New Year’s Day Hike – Beus Pond

I love Beus Pond.  I love the trail around it.  I love the big ole geese.  I love that my boys love it.

On New Year’s Day, I needed an adventure and wanted to get outside, so we grabbed a box of Kix cereal, and went to the pond!

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Ricky was actually able to pet that goose!

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I don’t think Bobby remembered seeing the geese before.  He just wanted to follow them … right out into the pond!

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On one side of the pond, where it was frozen solid, some skaters had cleared a skating rink.  We didn’t have any skates, but we did our best to slide around.

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The boys thought it was pretty cool…

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And then Kevin started dragging the boys.  They thought it was great fun – I thought it was weird.  So I took a picture.

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Oh, be still my heart … he’s cute!

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Sigh.

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Adventuring together makes the boys happy, too!

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I love us.

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Adventuring together makes me happy, too.  Even if it is just around a little frozen pond.

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Not all of it was frozen …

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There was a little bit of swimming room for the ducks and geese.

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Kix cereal isn’t the best choice for feeding the birds.  They didn’t really seem to like it (kid tested, not bird approved) but they humored us and ate it anyway.

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Ricky really enjoys animals the most out of my boys.  No fear.

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A cold little 1 mile hike to start our year off right!  Perfection.