Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Sunday, March 22, 2009

A Boy and a Girl in a Little Canoe

A boy and a girl (and a boy and a mom) in a little canoe with the sun setting all around. And they talked and the talked til the sun grew dim....

We took the canoe out on the lake and had a fun time. There were a couple of scary moments, like when we were focusing on getting to the ducks and not where we were going and we ran into some branches. And when Jackson decided to lean over the edge of the canoe to touch the water and we all but tipped into the water.

But we all survived without getting too wet and it was nice and peaceful out on the lake. It is so nice to have it right there and be able to just go when we get the urge. :)




And Thanks Papaw for letting use your canoe and for helping us get it up and down the hill to the water!!!

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Splash and Play





We had a relaxing and fun day at the beach. We met some friends at the National Seashore and played for awhile on the sound side but my kiddos are too used to the white sand and waves. They really wanted to visit the "real" beach. So we parted ways and had even more fun in the sand and in the waves. The water was too cold for mommy. I was a big disappointment for not diving right in. Maybe next time! :)

So, I was looking through my pictures and found this one. Cracked me up! How old is she going to be again? 16? hehehe.


We had some beautiful sunsets and the kids took some great pictures. I think we have some mini photographers here!



Saturday, March 07, 2009

Lumberjack Festival... Kindof!

So we saw a sign at the Junior College that said "Lumberjack Festival" and thought it would be kind of fun. Now, I am not sure about the rest of you but when you say Lumberjack Festival I have images of races to saw trees up into a cord of wood, cut down small trees quickly, and generally let manly men and women strut their stuff in a challenging and entertaining way. Welll... the version here did have a contest to chop down a sapling so that it fell along a string or as close as possible. But other than that, it was more of a forestry/ nature/ community open house. It was a fun activity for our Saturday though.

The Forestry helicopter was there, The boys are here pretending to scream as the copter comes crashing down since Jessa is piloting the craft.



Isn't Jack a cutie-patootie? Such a big guy now!


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This was the main thoroughfare, this local artisan made these way cool tire swings. Jessa especially liked the horse style one. Brandon and Jeffy look mighty comfy in theirs!

The Wildlife Sanctuary was here and had several birds that they brought out to show. It was cool to see them up so close.




There was a man there that made these baskets out of wood. He literally carved the thin pieces from a hunk of wood and created these very intricate baskets.The large carvings were completed before we got there.




There was bee keeper there and he taught us alot about pollination and bees and how the bees live and make honey. He was very interesting to listen to and you could tell he loved his bees!


Afterwards we went to have a picnic at Benny Russell Park. It was very fun. The Boys had a blast on the slide. They all piled up at the bottom along with some other friends they made. Kate was a big help as she followed the kids around the busy playground!









Friday, March 06, 2009

His first 3 Stitches

Caution: Graphic Photos...




Jack-jack. My ever curious Jack-jack is the first of my children to need stitches. (I am sure it won't be the last time.) Jack Jack cut his finger over at Dad's house on Sunday (3/1). I tried to get a photo but he was not very willing. Jack is really favoring it. He can not bend it and it has been swollen but looks much better today. He is wearing a splint to keep it straight and I found some Cars medical tape to wrap it with. Jack likes the Cars tape but hates having his bandage changed twice a day.

Monday, March 02, 2009