Sunday, August 9, 2009

Hiking with the Family









I have always loved to hike. When I was a Junior in Highschool during the Summer I would drive 35 minutes to Boulder about 3 times a week to hike Mt. Sanitas. It is about a 3 mile round trip hike and you hike to the top of a mountain and it is pretty straight up. I have always loved this hike and have taken many friends, dates, ect...on this hike. So fast forward to June 8th 2009, I decided to take Jeremy on this hike. He did like it but was not in shape to do it. I felt like I had a little kid hiking with me, because I only heard crying and whining the WHOLE way. It was a not so happy thing. But, it inspired Jeremy to decide that he did not want to be out of shape anymore. He signed up to do a competition with some people in our stake. Basically he paid 20 dollars and the person that lost the most weight won the cash.
He did not win but he lost 15 pounds and still is inspired to do more. We have gone hiking a couple of times this summer. Yesterday being one of those times. I love that now I have a husband, I don't have to stick to the same populated trail so that I will be safe. We can do more remote "backwoods" hikes.
We also decided that instead of buying plastic for Xander for his birthday, we would invest in a kid carrier! Jeremy, my good deal finder, found the one we had been debating over for the past few months on clearence. I am SO HAPPY! With our purchase and can now enjoy hikes as a family!
Can't wait until we can go hiking again!

1 comment:

Bringhurst Family said...

Good times! So how much weight did the winner loose. And how much money did they get =)