Jack's Birthday is coming up on Thursday! I can't believe he is already going to be a year old! From the past we have learned that if he get's to many gifts at once he has no interest in them, so we recieved a package from great- grandpa the other day and have been opening one package a day. The first items were these cute soft balls, Jack loved taking them in and out of the box.
This past weekend my Aunt Bogusia from Washington was able to come and visit us. On Saturday we were able to take a stroll in the Thanksgiving Point Gardens, have a lovely lunch at the Trellis Cafe up there, and then splash around in the Children's Garden. They had a fun Noah's Arc pond area as well as a lighthouse and tunnels for kids to run through. We had a blast, although the heat did get to us a bit.
On Sunday, we all loaded up in the car and drove to the high Uintas to hike around Mirror Lake. (Not without adventure at the beginning of the trip), my car started over heating because it turns out that I didn't have any coolant (I should really take better care and check my fluids, etc. I tell myself this everytime something happens to the car.) Then something started to smell, and it turned out my CV Boot had cracked, still not 100% sure what this is, besides that it has something to do with the axel. Anyhow, fun time at the car garage coming up! Luckily, this all happened when we were picking up Mom and Bogusia, so we switched cars, unluckily, my poor mom got very car sick on the way to pick up the Jeep.
To our surprise, we had never gone up to Mirror Lake so early in the year, and the drive down was still snow packed. The whole trail was also snow packed, so mom and Bogusia ended up exploring the area around the lake while Stephen, Jack, the dogs and I trekked our way through the snow and streams. All of us had a really good time.
