Vacation Update

I am still in Salt Lake City. It has been really nice spending time with family and friends. Of course we spent some time up in the mountains (I can never get too much of being in the mountains where it is cool, smells like pine trees, and is so beautiful). We spent some time in Millcreek Canyon with Quisha's (my wife) family. Here is a link to some nice photos of Millcreek Canyon: http://www.utahpictures.com/Mount_Aire.php
My daughters, Hannah and Sasha, went wading in the river (creek) they wanted me to show them how to skip rocks. The water was so cold (it is runoff from the snow pack--so very cold) I couldn't stay in for very long. Hannah, on the other hand, just stayed in apparently unaware of the freezing cold water and threw rocks until...she lost her footing and fell completely in. She quickly decided it was cold. Unfortunately, we didn't bring her an extra set of clothing (I don't know what we were thinking!?) but since we were only about 15 minutes from home we just went home to change her clothes and then sped back up the canyon for more mountain fun.

We roasted hot dogs and beans and of course s'mores. I even made some banana boats. What are banana boats? Well, my version is: open a banana with just a quarter of the peel exposing the banana, slice the banana lengthwise and make room to put chocolate and marshmallows, replace the peel and wrap in foil. Place the foil-covered banana in the hot coals of the fire and wait 5-10 minutes until the chocolate and marshmallows are melted and the banana is warmed. Carefully remove from the fire, unwrap the foil, and enjoy...yum. My wife likes to add peanut butter. Delicious both ways. How is it that food always tastes better in the mountains?

Well, I must run to pick up my daughters from a sleepover with their cousins: Ari, Natalie, and Katie. I am sure they all had a great time and probably had very little sleep...we should probably call it a stayover rather than a sleepover...