Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Nature Day

Today was devoted primarily to nature, but of course we had to throw in some aviation at the end of the day for good measure!
We started out hiking Squak Mountain in Issaquah. It's really beautiful and even the drive is nice with trees creating a canopy over the road. Ryan wasn't digging the backpack today so it was a really slow hike, but the kids had fun picking huckleberries and learning about moss and ferns, jumping off of rocks, sliding down hills and seeing slugs *shudder*.
Starting out the hike.
From August 1, 2011

Ryan says "peekaboo"
From August 1, 2011

Here they are "sliding" down the dirt hill or in Ryan's case, just falling.
From August 1, 2011

Snack time!
From August 1, 2011

Holding hands...awwwww (complete with a diry behind from sliding on the hill)
From August 1, 2011


Afterwards the boys napped and I got a LOT of yardwork done. It was nice and relaxing. Then Grandpa J watched the boys while I attended a Relief Society craft night. This is where the aviation comes in. Max was promised that if he had a really good day, Grandpa J would build a model airplane with him. It was on his mind all day! The boys had great Grandpa time, and Grandpa did survive (although he went to bed earlier than usual, hmmmm ; ) and I had some girl time. Win-win!

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