Teresa Lake Hike

After warming up with Stella Lake the other week, we decided to go ahead and hike to Teresa Lake. Usually we like to venture out with friends (which helps Ava take her mind off the "work" of the hike) but, this time it was just us three. Well, four - if you count Mr. Fox. Ava insisted on bringing him. She said "Momma, he can go Hi Ho (which means he'd ride on her shoulders). Ever since Ava was two years old, Bryan and I would ask her if she wanted to go "Hi Ho" and then place her on our shoulders. It's cute now to hear her use that term, and carry on the tradition.......

There were several more stream crossings than in previous years for sure, and we looked forward to each of them...........

Ava picked out a nice log so Mr. Fox could take a break.......he does look content in that hole.....Ha ha!

We were quickly nearing Teresa Lake:

We then hiked over to the other side to have a snack and play in the water a bit.......

If there is a patch of snow somewhere, Ava will find it. These patches, however, are hard to miss!

This was Ava's idea - crazy girl. She went down again and found out it wasn't so fun the second time around. Brrrrrrrrrrrr. Talk about belly-button freeze!

Isaac is usually a happy camper in his pack - on this day he was eager to let loose under the spruce........
lol

Brother and sister moment ;)

I had to set the camera on a rock and run for it to get in the photo - but we made it work OK.
The hike down went really fast. Ava said she wanted to get back to the truck to "rest." It's music to my ears when my 3 year old says that :)

We are trying to make the most of these summer days ~ as they seem to peel from the calendar too quickly! So much to do in so little time. Literally, we have to make the most of our weekends, and days in between, because before we know it another month comes to an end!

Once again we've been having monsoon afternoon/evening thunderstorms. The temperatures are perfect, and I am enjoying the thunder and lightning..... safe in my house :)

I tried to upload a video - but after two hours I gave up - sorry :(