Showing posts with label Family Outing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Family Outing. Show all posts

Monday, April 14, 2014

Camping, Dallas, and Great Wolf Lodge Getaway!

Randy and I decided it was time to get the big boys out of town so we took a long weekend, left the baby with BB and Grandad and headed south. We kicked off our trip with a night of camping at Lake Murray. The boys loved it. I barely survived. I am not sure if I hate camping or if I just always have bad luck when I am camping, but this particular time, our air mattress broke so that killed it for me right there! Oh well, it was worth it. We had a leisurely morning playing games and enjoying the playground before we headed for Dallas.

On Friday night, we went to Medieval Times. The boys were so excited to see "the battles" and they really did enjoy it. We cheered for the yellow knight who was not victorious but it was all good since the blue knight saved our entire kingdom. :) The food was atrocious and everything was expensive so I can't imagine going back or recommending it to anyone but again, the boys loved it so it was worth it.

We got to spend the entire day on Saturday with Hayley and Leah! Little Leah has grown so much since we saw her last and it was great to have so much time to play with her and snuggle her. We had lunch at a fun place called The Lot and then spent all afternoon at the Arboretum. What a fun place! It's beautiful and there is so much for the kids to do. The weather was perfect!

On Sunday, we went to Hayley's church, Watermark, where coincidentally one of our favorite speakers was giving the message. We've hear Greg Koukl speak live once before and he does not disappoint. We also enjoyed the worship at Watermark and found the church to be a sweet, welcoming community. After church, we headed to Great Wolf Lodge and spend the rest of the day and the next day swimming and sliding down crazy water slides. It was a blast! I cannot believe how fearless little Graham is. He rode down those huge slides over and over and over again and had the time of his life. So fun! Jack was a bit more timid as usual but he did the slides as well and had fun. He loved the wave pool and playing basketball in the pool!

It was nice having some time with the two big boys (and easy) but I sure did miss my sweet little Reid. I am so glad to have him back in my arms tonight! Love my boys!































Sunday, March 16, 2014

Cousins at the Science Museum

Daniel, Adrienne, and Brooklyn were in town this weekend and the weather turned cool again so we all decided to go to the science museum. The boys enjoyed showing Brooklyn all of their favorite things and she seemed pretty impressed. Everyone loved the dinosaurs and the gymnastics/track and field area. Reid especially loves flopping around in the foam pit. :) The big boys love going in the space ship but Brooklyn was a little too nervous. Maybe next time. Can't believe she wasn't scared of the dinosaurs! What a cute bunch of kiddos. They play so well together!



















Saturday, February 22, 2014

Hiking at Bluff Creek

Finally we are being blessed with some beautiful weather! We took advantage of it this morning and spent some time hiking and picnicking at Bluff Creek park. The boys love exploring the hiking trails riding their scooters on the sidewalk trail. We never fail to have exciting adventures!