Lovely Day

Today Brendan and I took the kids to "A Mountain" in Tempe for a little hike. It was lovely. A little exercise in the great outdoors on the old campus. Also, a wonderful opportunity to use my new camera! Neither Brendan nor I have climbed A Mtn. in over 12 years, so it was kinda neat to return 12 years later as a little family. The Parking meters were an unexpected disappointment, but we managed to scrape up enough loose change in the van to avoid getting a ticket. Kristen only had to be carried for a total of about 5 minutes, so that was bonus! As we climbed closer and closer to the "A," the girls' excitement seemed to climb as well. They were thrilled when we let them go over to touch and sit on it. Not sure what's so special about it - I sit on my A everyday! Badumpcha! Anyway...we made our way to the tippy top of the mountain, where we had a little snack before heading back down for lunch at 4 Peaks. As if I needed a reminder of the fact that children live in their own little world, the girls started strong arming each other for position when we got to the top. That's right, pushing and squirming while on top of a pile of jagged rocks on top of a mountain, thousands of feet in the sky. Hello Knuckleheads! Go on, pay no attention to your surroundings. No big deal. Just, you know, one over-reach and you'll become a tumbling ball of flesh headed screaming down the mountainside! Ah to be a kid again...

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