Poor S was up sick half of the night, but was bright-eyed and bushy tailed the next morning. I fixed us all Mexican omelets and then we gathered up the dogs and headed out to pick wild black rasberries.
S and J and Elvis headed down the road to the rasberry patches
Austin goofin' around
The whole berry-pickin' crew!
We ended up with quite the haul of sweet, juicy rasberries. I'm going to make ...well...something out of them. Probably cobbler or fried pies. We'll see. Either way, how can you lose? :0)
After berry-picking, we armed ourselves with bug repellent and piled into the car--dogs and all---and headed out to a creek in the National Forest.
Hilda and Jackson both quite at home in their natural element!!
Savannah and Austin taking a dip
Pretty things we saw
Austin sharpening a stick and having a go at spear fishing
Hilda being her usual "helpful" self
Skipping stones
Savannah on the trail with Hilda
Hilda's big adventure on the log---she lost some serious cool points, there! :0)
Jackson catches a water snake
Elvis participating in his favorite water-related frolic: destroying big sticks. The Big E is 13 years old now and STILL a force to be reckoned with. Who needs ADT??? This is the same dog that happily curled up beside Jackson on the futon the night before, gentle as a lamb. Good dog!! :0)
We arrived back at my house wet, tired and happy. I can't wait until we can go out and do it again!! I just heard about a HUGE swimming hole in a nearby river. I think that might be our next adventure together.
They all have busy summer schedules (and so do I!), so it's harder to get together and do these things. But it's SO worth the effort to get to spend time with them. Thanks for all the fun, guys!! Looking forward to next time! :0)
6 comments:
Oh, thanks so much for this! They had such a wonderful time.They were all 3 in the bed early and snoring away the night they came home. It is so great to know that the older ones aren't "too big" to still have a great time in the outdoors with their Aunt Thomasina. You really have a special place in their hearts. And of course, the pictures are amazing as always.
Sounds and looks like a great day!
The bigger boys and The Dude are camping tonight at the pond, and Q just could.not.stop.talking about his last camping trip with you and the kids.
You always help the kids make great memories!
The pictures are great. It sounds like you all had a a great time. Melissa's kids are so cute.
What a fantastic day. I love all the pictures - it's almost like being there. But not as wet. Or as much fun, either. I'm glad you take the time to be such a part of their lives, and they, yours. That's the stuff that holds us together.
Dy
Hey! Get you other post up. I linked you! LOL!
ROFL love the log pics and Hilda "helping" Austin spear fish - ROFL !!!
As usual, beautiful pics and subjects.
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