Lisa, Jodi, and Jayden's visit with us

We had a great time with Lisa and family when the came down to the peninsula to visit us for a few days!:) One of the things we did while they were here was go to hidden lake again and have a picnic so the kids could run around on the rocks. Here's some pics from our trip:)

The path to the amphitheater 

The kiddos
Jayden, Mia, Lexi, and Madi

Lisa and Merek

Lisa cutting the watermelon and the boys drooling :)

Natalie and Nic

Lex and Jayden fooling around

Mia, Lex and Madi

Our lil fam

Us teaching Jayden to climb

Nic's turn up another route on the rock

Biking the SOHI Bypass Trail

Our family enjoys biking the trails around our house when we don't have time to make it to the dirt trails. Our family enjoys this 3 mile loop. 

Natalie and Nic

Lex taking pics when we weren't ready:
 Nat looking at Nic like "wha you weren't ready?lol!"

Natalie and Nic ready to ride

Nic showing me his wheelies...

and other tricks :)

The girls ready to ride and Lex ready to skate

Madi enjoying the quiet road right before coming onto the path

Here comes Lexi

Mia waiting for Lex

There goes Lex

Mia giving Lex a lift

Mia, Madi and Nic

Here comes Nic and Merek!

Yay!

Natalie and Lexi

Nic and Merek

Go Lexi! Shes gotten the hang of those skates and is cruising right along!

Natalie playing around

Nat coming back from her detour 

Natalie smiling big and enjoying the ride!

The kiddos up ahead

Hidden Lake

We went out to Hidden Lake and scouted some great boulders to climb. It was a beautiful place, with barely any mosquitoes, and it was warm so hanging out by the lake afterwards was perfect!

Hidden Lake 

Nic, Natalie and Merek

Lexi and Madi catching minnows 

Nat and Merek

Nic with his mosquito hat
only to realize omg a place in a Alaska that finally we didnt get taken away by mosquitoes!

Natalie scoping out some potential boulders for us to return to......

Skilak Lookout Trail

This trail takes takes you through boreal forest which burned during the Hidden Creek Fire in 1996 so the new growth is present now. Its 2 miles one way and 4 miles round trip. It ends on top a knob that overlooks Skilak Lake.

The begining of the trail right as it starts to climb up.

Nic hydrating on the way up, Mia, madi and Lexi standing along the trail

Here you could see little signs of the new growth after the fire

Madi, Mia, Nat, and Lexi

Peace Man!

The view at the knob

Nic and Merek:)