Let's Spend Every Second OUTSIDE!

Ah, it's another hot and beautiful day here in Pittsburgh!

Last weekend, we made our way down to the Three Rivers Art Festival again a few times (which apparently I took no pictures of...).  And then on Sunday, we headed up to North Park for a day of fun in the sun!  While Brett went mountain biking, Eli and I went for a run around the lake, followed by a little picnic in the grass. :)  This kid can eat a whole container of Trader Joe's fruit by himself!  And once Brett was done biking, the 3 of us headed over to the North Park pool, which was so much fun!  Eli is definitely a water baby through and through!

One of my favorite family activities is HIKING!  Any chance we get, we head over to South Park for a little hike and Eli loves it too!  When Brett suggested an evening hike on Monday, Eli and I got our stuff together and met him over at the park for a nice 1.5 hour hike.  Eli loves to pick flowers along the trail and give them to me and it melts my heart!!!

And then we went home and ate popsicles because it was NINETY degrees outside!

And now here we are at Thursday already - Brett and I are going on a little weekend getaway to Columbus tomorrow without Eli (my parents are watching him) and we are so excited!!  But we will also miss him so much, it's weird when he's not around!

Have a great weekend, friends!*

#SUMMER

This set of photos is just too good not to share ;)

{From our camping trip at Raystown lake}

Hope you're all having a great weekend!*

Camping at Raystown Lake!

Happy Friday!*

Wow, this week flew by.  I guess a 3-day work week will do that to you. :)  Brett and I, along with a few friends, spent the nice long Labor Day weekend camping at Raystown Lake and we had a blast!  We are trying to squeeze out every last bit of Summer before it's gone and Fall is officially here.  Here's to making it count!

A great campsite...

The gorgeous lake...

Plenty of exploring...

And lots of great sunsets...

Summer, we're still hanging on!
Happy weekend, everyone!*

Hiking the Archer Fork Loop Trail

A few more pictures from our weekend hike on the Archer Fork Loop Trail...

There were so many unexpected features of this trail!  A great cave, natural bridge, connector loops to other trails, etc... so cool!  We got a late start so we didn't have time to do the full 9.5 mile hike, but from what we did do, we had a blast.  And then we headed down the mountain and set up camp at a great campground right along the river (Leith Run Campground) and it only cost $7.50!  We love discovering awesome outdoorsy areas that we can return to in the future.  We will definitely be back this summer!

Did any of you get outside this weekend?!*

Scenes from the Weekend

A little bit of Mmmhops to start the weekend

Homemade pizza night with our new pizza peel!

(We are just so official now!)

Brett brought home surprise treats from Bethel Bakery on Saturday morning

(Best husband ever award!)

Took a little road trip to Ohio & West Virginia to spend lots of time outside

(Hiking the Archers Fork Trail)

First camping of the year!

(It was chilly overnight, but we were too impatient to wait any longer for camping season to begin!)

Downtown Marietta is pretty cute

Dinner & beers at Marietta Brewing Co

(Honestly, we didn't love their beers, but the atmosphere was pretty cool)

Brett's first mountain biking race!

He came in 6th place!

(So proud of him!)

Mountain State Brewing Co while stopping in Morgantown on our way home

(Loooved this place!)

They have a hand-built pizza oven at the brewery!

(And the pizza was delicious!)

Ending the weekend with a mandatory froyo stop :)

(Would you really expect anything less...)

This weekend gave us a taste of what's to come this spring and summer.  Spending all our time outside camping, hiking, biking, and just enjoying the great weather.  Being outside is literally my favorite thing.  I can't wait until it's a daily happening!  Cheers!*

Cougar Crest Trail

A few more from our hike along the Cougar Crest Trail

overlooking Big Bear Lake...

Such an awesome & fun hike!