Get outside!

This week, I have been lucky enough to have the opportunity to go hiking in the mountains. On Wednesday, a friend called to see if I could go hiking. I did, and it was AMAZING! It was so beautiful, I wanted to try as hard as I could to take my family hiking on Saturday. Long boring story short, it turned out that my husband and son's scout group was camping out and going hiking in the area I wanted to. So the girls crashed the party.

I have decided that going hiking is one of the best things a person and a family can do. There is something about nature that is grounding, healing and elevating. Not to mention that going hiking is GREAT exercise,  and it connects people who are out in it. Memories are made that will last a life time.

So, make it a priority, drag the kids away from whatever it is they are entertaining themselves with, grab a snack and some water, and go find a trail of some kind.