Catch-up.

I am loving this challenge! Twice we have gotten to the end of the day to realize we hadn't walked. Our solution has been to wait till Grayson falls asleep and then take Jaye on a brisk walk to the closest street. (There are two streets very close by!) Twice we have been driving and one of us will randomly say "Pull over!" and we will just jump out of the car, walk to a street sign, take a picture, hop back in the car and drive away. (I think we have scared a lot of people! I'm sure our car is on neighborhood watch in a few places!) Other times, we will be walking somewhere familiar and realize we can count the sidewalk as one we haven't walked yet for the challenge. And on a few occasions, we have actually planned a long walk down an entire street. It has been so fun to see the different ways we have approached this challenge, and seeing how committed my husband is makes me love him all that much more!

Things to note:
 1. I got my first blister from the challenge! We had to go to Albertsons after visiting a store, and just decided spontaneously to just walk from the store to Albertson's. I was wearing POOR walking shoes and now my feet hate me! But it was fun, we discovered this really cool house that looks like an old church converted into a house and would be the perfect setting for "The Secret Garden"

2. I think my husband is officially in love with our new camera! It has been fun watching him test it out!

3. I'm beginning to think Grayson could ride his scooter all day and not get tired!

4. Walking on new streets lead to fun impromtu photo shoots of the kids! And I have hundreds of pictures to prove it!

5. Grayson has to point out EVERY SINGLE time he finds bird poop on the ground. It's weird pretending for the sake of my child that bird poop is fascinating... for the billionth time!

6. I think strollers are one of the greatest inventions. Ever.

Anyway, I seriously got off task with blogging, but instead of trying to write a blurb from every single walk, I will just list where we have been. And try to do better from here on out!

SIDEWALKS WE HAVE VISITED!
May 21: Ortega Street (LONG WALK!)  



May 22: Walmart (lame, I know, but we had friends visiting from out of town so this is our freebie)


May 24: Carlsbad Caverns (about two miles of awesomeness!)


May 25: Roswell Main Street (We took our friends to the Alien Museum and Research Center up in Roswell and to this goofy place where you can take pictures with aliens. It was a blast!)


May 26: Elm Street (EXHAUSTED after the friends left, so we walked about 100 steps down our street late at night)  


May 27: Lotaburger Restaurant Sidewalk (We picked up my little brother from his last day of school, went disc golfing, then the whole family met up here for lunch)  


May 28: Halagueno Street (One of our drive-by jump out sidewalks! But we did it after a date night so I don't feel too guilty about the ten steps to the sign!)  


May 29: Northgate Strip mall (We rented a movie and just decided to walk the entire strip mall sidewalk. P.S. I do NOT recommend watching "Valentine's Day". )  


May 31: Mesquite Street (HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY! We did another drive-by walk and took a photo of the street sign while all these people having parties in different houses stared at us. Awkward.)  


June 1:  Sidewalk to the Tennis courts (We played Tennis at 10:30 in the morning and it was already sweltering! Needless to say, the game didn't last very long!)  


June 2: Canyon Street (My first blister!)  

June 3: Boyd (Holy Busy Day! I had to make a Purse Cake for the Relief Society Party, and I offered to make dinner for a friend who needed it, and I'm a terrible procrastinator... so I'm REALLY surprised we actually got a walk in today! But my wonderful husband had his shoes on and ready after we got Grayson in bed, so we walked another 100 steps to the other street by our house.)

I can't believe we have actually been doing this challenge successfully!!! And I can't believe we are enjoying it so much!!!