Our Life With 2 Girls & A Boy

Monday, August 4, 2008

Birthday Camping Trip

For my birthday a couple weeks ago we went camping in southern Indiana at Versailles State Park, we had lots of fun! It was a very hilly and pretty area! It was a very hot weekend, so I was glad I choose a park with a pool. Whoever, it was in such a small town that I think it was probably the only thing for the locals to do. The pool was sooo crowded! We opted not to go on Saturday. So we went to visit another nearby park, Clifty Falls State Park. It was a beautiful park. We went hiking in search for the "falls" but we didn't find much flowing water. We saw "trickles" and we would have seen some really neat falls if it wasn't such a dry summer. It was great just being out in the nature. Laisa had lots of fun and was such a trooper walking most of the about 6 miles by herself. I'm not totally sure how many miles we walked but it was about 2 hours. We did find a little stream to play in and I do mean little! But it cooled us off.
Sunday we did go to the pool. It was busy but not as bad as Saturday was. The girls had fun in the kiddie pool. David and I had fun going down the big loopy slide :)
Marissa, my sister, came for a visit and to have dinner with us Sunday afternoon. She lives in Indy which was about 1 1/2 hr away. Marissa the girls and I went to the store in town to pick up some graham crackers and Hershey bars while David started the fire for dinner. On the way back to the park it started to get REALLY dark and it got REALLY windy. It was so windy I started looking for funnel clouds. There was leaves, dirt & trash blowing all over! The trees leaned over almost on there sides. Yet, it was not raining, it was so strange! David said the electric went out a couple times at the campground. When we got back we had to avoid a few large branches that had fallen. It also started to rain and we had to spend some time in the camper. But it stopped raining after about 20 min. Then we had dinner and roasted marshmallows with Aunt Rissa. It turned out to be a nice evening. Here are some pictures of our fun weekend.

Laisa enjoying cherries :)

It was a HOT weekend. This was David's invention to cool the girls off. I thought it was a pretty good idea! It's our water jug hanging from a tree by a bungee cord.

Lily refusing to walk.

The Beebes, people watching...haha! I think they are watching the campsite across from us :)

David and Laisa enjoying marshmallows by the campfire. I guess I should have gotten the fire in the picture :) Oh, well.

Clifty Falls State Park

Clifty Falls, the start of our hike....

We found this little stream about halfway through the hike. It was VERY hot so Laisa and I had fun playing in it for a few minutes. This was also about the most flowing water we found.

There was a lot of rough terrain! I was a little nervous in some areas with Laisa walking by herself. Those areas had big drop offs!

Laisa was such a trooper! She was having lots of fun and likes playing with the leaves. She found "daddy, mommy & a baby" leaves :)

Lily was exhausted! It was so much work riding on daddy's back :)

David checking the map to see the best route to take. Lily is on the verge of falling asleep.

Friday, August 1, 2008

Chick-fil-A Gets an A Rating

For those of you who know me well. You know how much I LOVE Chick-Fil-A and how often I eat there! I found this article and had to share it :)

By David Zinczenko, with Matt Goulding Provided by:
Eat This, Not That
America's Best - and Worst! - Restaurants Posted Thu, Jul 31, 2008, 3:29 pm PDT
A
Chick-fil-A
Chick-fil-A excels in every category we tested for. With a slew of low-calorie sandwiches, the country’s “healthiest” chicken nugget, a variety of solid sides like fresh fruit and soup that can be substituted into any meal, and nutritional brochures readily available for perusing at each location, Chick-fil-A earns the award for America’s Healthiest Chain Restaurant (for kids, for the adults who drive them there, plus anybody else wise enough to make it their fast food choice).

Sunday, July 6, 2008

Family Camping Fun & 4th of July in Indy

We went to Indy to visit Mark & Julie this weekend. It was lots of fun!! We had lots of yummy food, went to the zoo, went to the canal to "sail" David's & Mark's remote control sail boats & we went swimming at the pool. It was a weekend full of laughter, tears & more tears. The 3 yr olds, Easton & Laisa, where either fighting over a toy or holding hands like best friends. All the while driving their parents CRAZY!!! Why can't toddlers learn that it's so much easier to just TAKE TURNS!!!!! Anyway, I had lots of chance for fun pictures but I forgot my camera :( I was very sad about that! Thanks for the fun weekend Mark & Julie. I hope we didn't leave you to exhausted.
On a positive note, we went camping last weekend & I did remember my camera! We went with David's other brothers Michael, Matt & their families. DeAnn, Otto & the boys came for the day on Sat. We had lots of fun doing a treasure hunt, playing at the beach, riding bikes, playing at the pool & of course sitting around the campfire. Here are some pictures of the great times.