Wilcken Family Reunion

Last Friday morning we drove a few hours south of here to Oak Creek Canyon for the Wilcken family reunion. We had a good time there camping, eating, playing games, hanging out, and hiking.

After lunch Friday Nate and I left Austin with willing family members and hiked up the Devil's Den Legacy Trail, which was made to honor firefigher Spencer Koyle, who died while fighting a wildfire in the area. The trail has informative plaques along the trail explaining various aspects of wildfires and fighting them. The trail ends with a nice view and sculptures of some firefighter equipment. It felt so nice to be hiking again!

Austin seemed to enjoy his first camp out. There were plenty of people there who were happy to hold him and give him lots of attention.

Zipper also came along on the trip with us. She was a big hit with the kids:

Saturday morning we decided to make our way to the top of a large rock above our campsite:

Here we are at the top:

Unfortunately, our photographer left out the rock we are sitting on in the pictures he took. So,even though you can't tell from the photo, but we are actually sitting on the top of the rock here, high above our campsite. (Some people also took pictures of us from below, but we don't have copies of those pictures yet.)

Then on our way home from the trip, we stopped by to see Nate's Grandma Scott, who hadn't had a chance to meet Austin yet.

Grandma Scott with Austin

Austin's Baby Blessing

Last week Austin received his baby blessing. Nate gave him a beautiful blessing, and we were grateful to have a number of other family members present at the time. After church, we meet back at our house for a little gathering and took some pictures with everyone while we were at it.

The little suit outfit Austin wore was the same one that my brother Nathan was blessed in. He was held in the same blanket I was blessed in that my Grandma Brown made for me (but unfortunately we didn't take any pictures with it afterwards).

One Month Old!

Outakes