Fall

We planned a lovely Saturday evening to drive up Big Cottonwood Canyon to Silver Lake. That canyon is so gorgeous and it's especially amazing in the fall. Literally every two minutes I had to exclaim out loud how beautiful it all was! Totally worth the drive and carsickness to take in all that fall beauty!

 I tried to get some good family pictures up there. Will and Kate and their girls joined us and Kate took some pictures of us all together. Taking pictures of the five of us feels like a circus, especially since none of my kids were feeling any need to really cooperate. Hudson is making some ridiculous face in pretty much every single picture.

 After we took pictures we walked around the lake and just took in all that amazing beauty! It was chillier up there than we anticipated, but lovely nonetheless. Hudson fell on some ice and was absolutely DONE until he decided he could be happy if Aunt Kate held his hand. That got us through most of the hike/walk.

 I sure love this little family of mine! Stressful attempts at family pics and all, these boys all make my heart so happy. I laugh a little when I think back to my high school days and feeling sad of noticeable lack of male admiration- now I have FOUR boys that hug, kiss, cuddle and love me. My heart just feels like it will burst with love and gratitude for these guys.

I love Davis's little face in this picture! It describes how I felt during part of this experience- like "c'mon boys! Just cooperate and smile and look at the camera so we can be done!"