8 Fun Things to Do Outside - Live Life Outside

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These last two weeks have been so crazy!! I have been sick (I never get sick) three different times: a super bad cold, food poisoning and then I lost my voice. I went to girls camp for a week and we just moved! So yeah, in the middle of all this I was packing my house and cleaning our new house. It’s also been 110+ degrees outside this month and my kids have spent WAY too much time indoors and watching movies which is totally not like us. We just finished with all the moving stuff and I am ready to get back to life and get OUTSIDE! We are an outside loving family and I can tell a huge difference in my kids when we spend too much time indoors. Summers where I live are kind of like winter for other people, we stay mostly indoor for July and August or we melt. We have to have water or get out super early in order to be outside. I’m excited for the weather to start cooling off (because 90’s is cool) and get outside a lot more. For us summer last a lot longer here in Southern Utah. Those two crazy hot months turn into 8 months of great weather, and a perfect time to spend our days outside. I know for a lot of you summer comes and goes super fast! Last year we put grass in in September and it was so fun to get outside and play soccer on our nice lush green grass. We for sure take advantage of the great months to be outside! I don’t think my kids will remember those times where they watched too many cartoons, they will remember when we spent time outside together.

It’s sad to say that most kids between the ages of 8 and 18 spend an average of 7+ hours using entertainment media in a typical day. That is ridiculous to me! I can’t even fathom that much time spent looking at a screen! This summer, TruGreen is encouraging us to spend more time outside. Great memories are created with our loved whens when we enjoy nature and the outdoors!! TruGreen recently launched the #LiveLifeOutside 2016 Summer Sweepstakes. All you have to sign up and share photos and videos for a chance to win weekly prizes!

Today I am sharing some of our favorite things to do to help us Live Life Outside!

Exercise Outside – Get outside in the mornings and get some exercise in!

8 Fun Things to Do Outside - Live Life Outside

Go to a Park – My kids love going to the park! They either play on the equipment or they bring toys from home to play with! Also, most parks these days have great water features and shade covering them. Find one and play Lava Monster or tag with your kids!

Go Hiking – We love a good family hike! Even if you can’t go with your spouse, take the kids hiking and they will remember it forever. Find a simple short hike with water if you can! We love to walk part of The Narrows in Zion!

Go on a Family Bike Ride – We love family bike rides! If you have a toddler, get a bike attachment seat. We also love our attachment that makes our bikes into a double bike for our kids that don’t go that fast yet.

Eat Outside – When we first got our grass at the end of last summer we loved sitting out on a picnic blanket and eating outside!! If you don’t have a back yard find a park and have a picnic!

Playing in the Water – We are getting an above ground pool in a couple of days and my kids are so excited! You don’t need a pool if you don’t have one, you can got to a river, run through the sprinklers or have a water fight and throw cups of water and water balloons at each other!

Star Gazing – Spend the even out on the lawn on a blanket looking at the stars! There are fun apps that tell you what the constellations are!

Sleeping Under the Stars – My kids love to do this every so often. My kids like to set up the tent and have a marshmallow roast and sleep outside! It’s one of their favorite things to do!!!