Hiking and Stuff

Last weekend I took Kadie, Chase, and Marlie, hiking with the Darby's.  There aren't a lot of mountains close by, so it was quite a drive to get there.  Its been a long time since we have seen the Darby's, so the kids enjoyed every minute of the 2 1/2 hour drive together.

The hike wasn't your typical hike up a mountain, it was mostly a long walk, crossing the river about 35 times. 

It was a race to the paintbrush flowers.  The kids loved sucking the nectar out of the petals.

There were some really pretty mossy sections.  We decided that if we got stranded here overnight we would sleep on the soft moss.

Here is one of the many river crossings we tackled.  There weren't any bridges, so we had to make bridges with broken branches, or toss kids, and hope not to get wet.  its a really good thing Mark has long legs, and arms.

After the hike we had to do sleepovers.  The first night I took the boys, and Meg took the girls.  Then a couple days later I took the girls, and the boys went to Megs.  I just had to get a picture of Marlie and Chloe sleeping in the tent.  They are soo cute!

And one last picture of Nixon.  He found some lipchap...