Hiking

I took the kids hiking today at a local mountain park. Let me back up and say that I only had 3 hours of sleep in the last day and a half - and that wasn't continuous sleep either!

We were going to do this a couple of week ago when Grandma was here but it didn't work out so we headed out today to do this easy hike. It was easy and fun and a great way to get out and enjoy our awesome weather. Our friends, the K Family, had told us about it before and how much fun it was for our age kids. Both kids really enjoyed themselves. About halfway through the hike, there is a playground so they played there for a bit and then we finished the trail. The whole experience lasted a couple hours and ended in a picnic lunch. The ants invaded us during our lunch so we grabbed our food and headed home. We even ran into 2 moms from our homeschool group that did the organized hike earlier in the morning. J did well on the hike. He rode in the stroller some and in the sling some. He has been super fussy lately. I think he is going through his 6 week growth spurt. He is 6 weeks old. This 6 weeks has FLOWN by, sadly :- (

We saw a lizard within seconds of being on the trail.

These kids really love each other. I am interested in seeing Jack fit into this tight twosome in the years to come.

Here is a cute pic I took with my self-timer.

It was a very fun day - even with no naps since the kids napped in the car on the way home. I took advantage of the lack of naptime and got a ton done around the house. Then tonight after Daddy Piper came home, we spent some needed time as a family doing the bike ride thing in the church parking lot (where L had to potty and tried to potty in the desert and went all over her panties!!)

Another great day!!