In Pursuit of a Hike

We've had one of those weeks that has been fairly non-productive. Monday morning, Eli woke up with a fever, which had him out of school on Monday and Tuesday. Lex was home sick on Tuesday as well. Jeremy is recovering from a sprained back, and I have been working insane hours trying to keep up with things in the office. Thursday, we were all home because of an ice storm, but alas, did nothing productive, and instead opted to all stay in our pajamas and stay on the couch all day. We needed that. And then the weekend hit, and I looked around at all the housework that went undone over the week. It's a vicious cycle. But here I sit, another day of icy rain outside, meaning we'll be staying in once again, all the house work finally caught up, and I am finally able to get back to this blog to tell you about our hiking adventures  last  weekend.  Last weekend gave us a short reprieve from winter weather. Following the polar vortex, but before the ice storm, we were given 2 day