Labor Day Fun

For a mini day-trip, we headed up the canyon. On our way to Bear Lake, we stopped at the Limber Pine trail. This short, one-miler was a beautiful path through a neat forest of snow twisted pines. It also had a gorgeous overlook of the lake. Against Matt's better judgment, we threw Madi in the big backpack rather then her age-appropriate tummy pack. Mom was sure if we stuffed a pillow in for her to sit on and blocked up the sides with blankets so she didn't slip through all would be okay. She did great, thankfully, but we learned later that she isn't supposed to ride back-style until she can sit up on her own at about 6 months. OOPS! Aunt Jodi saved her little life when we took her out on the Bonneville shoreline trail a few days later and things went badly awry with the backpack. She was in some serious hurt not being able to hold her head up that long and Jodi had to carry her down to the road while I ran back for the car. Oh, those poor oldest children who's parents have to learn everything the hard way. Well, she's a toughy and we'll be smarter in the future. So glad we didn't head out to the Juniper Tree trail (a good 10 miler) with this tiny tot wobbling, jarring, and jiggling sadly away in the too-big pack (another one of Mom's wild ideas that Dad was very hesitant about). We learned from our failed test-run that it would've been a real fiasco!

Anyway, Labor Day was fun, fun, fun! No labor, beautiful drive, fabulous mini-hike, and the best part...pizza at our favorite place in Bear Lake and a famous raspberry shake before we headed home. It don't get any better than that!