FULL DAY

The bunch at the half way mark-still going strong, after a snack of course.

No Bears, but some bats-watch out!

We managed the entire trail with all the kids-only the scare of a lost shoe.

Looks like Ron is reading to send them all off on their own.

Little Andrea, who doesn't seem so little any more

Andrea, waiting patiently for the troop to return from the canoe ride

We ended the evening with a spectacular view of the sun setting-blame Ron for not pulling over fast enough to catch the entire fireball!

This was the last full day we got to enjoy with the cousins and we stayed plenty busy. The weather has been fantastic and today was the best! We started the morning by braving the bluff trail at Red Bud valley with all the kids, including the little ones. Friends also joined us for the adventure making for a total of 7 kids. By the time were neared the end I think the two three year olds were being carried while the two little one years old enjoyed the entire hike in backpacks. We managed with only a couple scrapes and hardly any complaining-mostly from my mouth because Andrea was so much heavier than the last time I had used the backpack! We enjoyed a nice lunch-I was sweating by the time we finished, it was at least 80 by noon. Brayden had fun collecting acorns and then left them all in a hole in a tree for the squirrels.

Ron decided to come home early from work and took all of us on a little canoe outing. We went to a nearby lake in Sapulpa and the kids enjoyed paddling around-seeing turtles, snakes and finding an old rotten egg-yes only a 4 year old would find such a thing in the woods. After a good Mexican dinner we all headed home, very much tired out from the day.