Today my goal was to capture joy. After Joseph woke up from his nap we all got ready to explore some more of the ravine. We rushed out the door in such a hurry that I locked myself out. I've lost count of how many times I've done that. Camilla suggested I lift her in through the window and she could unlock the door for me again. After a few minutes, we were on our way, keys in hand. It was a nice, slow walk all the way there. We enjoyed listening to the birds and spotting airplanes. We took a new trail which led us to a nice little bridge where Camilla and Hyrum enjoyed throwing rocks into the creek below. I enjoyed snuggling Joe and listening to his baby belly laughs.
Soon it was time to head home. We looped around on another path, taking our time as we went. The littles picked up rocks of all sorts and ran and skipped along the way. Joe started getting hungry so we stopped at a quiet stairway for a quick nurse. The older two ran up and down and up and down until their legs got tired. The sky started to darken as the clouds rolled in. The sun soon hid and the air became chilly. My red face welcomed the change.
We made our way back down to the stroller and loaded up while the thunder rumbled and the dark skies threatened rain. We got to the top of the big long hill just as the giant rain drops started to fall. Camilla hurried along side me, hand in mine, as I pushed the boys in the stroller. She's always been super scared of thunder, so I started giggling to try and keep her mind of it and ya know what? It worked. Camilla and I ran and danced and stuck our tongues out for rain drops the whole way home.
By the time we reached the front steps I was glad I had gotten my house keys before we left. I let the two older kids off at the door and ran to the garage to put the stroller away as the rain picked up. I scooped Joe out of the stroller, locked the garage and ran all the way back to the house. We were all soaked. After some lunch and hot chocolate, Camilla and Hyrum cozied up in their beds for a nice nap, and they are still asleep.
3 comments:
How do you get such amazing pictures of yourself with your children!? (Not just the ones in this post, but all of them!)
I was thinking the same thing!! Love love love the fun you are having with your kiddos. Look at the joy in Camillas eyes... beautiful!
Camilla's developing some mad photog skills, and I love my trustee camera timer. ;)
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