A Walk Up Memory Mountain...

This past week our family was able to go hiking with my sister Beth, my nephew Isaiah and long time friend Daniel. We hiked up Buffalo Mountain which has special meaning to Joshua and I as it is where he asked me to marry him! (If you want to see pictures from then--http://divided-heart.xanga.com/670354848/i-get-to-marry-the-love-of-my-life/ and yes Joshua is wearing the same shirt in both pictures because he calls that shirt his Buffalo Mountain shirt.) We haven't been up the mountain since right before Gideon was born. It was challenging hiking it with three little children but they were all troopers and did great! We made it to the top which has an amazing 360 view! We had a picnic up there and enjoyed all the rocks to climb!

Sister Beth and nephew Isaiah up at the top! Isaiah is no easy load to carry up a mountain.

Our little family...silly children!

Happily Married!

Playing on the rocks

Love the apple in his hand...such a Daddy...but isn't he so ruggedly handsome??? Love this man of mine!

Heartbreak Bridge

We live right near some beautiful hiking trails on our mountain. We also have two bridges--one of them we have named heartbreak bridge. It has come by that name from mysterious bouquets of roses that appear every couple months thrown into the water. These are not old flowers--they are beautiful, store bought roses that someone has thrown off the bridge from disappointment. The other day when we were taking our daily walk we saw a single rose fallen into the water and collected it and brought it in and placed it in a vase--it is gorgeous! I would love to know the real story behind the rose but for now all I can do is conjecture.

On the trail

Look at the little paw prints?

I love our Mountain walks

The other day Chloe and I took a nice long walk up the top of our mountain, there is quite the view up there. I am really enjoying the whole moby wrap, it's great bonding time and so much easier to carry my little baby! So here are some pictures from the walk.

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View from up the road looking at the valley

Vineyard near our house

Daily Walks

I kind of feel like this rainy weather is trying to mess up my daily walking plan...I have started to take the kids on a daily walk out in the park after lunch before naps. We have such a wonderful place that we live and it's great exercise! Joshua is also helping me twice a week to start walking down on a track close to our home so I can prepare to walk/jog a 5K this year. Here are some pictures of our walks...