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May 27, 2008
birthday weekend
We spent this weekend celebrating Andy's birthday. I'm especially excited because its his last year in the twenties and then he'll be THIRTY. LOL I'm so over the ribbing I receive for being in my thirties first and I'll be glad when he's an old man too. :)
We went on a great date together and it was a nice reminder of what good company my husband is, without little ankle biters around.
On sunday we went on a hike at Cloudland Canyon. I had wanted to check it out for when my dad and his family come for a visit. Mostly I wanted to see if the girls could handle the .6 mile hike down into the canyon and then back up.
It was really gorgeous up there and the whole time I kept thinking, we have to come back in the fall. I bet the trees are breathtaking.
The girls did awesome! All the stairs you see us going down, we also had to come up again. Of course on the way we passed people who would make comments like, "wow, I feel sorry for you," and "you know you'll have to carry her all the way back up don't you?" (talking about Julia). I already had Caroline on my back and the plan was not to carry anymore children!
On the way back up we let them sit whenever they wanted and we took our time. At each break instead of resting Julia entertained us with some dancing. LOL
Towards the top when it got pretty difficult I sang with Julia to distract her. It's amazing how much energy " A Spoon Full of Sugar" and "Jingle Bells" can give you! We got lots of laughs over her singing. She was a trooper and I was pretty proud of them.
When we were driving home Julia said, "That jungle didn't have very many animals mommy. There were no tigers or monkeys, only puppies." (referring to the many dogs we saw on the hike)
LOL
It was a very fun relaxing weekend without much obligation. Although my calves are killing me from the 400 stairs we walked up and down!!!
| By JennR | 9:13 AM
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Weird, I guess it has been a little longer than I thought since I've been there. I'm pretty sure those stairs are new. There were a few before, but I don't remember those.
I'm glad you had a nice time!!
Posted by: sara at May 27, 2008 9:54 AM
I'm pretty sure those stairs were there when I was in college, so you KNOW it's been a long time that they have been there!
Yes, it IS very beautiful in the Fall!
Posted by: laini at May 27, 2008 3:39 PM
I'm older than Andy... I had no idea.
Posted by: mary at May 27, 2008 11:06 PM
Wow, you guys did great! Looks like fun. I always love getting out doors all together with our family... it's like breathing in new life again.
Fun.
-Patty
Posted by: patty at June 1, 2008 3:07 PM