A hiking we will go

The past few weekends, we have loaded up the new car and taken the entire family on nice hikes all over San Diego. I must admit, I love watching the kids walking down the trail, usually holding hands. Rarely do they whine or complain, and we have found that trail mix will usually put a quick stop to that. I miss them being babies, but I love that we are able to get out and enjoy the outdoors more. Sometimes it's hard to watch them being so adventurous, but so far we have only had some little bumps and bruises. The dogs are loving this and start bugging us on Saturday morning to go.

Kyle helping Lauren down into the ravine.

Lauren climbing up by herself.

Kyle had to make 3 trips across. He checked it out the first time, carried Lauren the second and helped Aaron on the last trip.

Boogie Boarding

Today was one of those days when I can be so thankful I seized the moment. We were invited to the beach and it was a BEAUTIFUL day. We all love the beach, but Aaron gets hot and there is so much sand to clean up. But we all decided to go. I am so glad we did. We had a great time hanging out with one of Aaron's school friends. The kids all got along and had so much fun. Aaron has been asking to get a boogie board for the beach. Today he got to try his friend's. He had a blast. The water was not warm, but he lasted awhile before he was shivering too much to keep going. When he was done, he told me he hopes the Easter Bunny will bring him his own! Lauren was even brave enough to try it out, but she was a little too eager and ended up with a face full of salt water. Not sure she will be trying it again soon.