Am I a real Utah girl now?

We've lived here for over 2.5 years.

I went to BYU.

I had never hiked to the 'Y'.

Until last Saturday.

Now I am a Utahn. (?)

I'm sure there are plenty of Utah natives who have never done it... right?

Not that I was looking to become official or anything.

Mark did the hike last summer while I sat at the bottom with the Bryn & Brandon... stupid thyroid.

This year I was in a much better place.

 I even carried Brandon 3/4 of the way.

Let's just say I was a little sweaty by the time we made it up.

Too much? 

All of the kids did really well.

Brandon was carried almost the whole way, Sage & Bryn just a little bit.

Dominic was speedy monkey boy...

One of the first ones up and down.

The girls were a little more whiny, but they made it!

 Bryn decided that we weren't helping her enough-

so she found some people who would...

No, I didn't know these ladies, 

but they were very nice! 

Besides one incident where Bryn decided to try and run down the face of the Y, everything went smoothly.

This is the face Bryn made after rolling part way down the Y...

It was tough, but fun- we're glad we got to do it

with all the Erickson fam...

Uncle Matt and some cute girly girls...

But we still won't claim to be Utah natives.

Not yet. 
We haven't earned that, I don't think.