Grand Kids

Last night I did a family portrait for my parents, siblings, and all the grandkids. It's been several years (five I think) since we've done an extended family picture. Most of the grand kids were great, with the exception of my oldest son. He's 10, you'd think he could handle 20 minutes in front of the camera.

So, this morning I did a portrait (above) for some long-time family friends. When we couldn't get the grandkids to smile, I completely understood. (I'd just gone through it. Fortunately, this was the last picture we took, the kids did great in the other pics.) I think the smiles come from the knowledge they were handing the kids back after the picture. :)

Spanish Fork Peak

As a kid, my friends and I made it a point to hike Spanish Fork Peak each year. My first trip up we spent the night in hammocks attached to the survey pyramid. The next few trips we took a few other friends and made the day of it. We even made one ascent while in college, but I haven't been back since. (That would have been about 12 years ago.)

So, yesterday a few members of our Varsity scout team made the trip. We hiked to lake on the North side of the peak Friday night, then made the rest of the hike this morning. It was truly beautiful. Being on top of the mountain, looking down on my home town brought back so many great memories.

For my buddy

Alpine Loop Ride

Last night my brother Ben and I took a ride over the Alpine Loop for Ben's birthday. It was a perfect ride with the exception of the small bit of rain around the Summit Trail stop. Here are a couple of pics we took overlooking AF canyon.