Monday, March 3, 2008

Hiking

Saturday, Piestewa Peak (Phoenix visible in the distance)




Sunday, Papago Park

(the "dino cave")

(pit stop)



(Bass boys - city below)


(Whew - hard work, all that hiking)


(While I'm showing off cute sleeping baby...who doesn't ever actually sleep when WE want to)


We decided with all the rains we've had, we'd explore the gorgeous green desert. We're just a little early for wildflowers - hopefully in the next few weeks I'll have some impressive pics to share of the desert in bloom.

We went to REI after hiking on Saturday and bought the girls their very own water hydration packs (C picked blue, E picked pink)...which they proudly wore all day Sunday! C went through her entire 1L bag...ah, novelty! But the real bonus is, *I* no longer have to carry *their* water, and *they* can drink whenever they want! Win-win...

5 comments:

Judit said...

I abso-freaking-lutely envy your weather. It's like a perpetual vacation, huh? You guys keep having these fun wholesome family outings while we ... we do none! Bwaaah.
Cute pictures!

Anonymous said...

It looks like a great family fun day. I love that the girls brought their dinos for the hike, too! I agree with Judit, that I'm coveting your lovely weather whilst we're still getting below freezing. Yuck!

Anonymous said...

Jealous!!!! It is, just simply, so beautiful.

I was so excited this morning, because birds woke me up. However, it's supposed to snow again today and tomorrow in IC. Argh!

Kelley said...

Oh, green.... I'm so tired of winter and cold and snow. It was 72 degrees on Saturday when we moved, but dropped below freezing by Monday, and it snowed today. Won't winter EVER get over with?

Global warming? Hah! Looks like the ice ages to me. :)

Kelley said...

Oh, and I LOVE the pictures of your kids. They are SO adorable. :)