Foothills

Finally the weather cooperated and let us do something outside as a family. In the seven years I have lived here, I have never been on a hike in the foothills. It was so beautiful and so fun.

On our hike through the foothills Dan and I were wondering out loud why we had never taken the family to do this before now. We then remembered that for most of Zach's life, he was too sick to make a hike like this. It has been exactly one year since Zach underwent his last surgery and has been free from his battle with Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome. He never would have made it as far as we did yesterday, a total of almost four miles. (Grandpa Dinger would have loved it!) Maddie didn't want to stop, so after our short picnic she and her Dad went up a little further for a better view of the city. The boys and I stayed behind and went looking for animal holes.
The way down was a little harder because the kids were so tired, but Zach serenaded us with his favorite song, "A Hunting We Will Go." The cutest lyrics went like this: "OOOHHH a hunting we will go! A hunting we will go! We'll catch a bear and put him in underwear, and then we'll let him go!!" Zach sang that at the top of his lungs. It was very funny.
As you can see, the scenery was absolutely beautiful, oh and the foothills were nice too. (Ha! Ha!) We had so much fun and are looking forward to doing it more often, if only mother nature would decide to just let it be spring!