Staycation: Day 2

Instead of vacation this year, our family had a staycation; where you stay at home but do fun things like you were on vacation everyday. It would have been a brilliant idea seeing as we live in a tourist town with beaches and lots to do, but it rained the entire week.
Despite the rain and fog, we all, or a lot of us, went hiking at Mt Major on our second day of staycation. Some loved it more than others.
It was quite an adventure.

Lucky for mom, Keller found her an excellent walking stick. She has become so adventurous in her...um...well, mature, I mean adult life. (Her and Dad just finished a 3 day canoe trip, where they camped and even went to the bathroom in the woods. We already know Dad likes that sort of thing. You go mom!)

Erinn, Caleb, Andrew, Paige and Jackie resting at the summit. We were so glad that the Ladlows came with us. Erinn has inherited our father's cheeseburger smile.

Don't be deceived. Malinda IS pregnant and it WAS foggier than spit on a dry day, but it was still very hot and humid, and Malinda is not going to let a little thing like pregnancy get in her way; she is one tough cookie.
We looked a little ripe when we finally reached the summit, many of us having carried one of the little kids up part of the way.

"Dude if you fall out, I'm not picking you up".

Keller taking a rest with Uncle Hippie at the summit. After slowly making it to the top, Keller rested for only a minute and then ran around while everyone else ate and sat. Oddly enough, as soon as we started out down the Mt, Keller's energy boost had been exhausted and by the time we reached the car he was delirious with giggles and whining.
Keller on the way down the Mt: "We're lost I know it, we re lost and now we have to live in the woods forever,"
"If I see David dead in the trail, I am really gonna freak out"
Luckily David was fine and Keller finally started having a laughing fit when his mother started singing,
Erinn: "Over the river and through the woods and down the hill and in the stream and then down some more to Grandma's house we go"
We definitely went the long way down the Mt. By the end, I wasn't so sure that Keller hadn't had good reason to believe that we might live in the woods forever.

Paige and Jackie are two peas in a pod and had a fun time together, in this case they put William in there pod.

Maddie brought her...friend, wink, wink, Chris on the hike. We all liked Chris, he is a very nice boy and Maddie didn't complain once about the hike. I wonder why?