5.21.2009

Hiking

Late yesterday afternoon we decided to head over to a little park that's about 5 minutes from our house.  They have ball fields, a playground, and also lots of little trails in the woods for bikers, runners, and walkers.  Samuel loves going there!  We had a great time and were amazed at how our wild girl hung with us for nearly an hour!  

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blowing dandelions
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it was truly a beautiful day! 
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stopping to play in the dirt (it was a slow moving hike for sure)
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and of course there was a stop to empty a certain someone's bladder 
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I love how the trees made a canopy...this picture doesn't really display the beauty of it that well
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abigail took a snooze
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It is times like these that I always imagined and dreamed of doing when I longed for children.  What a blessing it is to enjoy afternoons in God's creation with my precious family! 

4 comments:

Kimmie said...

rachel--i love all your pictures! i have a question for you. what type of camera do you have? it takes great ones.

Maria Confer said...

What a fun day!!! Such great pics.

Leigh Collins said...

Where were ya'll - Sokol Park? I've expected to run into you guys at the new Verner playground! We've been a couple of times - the girls love it!

The Deavours Family said...

omgosh. i love ellie kate's pigtails. (bray loves it when i put annily's in them)...love little abigail snoozing (mine won't do that). BUT....that picture of jeff and samuel is TOO sweet. samuel MAY think y'all are lying to him when you tell him he's adopted. he and jeff look JUST ALIKE!