photo credit to Owen...I think he has an eye!)