The Weekend What

After taking a few weeks off of blogging, it sure feels good to get back into the groove of things.  This weekend was a whole lot of busy and a whole lot of fun.  We kicked it off Friday evening by going to Family Fun Night at school.  Our little family's picture made it online. =)

 Our first stop for the night was at the 'Hole In One' game.  Addi was first up.

 We picked this game, because we knew a very special girl was working it.  Anywhere Miss Natalie is, that's where my girlies want to be.  The National Honors Society students were working all of the games.  Karsyn got a hole in two. =)

 Payton has excellent form.

Evan also did quite well.

Next up was the corn hole game.

Then, the littlest ladies did some bouncy time.

Saturday, we had an adventure planned.  Aunt Kary had told us about a nature center and we went to check it out.  We kind of fell in love with the place and already have our next trip planned. We took a picnic for lunch and then hit the hiking trails. Here is my crew with their walking sticks in hand.  We loved looking at the tadpoles in this little pond.  (Side note - we've been having some beautiful spring weather this winter.)

 The hiking trails were quite nice.  There were a lot of nice benches along the way.  The one under this beautiful tree was donated by the girl scouts.  The kiddos and I had to take a seat.

 Here's a closer peak.

 Then, we were back at it on the trials.

 Jason and Evan were deciding on which trail to take.  I'm grateful that  Jason has such a great sense of direction!

I think you can tell from our gear that we are avid hikers.  Our pack gives us away. ha ha ha!

Addi and Karsyn were fascinated by the big hole in this tree.

 The trails were really nice and had a few built in steps and bridges along the way.  It was great for hiking novices like us.

 My favorite part of the hike was making it to the creek.  The kids all really liked the sand.  Karsyn renamed the area "Sandy Dunes."  We were cracking up, because Addi and she were renaming everything on the map.

We covered about 2 miles of trails in about an hour.  Jason and I could have probably hiked all day, but we wanted it to be an enjoyable experience for the kiddos, so we called it a day.  On the way out, we were greeted by this honker.  I'm not sure what was on his mind, but he was letting us know something.

We got home and took a little nap.  We grilled out for dinner and then soaked up the last few minutes before sunset at the park.  The girls had a lot of fun on the jungle gym.

 The boys played Horse.

The girls love the spinners.

 Karsyn was trying so hard to push Addi fast.  It was making Addi crack up.

 To make my pedometer happy, I jogged a few laps around the playground.  On one lap, Jason thought it would be funny to have "Chariots of Fire" playing as I made my way around.  We all were cracking up. Sunday morning, we got up and went to church.  Evan went to the nursing home ministry and out to lunch with a friend.  The rest of us ate a quick lunch and then got some scooter time at the park in.

Of course, there was a fair amount of dandelion picking that took place.

After our park excursion, we spent a little time resting.  Then, we did some grocery shopping and picked up our Evan.  After dinner, Karsyn and I headed to a friend's birthday party.  She had the best time bouncing, sliding and jumping the evening away.

And that my friends was our weekend.  It was really wonderful! I hope yours was too!