Georgia Trip

We had such a fun time on our annual summer tradition to Grandpa

and Grandma's house. We were careful about not going into any gas

stations or restaurants so everyone would be safe driving there and back.

We had such a good time! We got to catch fireflies, catch lots of toads

lizards, and beetles. We helped them garden and do stuff on their property. 

We hiked their property and lots of other parks in an effort to avoid 

people and Covid-19. We went swimming at the lake and went to the

 river with the slippery rocks that are fun to slide down. The kids even

 got to ride Grandma's horse! We had such a fun time. 

Oh and Jason and Chase found a tree to climb! 60 ft up! So crazy. 

We had such a great time making memories. We're so grateful 

we could see them despite everything that is going on.

We don't have fireflies so that was a super fun activity! We're looking

for the resident toad that lives here before trying to catch fireflies.

Hiking the property and playing with their cute doggies...

Claire absolutely loved all the flowers there! She picked a lot every day.

And she loved all the creatures. She's not scared of anything.

Doing some metal detecting...

Helping Grandpa...

The kids were so excited to ride! They learned how to groom, brush, and saddle.

Lots and lots of hikes outside....

The lake! There was hardly anyone there. We swam and seined for fish and had a great day.

The river with lots of slippery rocks! The kids love it here.

Climbing a tree on the property. It was so high! You have to look really 

carefully to see the Chase and Jason up hanging at the top!

Memorial Day

We were excited to get away for Memorial Day. We went camping at Guadalupe

River State Park. Thankfully we reserved a spot months ago, since you haven't

been able to make reservations for a few months, but those that already had them

could use them. There was barely anyone there, which was so nice! 

Especially since we were trying to avoid other people!

We camped, hiked, made fires, swam in the river, jumped off rocks, went tubing

down some small falls, metal detected for treasure, and over all had a great time. 

We love being outside and having fun together and it was a great long weekend,

especially to get away from all the craziness in the world right now.

We made some awesome memories! We're so grateful for our family 

and the adventures we get to have together. 

This girl is just not scared of bugs. She loves them. There were so 

many bugs there and she just wanted to hold them all. 

This camp was covered in roly-poly's every morning. Hundreds

of them. Claire loves those, so she was in heaven picking them all

up and collecting them and laughing when they'd crawl on her

"they tickle me!"

Hiking!

Flowers is another thing she loves. She'll even yell at you to stop the car so 

she can pick the flowers she sees out her window!

There were tons of fossils everywhere. It was fun to try and find them.

Oh and climbing. She climbs EVERYTHING. I can't tell you how many times we

had to pull her out of trees and tell her to keep on walking.

Dinner!

The kids are so self entertained camping. Fires, bugs, trees, rocks, sticks, you name it.

So excited to go "slimming!"

Chase and Claire discovered frogs were at the edges of the river, so they spent

hours catching and releasing them. Claire would scream with excitement when

she got to hold one.

Every rock the boys would test the waters to find one to jump off of...unfortunately the

river is pretty shallow and there's not a lot of deep spots. But we finally found one!

There were tiny rapids that were fun to tube down. Claire did them with her body since

she's small and her floaty kept her bobbing up and down. She would laugh so much!

The only down side was a storm that came up the last night.

We spent about 30 min of a tornado watch in the camp bathroom to be safe.

And then packed up in 3 inches of water on the ground the next morning.

The kids wont forget the night of lightening and thunder that sounded SO close. 

But memories were made! Character was built! Lots of laughs too. 

We had a great time. We are so grateful we were able to go and be safe and have fun.

We hope you enjoyed your weekend and are staying healthy and safe.