Outside Fun, Part 1

Looking through photos from the past couple of months, it's clear that our family loves being outside. Here are a few things we've done recently in the beautiful weather.

We went to lots of playgrounds. The merry-go-round seems to usually be the kids' favorite.

We hunted for fossils in the creek.

We visited historic cabooses and courthouses.

We found an old-school, dangerously fun slide.

We pretended to be a dead bug.

And of course, we swung.

Backyard Camping

A couple of weeks ago, we all decided to enjoy the great weather outside by going camping. Since this was the first campout for the kids, we elected to stay in the backyard. We had a great time! We cooked steaks, made s'mores, and listened to the wind in the trees as we slept. Now that we've had some practice sleeping in the tent, we'll go to a state park later this summer.

Walker wore his hardhat to help build the tent.

We cooked steaks over a (charcoal) campfire.

We roasted marshmallows.

The s'mores were a bit messy.

Maybe it was good that we did this in the backyard this time... it made it a lot easier to clean up the sticky messes!

More Swinging

If Findley had her way, she would spend almost every waking hour in the swing. She loves the big swing, but she still likes to get in the baby swing because she can relax. Mama got this great photo of her recently.

Transit of Venus

A couple of weeks ago, we met up with our friend Larry to watch the Transit of Venus. Larry has a great telescope with a solar filter, so we got a great view of this historic event. Dad was more interested than the kids, so luckily there was a playground nearby where they could go play.

Reading

Walker loves to read books. Here he is showing his cousin Hernán Davíd one of his favorites.