Exercise and swimming

The 2 older boys are "house broken." They just wear pull-ups at bedtime. But I am happy to report that Isaac is doing very good in that department and wore underwear to bed most the time we were there.

I was determined to keep up on my excersises while I was on vacation. This was my 2nd night and my last workout. I got enough of a work out just trying to keep up with everyone. The boys helped me out. It was very deflating when I pulled out my 1 lb weights and the boys used 3 and 5 lb weights. Even Nathan took my 1 lb weights and flung them around like they were nothing.

This was going up a little trail to a waterfall. I'm not sure how many people are crazy enough to take a walker up a trail. But it was a fun adventure.  Molly really was a good helper. She pulled me up a couple of hills and kept me from going too fast down some down hills.

I was tired and not sure if I could finish the hike. It was only 2 tenths of a mile up. We came to a pretty good sized uphill. I was ready to quit. Lance told me that all I had to do was get up this hill and I would be to the bridge where I could see the waterfall. Molly pulled and Lance and Nathan pushed and I made it.

This is what we saw. And yes, it was worth it.

When we got back to the bottom of the trail, grandpa had Isaac and Mark down playing in the creek. Nathan joined them and they all waded along the shore for quite a while. Isaac and Molly ventured all the way across the creek on the big rocks behing Nathan and Molly in this picture. I watched from the bridge. Then Mark decided that he "had" to throw a big stick into the water and Nathan decided that he "had" to have that big stick. Nathan took off into the creek. We could all see what was going to happen. Molly got there quick, but not quite in time to prevent it. I have to admit that I was laughing and Lance was ready with the camera and after a few minutes of tears, Nathan was ok too. About that time, we decided to take 3 wet boys and one wet mom home.