Saturday, October 18, 2008

Family Fun...

It was such a beautiful, cool fall day here so we took advantage of it and went to the new greenway today. I was worried the kids were going to be grumpy about going for a walk but they were super excited! We had so much fun and will be going back often. Of course I brought my camera along. I had such a great time taking pictures. I ended up with around 300 pictures! So be ready for picture overload this post. :) Hope you enjoy...
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Lil' rock climbers...
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John impressed the kids with his juggling...
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Jordan running to catch up with Daddy...
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At the end of the paved trail we found they have an actual hiking trail up the "mountain." Jordan killed me using a walking stick. So cute!
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Now that's what I call a walking stick! Judging by the look on Gavin's face he is also impressed.
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So he tried to take it...what would you expect from an older brother.
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Am I blessed with beautiful girls or what!?
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I was always falling behind because I stopped to look at everything. That's ok with me, I had a great view of my wonderful family!
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I'm so lucky to be with this handsome guy! I love him so much.
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Natalee fell and hurt her leg as we were heading back to the van. Aryn was such a sweet sister (unlike her usual preteen self) and carried her sister on her back!
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Shots of nature...


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Our discovery of the day...Osage Orange tree fruits. We had never seen one before so we called them monster brains.
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John smashed one open. It smelled citrusy and oozed a thick neon green goo.
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Hope you enjoyed the pictures...a few more are posted on my photog blog...Pics by Ricks.

4 comments:

TheVillamorFamily said...

a greenway? that sounds cool! I love family activities like this!

Kim Mayfield said...

How fun! We spent most of our Saturday on the soccer fields, but I was wishing for a little time to enjoy nature. You have such a beautiful family!! Great pictures.

Q Crew said...

Well, I see I have some catching up to do with your blog (I haven't checked blogs in over a week), but go figure Emily just woke up. Andrew keeps saying "I hear Enanee. Enanee woke up, Mommy!" over and over...so I better go! But I'll be checking back to comment as soon as I can!

Q Crew said...

I'm loving the beautiful greenery...definitely something I'm missing here in AZ. I love the pictures of your wonderful family. It is so fun to see how they are growing up. And wow, so sweet of Aryn to carry Natalee!
Monster brains...mmmmm...just in time for Halloween!