Franklin Falls & Swimming

Justin gets a good amount of vacation days each year and since we sadly don’t have any actual vacations in the works he’s taking several days off this summer while the kids are home.  Friday, July 18th was one of those days.  We decided go on a family hike in the morning.  There are many, many hikes nearby to choose from.  We decided on Franklin Falls a short 2-mile round-trip family-friendly hike.  It is located near Denny Creek, which we hiked last summer. 

Unfortunately, I opted to leave my good camera at home, which left us Justin’s phone to document the experience – I can’t wait to get a phone that takes decent pictures!

This was Drew’s first hike in the child backpack and he loved it.  He was a bit nervous when we were putting him inside it, but once Justin strapped him in and stood up, Drew was all smiles.  

A few little waterfalls along the river below

My attempt at getting a selfie with Drewbee

The only somewhat challenging part of the hike is navigating along the narrow rocky ledge to the bottom of the falls.  They were quite slippery, but we didn’t have any falls.  Now that I think of it this might be the first hike that nobody tripped the entire day!

Drew was really quiet the whole hike it was easy to forget he was even there (though I doubt his chauffeur would agree).

We let Drew sleep for a few hours at home before waking him up to go swimming with Justin’s family.  Tami helps a lot with her kid's swim team so she was able to get us in for a free afternoon of swimming.   Justin’s Dad brought all the food necessary for a poolside BBQ.  It wasn’t the warmest day, but the kids didn’t mind.

Drew loves balls of any kind and has quite the arm.

Drew also loves water and didn’t mind getting his face wet.

Katie still isn’t a great swimmer, even with floaties she prefers to literally hang on someone.  Hannah was so good about playing with Katie.

A fun family day!