Hiking

We went hiking yesterday. One of the things the kids love to do is have "family day". And one of the things we like to do as a family is to go hiking. So, off to the state park with packpacks, water bottles and snickety snacks.

It all started pretty well, until 15 minutes in. Jack needed a break. Not a quick break mind you, a "wong west" until his feet were "wested". About 35 mintues in, we were at the beach, and 56 degree water didn't keep the kids from dipping their feet and cooling off. But soon after that, the adventure began. The trail we were on wasn't as well marked as we would have hoped, and we got a little of course. Have you ever hiked 300 foot sand dunes with 4 kids? They were troopers though, and the "family hike" was now being referred to as the family adventure. We had lost the trail, and a little worry had started to set in with Joey and Maggie. Jack however, was OK as long as Daddy was carrying him.

However, we had nothing to fear. Joey was our man, our trail tracker and eventually led us to the trail we had started on, and then back to the car.
From there, pizza, ice cream and baths capped off our Memorial Day Weekend Family Hike.

Welcome

We've talked for some time about having a family website to keep our friends and family more up to date on the happenings in our life. It won't replace the periodic emails, New Year's cards, etc. that we already send. But it will be a place for those we love to come on a regular basis to see what's going on in our little world.

We call it the Hidalgo "Thamily" because that's how the word "family" has been pronounced by our Molly for some time. And it just fits us perfect.

What has prompted us to finally do this, you may ask? Well, we'll tell you: we just got a digital camera, and now uploading photos is a heck of a lot easier. We'll do what we can to keep things up to date.

Blessings...