A few years ago, Shane and I trained for a marathon. We spent many Saturday mornings running on the Jordan River Parkway. It is such a pretty place to run, with paved trails that wind along the Jordan River. One section became our particular favorite, and since it has finally cooled off enough to venture outside again, we decided to take the kids for a family outing there yesterday after church. We like this section so much because it has a pond where ducks are always lounging in the sun, and if you walk on the trail for about 1/3 of a mile, you come to a pretty wooden bridge that spans the river.
We had originally planned to feed the ducks, but when we got there, there were signs everywhere saying DO NOT FEED THE DUCKS. Being the law-abiding citizens that we are, we decided to keep our bread to ourselves, and so we decided to just walk the short walk to the bridge. The boys (all three of them, mind you!) stopped to throw rocks and sticks into the river along the way. People would pass us on their bikes and scooters, waving happily to us as they enjoyed the sunny afternoon. Ben loved being able to run without anyone chasing after him, and Thomas loved looking at all the birds and bugs. We reached the bridge and I snapped a couple of photo (because no family outing is complete without pictures, right?) Then they entertained themselves by thundering back and forth across the bridge. Shane showed them how to throw a stick into the oncoming current, and then running to the other side of the bridge to watch it float out from below them.
We had such a nice afternoon on the Parkway. Being there made us want to drop the kids off at Grandma’s some Saturday in the near future and run there together for old time’s sake. I doubt it will happen, but it is fun to think about.
We had originally planned to feed the ducks, but when we got there, there were signs everywhere saying DO NOT FEED THE DUCKS. Being the law-abiding citizens that we are, we decided to keep our bread to ourselves, and so we decided to just walk the short walk to the bridge. The boys (all three of them, mind you!) stopped to throw rocks and sticks into the river along the way. People would pass us on their bikes and scooters, waving happily to us as they enjoyed the sunny afternoon. Ben loved being able to run without anyone chasing after him, and Thomas loved looking at all the birds and bugs. We reached the bridge and I snapped a couple of photo (because no family outing is complete without pictures, right?) Then they entertained themselves by thundering back and forth across the bridge. Shane showed them how to throw a stick into the oncoming current, and then running to the other side of the bridge to watch it float out from below them.
We had such a nice afternoon on the Parkway. Being there made us want to drop the kids off at Grandma’s some Saturday in the near future and run there together for old time’s sake. I doubt it will happen, but it is fun to think about.
Two of my boys!
2 comments:
Cute picture! That sounds so peaceful. You should have the boys come play here some time so you can run together - we'd love it!
Your boys are beautiful. Thanks for visiting my blog today, I appreciate your kind words.
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