School starts on August 30th here. I'm not excited about that, but I guess it's fine, not that I have a choice. We've been having fun while we still can though. Rik took most of the kids and some friends to Lava. They all had SO much fun (Taisha even jumped off the highest platform!!) Malia and I had to miss this one though, because she made the high school volleyball team, and they had two-a-day practices that she couldn't miss. (She is SO excited that she made the team, and found out today that she will be starting as outside hitter and middle back.)
Last Saturday (August the 21st) we decided to hike to Lower Palisades Lake. Kayden couldn't come to this one because he was doing this with his cross country team:
(Kayden is on the bottom, 4th from the right)The team always has a blast at the Mud Run, and this year was no exception. Kayden and his friends spray painted t-shirts the night before the race..... Kayden's shirt didn't make it through the race, because it got ripped off for a flag.
The rest of us headed up to the Palisades Creek area. We had to walk through the horse trailer parking lot to get to the trail head, and I was trying to remind the kids to watch out for the piles poop all over the place, by telling them to watch out for the "car poop." Of course the kids immediately caught that mistake, and mocked me the entire hike. So sad how my mind works.... we're in a parking lot, there is poop, it must be "car poop."
This hike was over eight miles and took us six hours from start to finish. It was really hot for the first part, so we let the kids cool off in the creek that followed the trail for most of the hike (that was Anaya's favorite part!) We spent about an hour at the lake, along with a family of moose. It was really pretty up there. Anaya was a little disappointed to learn that there were no palaces at Palisades Lake. I guess according to her, if it's going to be called "Palisades," it should have palaces. *sigh*
Rik and McKay fished on the way back, and caught a fish 30 seconds after they put their hook in the water! McKay was THRILLED... and was then bored with fishing just that quick. Because they stopped to fish, they were about 30 minutes behind the rest of us, so we left them pine cone and rock notes along the trail.
The rest of us headed up to the Palisades Creek area. We had to walk through the horse trailer parking lot to get to the trail head, and I was trying to remind the kids to watch out for the piles poop all over the place, by telling them to watch out for the "car poop." Of course the kids immediately caught that mistake, and mocked me the entire hike. So sad how my mind works.... we're in a parking lot, there is poop, it must be "car poop."
This hike was over eight miles and took us six hours from start to finish. It was really hot for the first part, so we let the kids cool off in the creek that followed the trail for most of the hike (that was Anaya's favorite part!) We spent about an hour at the lake, along with a family of moose. It was really pretty up there. Anaya was a little disappointed to learn that there were no palaces at Palisades Lake. I guess according to her, if it's going to be called "Palisades," it should have palaces. *sigh*
Rik and McKay fished on the way back, and caught a fish 30 seconds after they put their hook in the water! McKay was THRILLED... and was then bored with fishing just that quick. Because they stopped to fish, they were about 30 minutes behind the rest of us, so we left them pine cone and rock notes along the trail.
Once again, I was so proud of my little kids for making through the whole hike. Eight miles in six hours is pretty good for a six and seven year old! After we got home and cleaned up, we sent everyone to bed. Malia and Taisha both got up about 3am though, because they said it still felt like they were hiking in their sleep. They watched TV together for about an hour before going back to sleep.
We have a trip to Ross Park still planned for this week, some odds and ends of shopping, and, yippee, we are having new family pictures done this week!! Overall this summer has been one of the easiest I have had in years, and I am going to miss the slowness, but even McKay says he's ready for school to start..... and that says a lot right there!
2 comments:
You guys are so awesome! Such a fun family and a good example of getting out there and doing fun stuff TOGETHER! Glad you're making the most of you summer!! Good luck with school starting!! :)
Fun post! That mud race was a mess, I didn't make it last year and had no idea what to expect. None of the boys made it back with their shirts on, they must have taken them off in the "river" before the finish line! I wouldn't run in mud like that, that's for sure, must be a teenager thing!
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