McAlister Matters

It was too perfect a day to pass up another bike ride. Sarah, Kahlan and I set out on the Legacy trail again. It was sunny and cool out. Kahlan sported her pink shades.

After four years, Sarah and I decided it was time to conquer Mt. Timpanogos again. It was a tough hike but I think we did pretty good. The weather was perfect and we had most of the trail to ourselves with the exception of some mountain goats.

We headed out to Vernal Utah this weekend with Sarah's family. It's about a 3.5 hour drive to the south east of us through some pretty country. We enjoyed a visit to the Dinosaur National Monument to see a fossil quarry. We went on a hike and enjoyed a couple picnics. The kids had fun swimming at the hotel. On Saturday we went to the Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum . We saw one of these on our trip and Kahlan quickly identified it as a lion. :)

We went to the Days of '47 parade in Salt Lake City for the 24th of July. It was a fun event and Kahlan loved dancing to the bands.

Our little girl is growing up! We celebrated Kahlan's 2nd birthday today. She had a fun party with many of her cousins who gave us a good CHEESE!

Kahlan has become our little helper. She likes to help fold cloths, vacuum, garden and do dishes. We picked some peas from the garden this week and she helped de-pod the peas. She's going to be asking for an allowance pretty soon I'm sure. :)

We had a couple of mud swallows move into our carport this summer. 5 little heads popped up last month and gave us angry looks for a couple of weeks. The parents threatened us for a while whenever we came outside but decided we weren't enemies once we rescued one of the babies when it fell out of the nest.