Am I the only one who thought the dog video was funny? I thought it was hilarious!! Even remembering it in my head makes me laugh. Ah well.
Anyway, this is a catch up post, but full of lovely good things, so I get to title it "Good Times" instead of some lame variation of "Catch-Up Post" which I've done far too frequently.
ANYWAY...
Several weeks ago, the Woods invited us over for FHE. We just love that family, so we had a really good time with them. We got to ride horses, cook hot dogs over a fire, ooh and aah at the marvels of a potato gun (loaded with rolled up socks), and in general enjoy the company. :)
A few weeks ago, several of us took Lisa out for her birthday. We saw "New in Town" which I have a feeling is a lot more fun when you're with a group. Also more fun with a group is stumbling upon a kiddie play area (minus the kiddies).
A couple Saturdays ago (hmm, all of these were a few weeks ago or more, which makes me wonder what we've been up to lately - nothing interesting apparently) ... as I was saying... A couple of Saturdays ago I woke up thinking we needed to do something fun after a rather grueling week, so we packed a lunch and headed up to the river. Despite it being a Saturday full of glorious weather and lots of people with the exact same idea we had, we didn't have a hard time finding a nice secluded spot to relax for a few hours.
John actually found some shells.
Ben had fun throwing
great big rocks in the water...
Since this was an impromptu activity, I didn't think to bring a change of clothes for the boys. So I told them to keep their clothes dry and not go in past their knees.
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Are you snickering at me yet?
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Even as I said it, I had a funny feeling I was fighting a losing battle. I mean, we were at the river. What was I thinking?
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But I had hope because they were pretty good at first...
Ben was the first to "accidentally" lose his balance and get more or less soaked down his front.
You can see he's very upset about it.
John managed it too, not long after...
Chris was a little too timid for this, but it didn't matter. At this point I didn't care how wet they got. I know defeat when I see it.
Good thing.
(Note to self: next time, just bring some towels.)
Daddy tried getting Chris to go in past his knees, but he wanted nothing of it...
But he had fun anyway...
At one point (despite what Mom and Dad said) John was convinced he had a fish caught at the end of his stick...
... but no.
From where we were sitting, we could see a strip of land just under the water. Brian decided to see if he could walk to it, or if the water was too deep:
Ta-da!
This is another view from where we were sitting:
It was too enticing not to follow...
There's something comforting about walking a path like this barefoot.
It was a great day.
And on our way back to the car, guess what we saw?
Wild horses.
Gee, all three of these events involved horses (if you count the picture of Nylene that makes me want to say "Ride 'em cowboy!"). Perhaps this post should've been titled "Happy Trails" instead. :)
