Summer FUN!

Zak surprised us by coming home from work early last Friday so we decided to make good use of our time together! We went to the mall so the kids could play while I got my hair cut SHORT! I had been growing it out just for a change but I really hated it....Now that it is short once again I can recognize myself in the mirror!

After the mall we found a terrific park! We parked our car in a virtual forest, walked down a winding path pushing the kids in the double stroller. We emerged from the forest to a beautiful, sunny and warm but well-shaded clearing with lush emerald-green grass that stretched and rolled gently to another cluster of thick trees and foresty growth. As we entered that next growth of trees we walked across a bridge that spanned the distance between shores of a naturally occurring stream and into another clearing. First we could see a couple of large play structures, and to the right was a great spray park where children's squeals of joy emerged. Plenty of nearby trees to provide shade for parent's who carefully watched their young ones playing in the busyness that was obviously the most popular part of this large, beautiful park.

Camden slept peacefully in the stroller 

as Belen quickly made friends and took turns chasing one another in and out of the spraying water. 

As we left, the opposite way we had come, tummies grumbling wishing we had brought a picnic dinner so we wouldn't have to leave quite so soon, we noticed that up-stream ever so slightly were a series of potholes large enough for older children to swim in that stair-stepped their way from a large swimming hole to more shallow water below. What a great thing is was to explore and discover such a beautiful park that is sure to become a favorite haunt for this family!