Winter weather

Last weekend (I know, I keep forgetting to update this thing) the boys and Polly and I went for a hike at Vickery Creek Falls. They both got new hiking shoes for our trip to Colorado and we wanted to test them out. Survey says...they were made for the outdoors! The falls trail is very easily navigable by posts marking what station number you are looking at and the boys had fun figuring out which one to go to next. Polly was just happy to be a hiking dog for the day. 

We ended up, in total, hiking about 4.5 miles and it was only the last .25 mile that Reed was starting to say his legs hurt. The reason for this is probably because he started out running the trails.  

We had a nice little picnic lunch at the falls and Polly splashed around a little in the water. It was a beautiful day, but not nearly warm enough for us to take a plunge in the chilly water temps. 

I see many more of these hikes in our future as it gives the boys a chance to get out some energy and see beautiful scenery at the same time. 

Nearer to the end of the hike, Reed offered to carry the backpack for me. I thought he was being such a sweet, thoughtful gentleman until he got the pack on his back and then said, "ok, mommie, now I'd like a piggyback ride!"