Labor Day 2009 (Backpacking in Colorado)

Jared and Jenny planned to go camping, and we talked them into a backpack trip. This was the first backpacking/fishing adventure for Jenny and Shauna. We left our house at about 6:30am on Friday.
Here is a shot of the girls with their gigantic backpacks:

Here is Jacob and Shawna listening to Jared and Jenny's devotional about the importance of family. Jared talked about including wholesome activities, as found in the Family Proclamation.

Here is Cel's favorite flower off the trail:

Here is a bouquet of wild flowers that Cel picked:

Here Jacob is helping Shauna across the creek so she doesn't get her shoes wet:

Celestine caught 18 of these fish; Jared caught 3 including the biggest one; and I caught a cold! Actually I also caught 9 fish:

Is that a Mario shirt on Jared?

Pictures from the end of our trip:

On the way home we stopped in Santa Fe to see Jared and Jenny's new house that's being built. It is looking great!