Mark grew up with the tradition of going for a hike on New Year's Day. Some years that's turned into getting outside and shooting some guns, but with the little kids that we have we're sticking with the hiking. This year, we went on Monday to South Mountain with Mark's parents, his brother Ryan, and sister Shauna. The weather was perfect and we had a great time.
Here is Dallin enjoying the view from the top of South Mountain:
And some more of us....
And Adam...
We hiked some trails for a while then found another bench at a lookout point where we hung out and surveyed Phoenix, watching planes land and take off at the airport. By this time Owen had fallen asleep.
Everyone else was just relaxing and enjoying the views but Adam, who is quite the little mountain goat, wanted to hike some more. Mark went with him down a little trail to the top of another hill. Here they are on the way back, sprinting to the finish.
Last Wednesday we were enjoying the snow, less than two hours away. Yesterday we were outside in great weather enjoying a hike in Phoenix. That, my friends, is why I love Arizona.
3 comments:
Congratulations that you are pregnant again! How exciting for your family. And it was fun to see all your goings ons--we did a hike yesterday as well--and I think about a million other people had the same idea because it was pretty packed with cars--but still fun and great weather like you said.
What a fun tradition - I wish it was as warm here!
By the way, that Jedi picture of Dallin, and the story are awesome! That temple looks beautiful, and unique, and you guys had more snow than US for a while there! ... that's just wrong. ;) Glad you got to enjoy it ... and Owen must be like Jaxyn. He LOVES the snow! Come VISIT! We've got lots now :)
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