Time has flown and little ones have grown!

Wow! It's the middle of April and I haven't blogged since January! It's not that I haven't been out exploring nature, it's that time seems to slip by and life is so very full. It's all good stuff but I know one needs to make the most of each day and not let the days and weeks roll into months because if one does then the year is gone before you know it. 

It was a snowy winter here and it definitely limited my time outdoors. However I did manage to enjoy two snowshoe adventures up in Strathcona Park. The first was a full day of exploring all the trails there in the park. It was so beautiful and peaceful and the quietness of the snow covered forest was very refreshing. 

The second was a three hour trip out with my daughter and granddaughter. We snowshoed out to Battleship Lake. The funny part was that for some silly reason I felt the lake would be there in it's usual colour forgetting that it would be frozen over and covered in deep snow. 

So we all ventured out with care while the snow lay on the ground, mainly hiking up to the cross - a trail we all know well. I also did a small hike up in Ladysmith and we ventured down the local railway line to nab a few caches. 

AND of course a lot of my time was spent up in Comox walking the beach at Point Holmes while I visited with my Comox family. It really have been three very full months with lots of smaller little adventures in local parks. 

Thankfully this past month the snow has disappeared and I've been able to spend a bit more time outdoors but sadly not near enough.

 Life and schedules seem to quickly fill up my calendar so I am just thankful for the small things in life such as sunsets and picnic dinners on mountain tops ;)

And then there are of course these little ones. They are dear to my heart and time spent with them is so much more important than adventures. What is best is that spring is now here and with the snow off the trails I will be able to have these little ones join me on some fun adventures. They grow up so fast I need to make the most of the young years while they love to be outdoors exploring with Nana.