Trim Down Tuesday - hiking in WI

OK, now that the big vacation is over with, I plan to keep this blog going again. It's hard to believe that it's been a year since we miss the last family reunion to move into our house. It still doesn't feel like we've done much but looking back I realize we done a ton of work on the house. I don't know why it feels like we haven't gotten much done... I'm guessing it's because we still haven't painted so we have the bright obnoxious colors of the previous owner still on our banged up walls. I really hope that as soon as the weather cools down a bit we can get to painting all the rooms and will finally feel like our own home. My goal is to have the family room opened up in the fall so that we can start entertaining again.

Anyways, back to trimming down... one of my goals is to stay fit during this pregnancy and so I've been taking the kids for a 3 mile stroller ride almost daily. This summer has been soooo hot that I've had to go first thing in the morning before it got too hot and humid although, I'm still drenched by the time I get back. I must say though after this week in WI, I'm so thankful we spent the money on a Mountain Buggy instead of a BOB. I know the BOB is made more for running but my goodness the Mountain Buggy was totally built for the hiking we did on vacation. It did totally awesome in the terrain we were hiking in... definitely not the Illinois Prairie Path, lol.

Anyways, I thought I'd share some pics from some of the trails we were on. The one trail was soooo narrow that there were times I thought the stroller was going to flip sideways, not to mention to huge tree roots that would literally stop us abruptly. Oh, and the trees down over the trail so we literally had to take the kids out and get them over the trees and then get the stroller over them, lol. We had such a blast though... and the best part of that trail was this little side trail that lead to the beach. The lake was literally secluded other than one boat with a couple men fishing. I forgot to take a pic but at the boat landing we saw a sign that said "electric motors only" so that explains why the lake was so peaceful and why it felt like a little piece of heaven on earth. How could you not be totally amazed by God's creation after seeing something as gorgeous as that.