Back to Tie Hack for Fall colors...

We like going into the mountains to see the fall colors. Since we mostly just have pine/fir trees in our yard, we kind of miss the whole leaf thing. So, on Sept. 26, 2009, (I know, I am WAY behind. Bear with me, I'll get caught up, even if I am a season behind all along the way!) we went to Tie Hack reservoir. It was a beautiful and warm day. You can see that in Jonathan's red cheeks in the pics. The kids had a good time running, climbing rocks, rock climbing, and picking up bits of nature for a nature collage. The video below is a compilation of pics from the day. Enjoy!






Jonathan with the stuff we picked up for the nature collage. Then he got to work gluing it all down. What an artist!

Crazy Woman Canyon

We had Loren and Joe with us a couple weekends ago. We took them through Crazy Woman Canyon on September 29. The colors were beautiful. Renee has been telling us how wonderful it is up there, and it was fun to finally drive through it. Click on this first picture to see green, red, orange, yellow, and maybe even pink leaves!

Annisia was having a good time. She really likes the outdoors, and doesn't mind the wind either. Right now, she likes her new pink hiking boots too. Aren't they cute?!

She really enjoys cheese sticks...

......but so does Bella! Hang on to your cheese, Annisia!

Jonathan wanted to go down by the creek. He is fascinated by nearly everything...flowing water, rocks, mud, looking for fish...you name it.

And Annisia likes water. Period. She liked sitting on this rock for a little bit, but then wanted to stick her hand in the flowing water. Logically...it looks just like the water that comes out of our hose or the faucet. So we just have to put our hand in it. But, she slipped a little and her foot went in. Brrr!

Joe was so sweet with Annisia. She really took to him, let him hold her hand to walk...

...and rode on his shoulders when the going got too tough!