For spring break, we took a little trip to St. George. We spent a day hiking at Zion. I couldn't believe how pleasant and happy the kids were. I kept asking Shawn, "What's going on here? Who's kids are these?" Most of our outings result in a great deal of whining and crying by at least one, if not all of the kids at one time or another. They all did a great job hiking and seemed to have fun. We hiked the Emerald Pools, and it was beautiful. It gave us hope that we may actually be able to do this a little more regularly - and enjoy it. (At some point in our hiking past, it was determined that one of our children - I won't mention names here - would never be invited to hike again. I think we may have overcome that particular obstacle. Hooray for the Stringham children! (This doesn't mean that we are yet ready for general public appearances. This whole weekend may have just been a fluke. Only time will tell.)
For spring break, we took a little trip to St. George. We spent a day hiking at Zion. I couldn't believe how pleasant and happy the kids were. I kept asking Shawn, "What's going on here? Who's kids are these?" Most of our outings result in a great deal of whining and crying by at least one, if not all of the kids at one time or another. They all did a great job hiking and seemed to have fun. We hiked the Emerald Pools, and it was beautiful. It gave us hope that we may actually be able to do this a little more regularly - and enjoy it. (At some point in our hiking past, it was determined that one of our children - I won't mention names here - would never be invited to hike again. I think we may have overcome that particular obstacle. Hooray for the Stringham children! (This doesn't mean that we are yet ready for general public appearances. This whole weekend may have just been a fluke. Only time will tell.)
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Hooray indeed, I know you mentioned no hiking with the general public, but I'd like to think maybe we could convince you all to come hiking with us. Let's plan a Moab trip. Those hikes are really easy. Rob and Michelle can come too. Only the kids might have so much fun they might get distracted and over a cliff. That would be a bad thing.
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