It's Mom and Daughter time!

This is Mt Si that Paige and I hiked on Friday

The trees looked like they had feathers

At the top of Mt Si

It was a 4 mile hike with switch backs the whole way up. It took us about 2 hours to go up and 1 our to come down. We had a tall skinny man and his fat bull dog pass us on the way up. The man was running up the mountain. His poor fat dog was about 10 feet behind him. Then when we were still climbing up he passed us going down (dog still lagging behind). We got to the top and stayed there awhile, ate and fed birds from our hands, took pictures and relaxed a bit. The top was snowy so we were slipping and sliding down the first part. It was so slick on one part that I just sat on my butt and slid down the hill. I had a wet behind the rest of the day but it was better than having a sore behind if I fell!

On our way down this tall guy passed us again (he was going up again, but he left the bull dog at the bottom this time!) We were about 1 mile from the bottom and once again he passes us! Man it got real humiliating.

Paige had already gone running 5 miles that morning with her friend so she did 13 miles that day.

The next day we got up and Paige, her friend Shannon and I went running again. They ran 5 again and I only went 2. By the end on the day, if we sat to long we could hardly get up. When we went to Lion King that night we were pretty much whining with each step we took. We got the show early and wanted to walk around the theater so we climbed to the very top of the theater. It was beautiful but coming down the stairs was a trick! We each had to cling on to the handrail coming down and we were laughing and wincing with pain with each step!

We had such a good time together!

Lion King was amazing! The costuming and puppetry was incredible. The music was all African (duh) spiritual and chants, it was so powerful! All the cast, but 4, were African and most came straight from South Africa. Rafiki was a woman and she spoke and sang with all the clicks and pops in her language, that was cool. I had no idea that it was going to be so amazing. Even if Broadway shows aren't your thing, with the lighting and staging and all the animals coming down the aisles ( Elephants, hyenas, wilder beasts, birds and dancers) this show is one you should not miss. I think Steve would even stay awake for this show!

Paige and I had a wonderful week-end together. We haven't had a mom/daughter time like that since she got married, so we were overdue for some time together.