Just a small little hike...

Last week, Clark was out of school, the country was celebrating National Day...and so they gave him the week off! We were very grateful and enjoyed many days outdoors. We have enjoyed going to the park and exploring the woods around the park, felt like we were back in Alabama walking through the park (minus all the Chinese people stopping to stare at us!) One day while we were out exploring, we started walking up this paved road wondering where it might lead. There were many people coming down the hill and many people going up. And, that began the hike that we didn't plan on! We started walking up and had a lot of energy and were enjoying the day. Sadie was seeing many "gou gou" (dogs!) along the way. We got to the top of this small mountain and thought, do we keep going or do we go back down? The explorer in me wanted to keep going and so we did...not having any idea what we were in for. As we peeked through the trees looking down over the city, we realized we were looking over the south side, then, we came to our side (the east side) and then the north side...we hiked for almost FIVE miles!! Me, my pregnant self, Clark and Sadie...it was crazy!! I normally don't have huge burst of energy but that da, I had a huge burst of energy and the day was beautiful and it was just fun! Thankfully Sadie slept on Clark for 45 minutes of it. The picture above is looking over our side of the city...it was one of the only pictures I got on the hike...the pictures below are just a few when we were walking around during the week.







And of course couldn't resist putting a picture of little bit..if she could only talk, I know she would be saying..."Mom, I need that camera!"