Caution: This post contains a boat-load of pictures. You might want to go do something productive while it loads.
Mother's Day was like a month ago, but I've discovered that I'm not a fantastic blogger and am just now getting around to telling you anything about it. We've kind of fallen into a routine of doing things for celebratory occassions (like Mother's Day, Anniversary, Etc.) instead of giving things. Christmas and birthdays excluded, of course! So anyway, we decided to go to a (somewhat) local state park and have a play day. This was a common past time of ours before we had Ellie, but we had kind of stopped doing it since she came around. It was so fun and refreshing to get out and explore again! Plus, Ellie got to go on her very first hike and loved it. Fun for the whole family! So what made it special for me, as my mother's day 'gift'? I was told I was allowed to take as many pictures as I wanted. Does my man know me well, or what?! Anyway, here's just a few of the several hundred that I took...
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| Picnic Lunch |
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| Just a little swingset fun! |
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| Slide hair! |
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| Climber girl! No hesitation, no help, just straight to the top! |
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| Family picture next to the historical furnace. |
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| She saw some guys on top and decided we needed to climb up there too! (There was a ramp on the backside) |
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| Then she saw a trail and took off hiking toward this waterfall! That one's got no fear whatsoever. |
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| Treasures |
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| Family picture by an old log cabin |
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| Time for a creek hike! |
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| Picking up rocks to make splashes. |
Came home to the cherry trees dropping all their petals.
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| Mommy, raining flowers!! |
At church on Sunday, every woman and girl in the congregation was given a carnation and Ellie decided to give hers to her Grammy McDee. This was her first visit and it was really special for both of them...
Coming up soon, our anniversary/family birthday adventure!
