A Week in the Life

So this week has been jam-packed (I'm trying to squeeze as much as humanly possible into the little time left before Sofia--btw, 10 days and counting!). Last Friday, we went up to Big Cottonwood Canyon for the annual Burt Family Campout. We had a beautiful location surrounded by the trees and mountains; best of all, it was just across the road from a bathroom with a flush toilet and running water (really important when you're 38 weeks pregnant!).

Ryan immediately was in heaven, playing with his cousins, watching the fire, trying to roast hot dogs:
Saturday we went on a hike. Keri, my sister-in-law, remembered it being about 1/2 mile up to Doughnut Falls. I thought a mile round trip sounded great, especially since she said there wasn't much in the way of elevation gains. We probably ended up hiking more like four miles or so; I was pretty darn sore and exhausted at the end of it, but it was still fun and the falls were beautiful. A long nap in the afternoon made it all better.

Ryan had a hard time leaving his cousins at the end of the trip, but Nate and I were grateful to get home where we could sleep in our own bed! Ryan loved everything about camping except for sleeping in the tent . . . Poor Nate sacrificed himself every night while Ryan rolled all over him, pushed him off his camping pad, stole his blankets. But then Ryan would turn around and do really cute things in the morning, like helping Grandma roll up her camping pad.

On Tuesday, Mom Burt, my sisters-in-law Keri and Machelle, my niece Sadie, Ryan, and I went to Gardner Village to do a little shopping and have lunch. There are a lot of boutique shops in historical buildings. My two favorites are the Storybook Nook, a cute toy and bookstore, and the Village Christmas Shoppe, which has ornaments, villages, nativities, and all sorts of other Christmas things year round.

We tried on hats for fun, watched ducks (at Ryan's repeated insistence), and enjoyed lunch at Archibald's, located in an old mill with a waterwheel.
Oh, and to top off the week, Ryan posed for this really cute picture in the bathtub:

Whew! What a week! And this next week promises to be just as busy--as long as Sofia waits until October 1st. :D