Playing In the Sun and Yarding

Today we relaxed. Merek played in the yard and helped his mama water the plants. Afterwards Nic and Nat enjoyed sitting in the sunshine together while Merek played with the water. Merek loves playing in the sprinkler and with the hose so he had a blast with that. Merek checked out his future tricycle, sat on it and gave the smile of approval.

Merek at first on his tricycle

 

Oh Yeah- hes digging it!

The "you see me mama" look...

 

 

Super stoked!

 

Natalie's pleased with her garden and has fun "yarding" lol! Merek loves to help her water the plants. Later on we rode our bikes to the trails and rode singletrack. We have been keeping busy. Merek loves it when his sisters call every other day and they talk to him. As do Nic and Nat. Merek also loved it when we met up with his sisters in Anchorage and played around. He was so excited to see them and so sad when they left.  We all miss them. So in the meantime we are staying busy while summer is flying by.

Merek helping Nat water

Glad to help mama:)

 



Merek checking the flowers on the deck



Nic and Nat Training

 We have been training a lot this summer, between mt. biking, climbing, running, and hiking plus working out and strength training. Natalie has been running 10k plus and intervals while Nic has been mt. biking the 10ks while Nat runs as to put less stress on his knees. We enjoy single track biking and climbing together on the days Nat wants to switch up her 6 plus mile run. Cross training is def awesome and fun! Merek rides in the bike seat, the backpack or jogger which ever one we bring. He loves being outside. In fact one of his first words was "outside" and "tree". When we are not training we play in the dirt with Mereks toys, discover and explore the trails, birds and botany, and help Nic cut single track trails at Tsalteshi.


We often start our running/biking on the single track trail we cut last year; here are some pics of Natalie running on it.

Natalie on the beginning of her 6 mile run on our trail

 On the trail Nic said do some Parcore moves for Lexi ;) Heres for you Lex we miss you!

Nat having a little fun on the log ride

                                                                                   

Weee!:)



Merek, Nic and Natalie



Natalie, Nic and Merek

Turnagain Pass Single Track Bike Trail

We had a great bike ride on a Trail that's up at Turnagain Pass. Just off the main trail to the left is a really fun single track ride which we took back over two miles and had a snack then headed back.

The meadow along side the trail

 



Some of our views while riding

Merek all gangster faced as to why we stopped

Nic and Merek

Nic riding

Merek saying we aren't going fast enough people! He loves the downhill.

Nat riding up the trail

By the bridge is a waterfall that's in over two miles, so we ate a snack here

Merek, Nat and Nic

Merek and Nat

Merek loved the water

From this ridge you can see across and see the Turnagain Arm down by the inlet water

Again looking towards the Turnagain Arm

Nic and his snack

Natalie and Merek at the end of our ride, covered in mud

YEAH!

It was a great day!

Nic and Natalie at Boulder Park Climbing and Teaching Class

With the weather being good we took our students outside and had a great day of teaching and climbing. Nic and Nat climbed some new routes as well:)) Win Win!

Nic setting up rope

Nic repelling down

Natalie climbing a route we were checking out

Nat getting the crack

Merek checking out the climbing

Merek teaching about rope technique lol

Merek having a blast!