Oh Happy Day!

Seeing as our time here is quickly drawing to a close, we are trying to visit and re-visit all of our favorite spots as much as we can during our family days, and to also conquer all of the places that we've been meaning to check out ever since we've been here.

So, today - we totally conquered!

We put the boys in the car at 9:30 in the morning, just in time for Jesse's morning nap, and we did not get home until about 7:30 tonight! We drove all over tarnation and explored different parks, we got happily lost a couple of times, we found a fun little coffee shop in a funky little town, we caught salamanders and worms - none of which we brought home thank you very much, the boys went fishing, we drank camp coffee by the river bank, and the boys went wading in their wellies! The weather was GLORIOUS, and we just had an awesome day doing what we love to do. We threw Jesse in the backpack and let him nap on the fly. He is most happy outside, anyway; and Kaden got to run free and wild for hours on end.

Places we scoped out: Ralph Stover Park - one of our absolute faves. Here we did the fishing, the catching of salamanders, the wading, and the drinking of camp coffee. Ringing Rocks Park was next. This is a fun little place that is just a huge field of rocks out in the middle of nowhere. If you hit the rocks with a hammer - they make different fun ringing noises. Alas, we did not come prepared and had only a large stick. It didn't quite give off the same feel, I am sure, but we had fun whaling on the rocks anyway. And then we also happened upon a fun little town over in Jersey called Frenchtown that is very old and beautiful and had delish coffee. And all along the way, we also drove through a couple of other little state parks here and there and just enjoyed the country and the woods and the water.

Aaaaaaaaah! My soul is refreshed and rejuvenated!