Nice Day for a Walk

During Rich's Spring Break we all took a walk at the Riparian Nature Preserve just south of the Gilbert Public Library. Since I tutor at the library, I knew that there was a beautiful space to walk there- but I had no idea how expansive it was until a week or so ago. The boys and I had walked and had a picnic there, and we were all excited to bring Daddy this time! We ate lunch, or at least Rich and I ate and tried to keep the boys in one place! Then we went off to dig for dinosaur bones! From there we took a walk around the preserve. Ethan walked the whole thing, but started to get really tired at the end. He wanted to be carried, but instead we challenged him to a race to the end of the hike! He of course accepted and made it all the way back to the car. We cheered him on and celebrated that he didn't give up, and that he did the whole hike himself. His face was beaming and he said, "I'm proud of myself!" ❤