Mother’s Day Activities

Mother’s Day was lovely this year. I got in a nice walk first thing in the morning and when I got home I was greeted with breakfast from my boys.

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Here are the sweet notes.

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Finn drew us snuggling.

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A little while later, we met our friends Eli and Allen and their girls, Josie and Marietta, and went for a hike on the trail by JPL. At first it’s pretty hot and dry …

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… but there’s a payoff.

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The kids love this spot and we stayed here for quite a while.

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Then headed back.

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It was hot, hot, hot and the kids were tired. But they walked all the way back.

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A little later Bruce took the boys to the Caltech pool while I got a nice rest. Here’s Finn — ready to swim.

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We went out to dinner later, too. A great day!