Fall Family Home Evening

By now you all know I love Fall, and family, and the mountains, so put them all together and that is me in heaven!!  Monday night we went up to Crystal Springs area for a hot dog roasting picnic, and family home evening.   Seth gave a lesson on faith and trusting in God.  He had the kids stand up on fence posts then fall backwards into our arms "Trust Fall."  Adi and Coulson didn't hesitate very long and thought it was "fun."  Ellyn was so tall up there she had far to fall and had major stomach tickles by the time we caught her, "kinda scary."  Quinn refused to do it, until I held onto his hand, even then it was hard for him to enjoy.

Afterwards we went on a small hike to Crystal Springs. Coulson had to hold onto Scouts collar most of the way so Scout wouldn't plop down in the muddy water, He loves WATER! 

 It was so beautiful up there, I just wish we would have had more time to spend soaking in the joy.  On the way back down the mountain we had a problem with our brakes. 

 

 Now, I know you're not supposed to ride your brakes or bad things can happen, so I am usually pretty careful about it, but as we were coming down the mountain we were looking at the colorful leaves and I was riding the brakes, not even thinking.  We stopped to pull off a branch of bright red leaves to take home and suddenly SMOKE was billowing out from the front of the vehicle.  Seth yells, "Drive slowly so the brakes will cool, but don't push on the brakes."

That solved the problem, but what a stink, burning brakes Stink!!  I am just grateful Seth knew what to do. I probably would have sat there and watched the vehicle burn.  Hopefully we all learned valuable life lessons that night.