Friday, August 15, 2008

Summer Walk

We are really enjoying living in Highlands Ranch. It is a master planned community. So before they started to build all the hundreds of homes they had a plan for everything. Part of the plan was open space and a lot of trails. We just love to go on walks with our kids. We have a trail right out our front door. When we are more adventurous we drive for about 7 minutes and get to this beautiful place. There are many ways to get up to the highest point. One way is going straight up. It is fast, but Zack has a hard time going straight up. There is a park right next to the entrance as well so we are always fighting with the kids to go on a walk and not go to the park. We found another entrance last week. It was an easy walk, but took forever. It was about 2-3 miles long. We only had 2 water bottles and no other food. They didn't do so well. 2 days later we went a different way. Much better route! We fed the kids at the picnic tables at the beginning of the trail and we were off. They did great. Here are some pictures of this beautiful place we live in. I really miss the beauty of Oregon, but places like this are helping.

This was right before we started the walk. The kids saw some cows and they were calling to them. It was really funny. They were saying here cowy cow!
Chase has his helmet, and knee pads on. He ran over and broke his other helmet so I had just got him a new one and he didn't want to take it off. He tells me now that he wants a skate board.



Views a long the way
This is at the top of the hill. This is down town Denver in the back. Too bad it was so smoggy. It looks like this a lot in the summer.





The trail along the way
We were almost to the end of the trail when I looked back and the boys were holding hands:) I was just so happy!

5 comments:

Lauanna Alcará said...

Hey! Your blog is very nice and the family is so beautiful! My family didn't like very much of these things (blogs, msn...)but I like very much the idea... Family is very important. Congratulations, your blog is very cool and the pictures are amazing!

The Garver Family said...

Sounds like you guys had fun! I hope your dehydration efforts are very fruitful. I know mine were great. Everyone looks so good.

~Fawn said...

too cute!!
love the last pic of the boys
hey, if Jeff had a layover in Denver would you guys be able to come say hi?
go look at our blog-we have soccer pix from today's Jamboree-what fun!!
it sure is pretty where you are-but we MISS you guys!!!
love ya!! hugs Fawn and Jeff

Hoagland Mission said...

That picture of Zack and chase is sooocute. Grandpa loved it and printed it out with some of Fawn's family. We are becoming picture poor with all the ink! Also loved the kids looking at the cows. Love grandma Hoagland

FarrEver Family said...

What a great place to live. I bet all those places are gone in Utah, I should be happy if we just get a house!
I love the pic of Chase holding Zach's hand...you must be doing something right!