Happy Friday! We are looking forward to hanging out & soaking in the last official weekend of summer. 🌞
Carrying her this weekend was TOUGH. If you’ve seen our stories then you know we felt wiped out the whole hike. We’ve backpacked and hiked with her before, but this trip took everything in us to make it to camp. Altitude, tough sleep the night prior, and life getting in the way of routine hikes probably didn’t help.
Thankfully we had the best little cheerleader cooing as we hiked. 🗣Plus, how can we not find a reason to smile and push on when little fingers reach and tickle your neck mid-hike? 🖐🏻 👶🏼
Best backcountry sleeper award this trip goes to Mar! 👶🏼 😴Not sure if that means we slept poorly or she actually slept pretty well? 🤔 She probably slept so well because she hogged one entire sleeping pad for herself, leaving us to share the other. 😂 We are happy she got some rest!
Who do you think slept best on our backpacking trip this weekend? 🤔
To set the stage:
-2 adults, 1 toddler
-2 person tent
-2 sleeping pads
-Campsite 10,700 feet elevation
-50 mph wind gusts & freezing temps overnight
-1 of us skipped dinner before bed
-1 of us forgot their toothbrush
We recently hung up a grateful board, and we take time each day to write things we are grateful for at dinner. Yesterday we wrote:
-Lunch with an old friend
-Mar snuggles (she was SO snuggly yesterday)
-Time together
-Quiet minds
-Healthy family
It’s so easy for us get tangled up in the details of the day and lose sight of our blessings. We’ve found this board has been an easy way to stay focused on being thankful and it makes us smile at the end of even the toughest days. What sorts of things have you done to stay focused on being grateful?
It’s so cute to watch her imitate the things we do. One of our favorite daily routines to watch her imitate is brushing her teeth. She’s so proud to show us how much she can do! 🥰
Who’s excited for Friday?! 🙋🏼♂️🙋🏼♀️👶🏼👋🏻
Cuz we all need some baby giggles on the first day back from a long weekend.🤗 At least it’s a short week, right?!
We are going to miss the long days and warm sun! Goodbye summer! 😘 🌞
