Family Outing: Stow Lake

For the past three and a half months, our family outings have been fairly routine. We've taken a drive 30 minutes north, we've gone to the beach a couple of times and walked to our neighborhood parks. Many of the grand adventures we had planned for the summer had to be postponed.

We wanted to make this weekend a little more special because it was our 11th wedding anniversary on Saturday. Every time we've gone for a hike at Stow Lake the boys ask me to rent a boat, but Chris was never with us. And since we can't go on real dates right now, this family outing seemed to be the perfect idea. The weather even cooperated and we had the most beautiful morning rowing a boat.

Kind of hard to admit that we've lived here for 10 years and never thought to do this.

It was the most beautiful morning. We saw geese, ducks, turtles and even discovered statues of rats and spiders hiding near the water's edge. Other than the boys getting bored after the first 20 minutes of our hour-long rental, we had a really great time. I loved it.

* Sometimes we just forget we can take off our masks!

For the past three and a half months, our family outings have been fairly routine. We've taken a drive 30 minutes north, we've gone to the beach a couple of times and walked to our neighborhood parks. Many of the grand adventures we had planned for the summer had to be postponed.

We wanted to make this weekend a little more special because it was our 11th wedding anniversary on Saturday. Every time we've gone for a hike at Stow Lake the boys ask me to rent a boat, but Chris was never with us. And since we can't go on real dates right now, this family outing seemed to be the perfect idea. The weather even cooperated and we had the most beautiful morning rowing a boat.

Kind of hard to admit that we've lived here for 10 years and never thought to do this.

It was the most beautiful morning. We saw geese, ducks, turtles and even discovered statues of rats and spiders hiding near the water's edge. Other than the boys getting bored after the first 20 minutes of our hour-long rental, we had a really great time. I loved it.

* Sometimes we just forget we can take off our masks!