Thursday, October 16, 2008

Family Hike

There is a park near us that has over 200 acres of mostly forested gorgeousness. We went exploring as a family for a couple hours the other day. It was a lot of fun! The kids all got along really well and went to bed happily exhausted that night. The weather was amazing for mid-October. Nearly all of us had shed our jackets within the first few minutes.

AM decided to wear her camo pants because then she'd blend in. Obviously, her older brother has rubbed off on her.

LL told her dad that if he saw any bugs, he needed to "die" them before they bit her. Then, because she just finished learning about fire safety at school, she told me (secretly in my ear) that she hopes our house doesn't "get fired" while we are gone. There are times I want to give our house the pink slip, but I'm pretty sure that's not what our five year old was talking about...

We came home with one of our backpacks filled with garbage the kids picked up along the way. ED even found a beer can. Oh, goody.

Family outings are great!
Exercise is great!
Autumn time is great!
Being secluded in nature is great!

Happy Fall!

2 comments:

Kelly said...

I love your family.
I just couldn't help but to laugh at the picture of Him.
Also, Christian was scarred from his fire safety. He wouldn't sleep in his room because there were too many cords in there. It is where we had our computer stuff. I guess on the video they watched had a warning about having too many cords because it causes fires. He still talks about it two years later. Same sex marriage is nothing compared to this damage that has been done to my son. I think people need to start thinking about the issues here.

Janet said...

Cute pictures. Wow, what a beautiful place in October. We are or were getting snow. It was crazy! Looks like so much fun! Still can't believe how big your kids are getting.