Tuesday, June 18, 2013

To Jacksonville We Go!

Yesterday was Moriah's half birthday! =)   It was a busy day, getting us all ready to go to our various places, but we did celebrate with ice cream =)

Happy 4.5 year old with her blizzard

We dropped Keenan and Moriah off with their friends, Luke and Brooke, and Caleb stayed with the Pennys.     We had a five hour drive to Jacksonville and decided it would be better not to subject the kids to that, only to turn around in the morning and do it again.

Road tripping without kids was so refreshing! =)   No whining from the back, we got to have uninterrupted conversations, and our gas/food stop was a snap!

My uber healthy choice for dinner was Popeye's.  Mmmm...


Of course we did a geocache on the way... =)

Not a stellar picture, but here's the cache

A beautiful view across the lake at the state park where we found the cache

It was also nice staying in a hotel without needing a pack'n'play, or telling the kids to be quiet and stop jumping on the beds, or trying to get three kids to sleep in the same room...  Aaahhh.... =)

This was a virtual cache on the way to my appointment in the morning:

It's called "Corporate Ladder"


My appointment went well (will do a separate post about that).

On the way home, we stopped at a pretty park called Falling Creek, so Philip could get two more caches...


I Love Spanish moss on trees!

Philip with the first cache

The falls

Me

Us

There was a ton of graffitti along the boardwalk, and I came across this:

Hmm, Keenan, who's Taylor??

Gorgeous butterfly that stopped flitting just long enough for me to snap this

On the road again (I loved that my drink matched my dress) =)

My handsome driver

The kids all had a great time and we were super happy to see them again!

A couple weeks ago, I had come across this little shirt (that matched my dress), and I couldn't resist it.   Moriah has been wanting us to get a picture together ever since. 

They really do match quite well!

Grouchy faces =)

Love this

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Father's Day Fun (2013)

What a fun day!

It started out with these:

Rebekah Storey (remember she's out of town?) made these cinnamon rolls ahead of time and had me put them in my freezer.  This morning, I baked them and delivered them to Josh for Father's Day.  The best part?  We got to have some, too!  

After breakfast, we had Philip do a scavenger hunt to find his gift:


In the kid's playhouse


Under the scale


On the back of the grill


On the trampoline


In the piano


In the fireplace


In the ice box


We counted, and between the vehicles, the jet ski trailer, bikes and strollers, there were 23 wheels out there, but he didn't have to look at too many before he found it) =)


This clue was GPS coordinates on the fan in the boy's room
(We always let Caleb flip the switch off when he wakes up)

Entering the coordinates into his phone

They ended up being way off, so we gave him clues to where his gift was hidden =)
It was actually just the box, and everything was waiting for him inside:

His stash


I LOVED this mug when I found it!   It is compatible with Lego, K'nex, and several other types of blocks so that you can decorate it any way you want to!  (Keenan and Moriah decorated it this way several days ago... I love the wheels)

Keenan's awesome card


Moriah's (she is doing so well with letters!)


Goodies


Trying out the mug

Reading his cards

 Lunch

Recipe here

In the afternoon, Philip and Keenan went kayaking for several hours with Devin and our new friend, Matt, and four kids.   From the pictures, it looks like they had fun!

 Matt and Eden in Matt's kayak

 Devin with Brooke...

 and Jade

 Brooke and Keenan

 Snack and swim break

 Matt

 I love this one of the kids!

 Nice shot of the kayaks

Matt climbing up on a bridge to get a geocache =)

We had a wonderful evening of fellowship with friends.    

Talked to all three of our dads today - we are so blessed!