Fun Hikes!!

The month of August has been filled with lots of out door activities for the Gilchrist Family. We have had beautiful weather so we have tried to take advantage of it before it turns cold again! 

First off we made our annual trip to Stony Brook National Park. We love going here and hiking along the path, wading in the water, and seeing all the beautiful water falls. We never get sick of visiting this fun place! 

Grayer did awesome, with all the walking and going up tons and tons of stairs. He never complained:)
Plus he has a cute little bum! 

Andy's a goof! 

Proof that we have a thumb sucker

They have this Olympic sized pool  that they have made out of the river. It is awesome! 

We also took our first trip to Fillmore Glen State Park. This was a lot like Stony Brook very beautiful, lush and green but we didn't like it as well as Stony Brook because it was a little less kid friendly. It made us a bit nervous as we were hiking along because there were lots of cliffs for our little 4 year old to fall off of, so needless to say we had a tight grip on him the whole time:) 

A non-cliff area so we let him walk on his own

Happy 4th of July

Andy was still in Utah over the 4th of July. I was a bit bummed because who wants to celebrate the 4th all alone? But, lucky for me I ended up not having to... we have wonderful friends who invited the boys and me over to celebrate with their family.

We had a delicious meal complete with chicken-bacon burgers, snicker apple salad, and homemade root-beer! It was so fun to sit and eat and have good conversation!

Families from our ward: Mawells, Scotts, Gammons, and Hendersons. Love them all! 

Jordan Scott, and awesome Young Man in our ward

Allegra Maxwell, a wonderful Young Woman in our ward.
 I swear she is a baby whisperer she is so good with Finden! 

Ben Maxwell, another awesome guy who is leaving on his mission in a little over a month

We also went swimming in their fun pool.

Grayer, Ian Maxwell, Coltin Scott, and Nathan Maxwell 

And since fireworks of all kinds (including sparklers) are illegal in NY we did a glow stick parade outside in the dark. It was a great substitution for fireworks!

Here we are getting all done up in our glow sticks!

Grayer and Ian

Pretty Cool - huh?!