More Hiking Adventures

Spring is a wonderful time to hike. We went back to one of my favorite hiking spots in Murrietta. There is a beautiful preserve located there. There are so many different trails. The wildflowers were just coming out. Some areas were just covered in wildflowers. We packed our lunch and headed out to enjoy some outdoor time!

The bright colors of wildflowers was amazing.
When kids find water...they must throw rocks in it!

More beautiful wildflowers.

Isn't it funny that if these grew in our yard we'd call them weeds!

It was a chilly but fun day!

Mady's Lifeskills Awards

Mady's school has a Lifeskills program. Throughout the school year, students work to earn their stars. The stars are put on a certificate and displayed in the classroom. The first star you can get is red, then white and blue. From there you move to the patch. Then a silver and gold star. If you earn all of these the last thing you can get is a pin. It's a great program. As the kids get older it's a little harder to get to the pin. This year Mady has gone as high as her patch. With only four weeks of the school year left she'll probably end here. No worries though. In past grades, she has gone as high as a pin! I thought it would be fun to see how much she has changed over the course of 4th grade.

Red Star - Beginning of 4th grade
White Star

Blue Star - I love this picture of her!

Patch - She just earned this last week!