The Spencer's: Labor Day

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We have tried to make it a tradition for Labor Day weekend to always do a hike as a family. Last year we did a really fun hike up to Lakes Mary, Margaret, and Katherine. This year our good friend Luke came along as we hiked up Bells Canyon Monday morning. It was beautiful. Desmond got a little fussy once we made it to the reservoir so we didn’t go much further. Maybe next year we’ll make the trek all the way up to the falls.

Colton’s family used to go to the Greek festival quite often as a kid. His mom’s side is Armenian and they’re proud of their heritage. Armenian food is pretty similar to Greek and so it is always a good time to experience the Greek Festival. We headed down by ourselves this year and had some delicious Gyros, Souvlaki, Pilafi, and a Baklava sundae mmmmmm. Next year we night run in the 5K because you get a free entrance to the festival and some free Greek food!

We wanted to a bunch of things over Labor Day weekend, all of which fell through. We planned a boating trip with friends but then the boat was sold. We tried to plan a camping trip but that fell through as well. We then tried a trip to Vegas but the hotel we wanted to stay at had no availability for the promotion. So we settled for a nice weekend enjoying good ol Utah! Colton was exceptionally happy since his Utes beat Pitt on Thursday night. Saturday morning Colton’s Dad invited us to go to the BYU home opener against Washington. He found some great seats online at the last minute so with nothing planned we gladly accepted. Mandy had a great time cheering with Lorenzo and Jeanne. Colton enjoyed the game too and even wore a blue shirt (no BYU logo of course because that’s just “too far”). BYU ended up winning! We had a great time at the game. Thanks Lorenzo!

Since we had the day off Monday we decided to take a scenic hike and enjoy the good weather with our good neighbors, the Mateers. Mandy planned an awesome hike that took us up Big Cottonwood Canyon where we started from the Brighton Ski Resort and it took us up to 3 beautiful lakes along the way. It was a great hike! Colton even was able to try out the “steadicam” for the first time and compiled a little video of the trip.