Cascade Springs

This afternoon we took a beautiful drive through American Fork canyon. The kids enjoyed listening to Primary songs and looking at children's Bible storybooks in the car. Elise and Kaleb told me all about their Primary Program today- they were both very pleased with themselves for how well they did, and they both knew the songs quite well.



Cascade Springs is apparently an aquifer- or an artisian well. The water comes up through the ground- there is no visible inlet to the lake and the springs. A gentleman that was also visiting there told us all about it. Rob was able to get a close look at part of the area where the water bubbled up from the earth. He describes it as a patch of ground about 3000 square feet- much bigger than he expected. The rest of us walked through this "lake", but didn't pay too much attention to where the water was coming from. The many small waterfalls or springs are very beautiful. We all enjoyed walking along the trails. We got some pretty cute pictures too. Enjoy!




What a cute little family. =)

When we left his hair was stylish and cute. HeHe. "Look daddy a bridge" -Isaak




This is next to a bridge with rushing falls. Quite pretty and somewhat Romantic if it weren't for all the bugs!!

Cascade Springs - about 8 inches deep on average. cascading down over layers of fractured limestone.




I don't know how anyone can sleep this way. Apparently he was REALLY tired.

Macy - "a cute little monkey"




Elise isn't actually standing in the water. There are wooden walkways that take you through the park that are about 4' wide

The Snaggle Tooth Kaleb.




Macy and Elise by a waterfall.

Another picture of the Beautiful Cascade Springs water system.

More Cave Pics

Here are a few more pics from our trip up Mount Timpanogos. There are actually 3 caves all by each other- Hansen Cave, Middle Cave, and Timpanogos Cave. There were lots of cool formations to see. It was just amazing. I haven't been there for about 16 years, so it's nice to have new memories. If you look carefully in the first pic below you can see a camel... (head on the left, followed by two humps). The third pic looks like a St. Bernard. One of the guides said he could tell the St. Bernard was drinking whiskey- cause it looked stoned. (Ha. Ha.) We hope to start a family tradition of hiking and visiting National Parks and Monuments together. It's nice to have fun and educational things to do as we bond as a family.

Children's Museum

Macy and I went to the Children's Museum in Salt Lake with Emily and Rachel. The girls had a lot of fun playing together and were sad when it was time to go. Thanks to Emily for inviting us to go as their guests! Hope we can go again soon. There are so many fun things to do there.

Timpanogos Cave

*PHEW* We made it! Yesterday we hiked up to Timpanogos Cave. It took us about an hour and 20 minutes to get to the cave entrance. We kept thinking, "Okay, we're almost there"... and then it would get steeper. The kids all did a great job. Isaak got tired, so Rob ended up carrying him most of the way up and down. Macy hiked all the way up by herself, and I held her twice for a total of about 10 minutes on the way down. Kaleb didn't complain once, and Elise only complained once. They were all great little troopers. I think the kids especially liked seeing all the formations in the cave. The cave tour is about an hour long. So, our total hike was about three hours. When we got back to the car we ate lunchables, and then we took the kids to the Peppermint Place Candy Store in Alpine. They all got to choose a special candy. It was a fun adventure.

Kaleb's Birthday

We had fun at Kaleb's party on Saturday. Ethan, Emily and Rachel joined us at the Draper Park for pizza, playing, presents, cake and ice cream (in that order). We hope that Kaleb enjoyed his 8th birthday! Here are some of the pics that were taken.




Super-custom-Star-Wars cake! This was specially ordered by Kaleb... He said he wanted chocolate cake with Darth Vader fighting someone on it... so, that's what he got! (Don't underestimate the power of the Dark Side...) Choose The Light!

Here's a pic from Rob's birthday in April. He shares a birthday with my mom's dad, Grandpa Facer... April 5th. We went to dinner and got Rob a haircut for his birthday. :) It was a fun day.

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