Mother's Day 2017

Hello All--

This was a wonderful year to be an Ashton Momma!  I'm 45 and Ashton is just short of 15 1/2--  We had a great day with hiking, donuts, shopping and shakes. 

 Here's my first selfie on our hike.  We went to the battlefield (third battle of Winchester on Red Bud Rd.) and had officially went farther than we had the last time we walked here.  Ashton wasn't ready to do a selfie-- teehee I snuck him in anyway!

This grove was beautiful.  Tree lined and nice shade when the temperatures warmed. 

Finally my baby let me do a selfie with him!  He's such a happy handsome man.  We're loving our hike and exploring the new terrain. 

If we had a snack with us we would've kept going-- but we decided it was time to turn back to the car.  We ended up hiking for an hour and 12 minutes and by the message my legs were giving me the next day I'm glad we turned around!  Tired but not really sore.  I definitely knew I had done something I hadn't done in a while!

Snack time at Target!

We've decided (and I hope we keep it up!) to make our hike a tradition.  It's a great way to slow down and reconnect as momma & son. 

I love that guy to the moon and back!  He's crazy creative.  He's polite.  He respects women.  He's super intelligent.  He also speaks his mind-- is willing to debate a topic he's passionate about- and he'll go toe to toe with things that irritate him.  (including me)  I'm slowly letting go and letting him be who he is.  I'm so glad I'm his mom. 

Love. 

Until Next Time.