dinosaur bones

Most days Dan leaves around 7:30am, travels to 3 different schools during the course of the day, and then arrives back home around 8pm. Then he usually has to grade papers or prep the next day's lecture into the wee hours of the morning.

However, Dan is finally (& I do say FINALLY with emphasis . . . thank God!) done with his Tuesday/Thursday night classes for the year!!! Which means, we actually get to see him when the sun is out!

In honor of his first day without night classes (though there's still a Wednesday night class for a few more weeks), we went on a hike up in the mountains, which is one of the many perks of living in the foothills. It's been simply gorgeous lately, so the three of us put on our tennis shoes, pack our water & snacks & headed for the hills.

I think the best part (besides just being together) was Mahalia's excitement about everything from the birds, lizards & rocks to the the stream of water that we could hear but not see and the dinosaur bones in the ground.