You Don't See That Every Day

Let me just start out with, this past Sunday was tons better than last Sunday! Here we have a photo of the precious week's after effects. Thankfully, there are no such photos for this week.  On Saturday we had the first swim meet in the morning and more house work in the afternoon. My oldest girl made a PR in her swims. She won most of her heats too, which is such a nice payoff for a year of practicing. But on to our adventure. We've learned a few things in the past 2 weeks. 1. Plan Ahead; which we did sort of. G perused all the books and maps on Saturday night. He knew the area we were going, and knew the weather. 2. Be prepared. We brought a lot more food and water, along with sweatshirts and maps and other items. 3. Bring TP. Of course, this was one item we didn't bring, and could have used. Although the girls made it to the restaurant after the hike in time. For Father's Day G got to choose whatever he wanted to do, so instead of a family pi...

Sunday morning began so peacefully. We slept in. I ran down to the local grocery store and got the paper, then ran home. The kids read books. So peaceful.  (We went to church Saturday night, just in case you were wondering!) The first hint at calamity came before we left on our hike. The Boy was suppose to take the dog(s) for a run. He thought it was a brilliant idea to get on his bike and run them while he rode. Until the big dog saw a squirrel and decided to lunge. The Boy followed, but the bike did not. There was blood. And abrasions and open wounds. But we patched him up and moved onward. We drove quite a ways up into the coast range to a place called Valley of the Giants. Except we couldn't find it. There were so many 'roads' and the map and book we had was about 9 years old. We were finally frustrated enough that we stopped at 2 pm to just eat lunch. We enjoyed the scenery and the river. Throwing rocks was one event. And then another car c...