A few days ago I decided we would take a little trip to the acreage after all of our appointments in the City were done. This morning I tidied the house and secretly packed a bag of clothes for an over night stay at the acreage. Camilla knew something was up the moment she saw the bag which made me smile even more. We took off in the early morning to my Midwife appointment. The children all played well and Joseph stuck by my side until it was time to listen to the baby. I love that my Midwife gives him a special job and that he gets to be a part of this whole process. He loves listening to the baby and feeling my tummy.
After my appointment we grabbed a quick bite to eat, rolled the windows down low and headed for the highway. All of the littles fell asleep within fifteen minutes so I got to enjoy some quiet time to myself. I love this drive in the Fall when all of the leaves are bright shades of yellow and red and the smell of the season is in the air. The scenery was breath-taking!
We drove passed farms, beautiful fields (some harvested, some not), farm animals and gorgeous ravines.
The littles were vibrating with excitement as we pulled into the subdivision and they have been happily playing ever since. The change of scenery was exactly what we all needed! Grampa deep fried some chicken for dinner and it was scrumptious!
After dinner we hopped in the van and headed to Twin Lakes. We spent the evening exploring and stretching our legs in hopes of tuckering everyone out for bedtime.
We walked the boardwalk out to the floating dock and watched the trout jump out of the water for their evening meal. The kids were super into it! "I just saw a fish's TAIL!" they would say. We had to keep a pretty close eye on Mr. Joseph or else he would jump right in!
We let the littles decide how long or short to stay in one place. They really enjoyed watching the fish jump, so we stayed there quite a while enjoing the view and smells of Fall.
Next we made our way around the lake to the boat launch, picking up all of the flat skipping rocks we spotted along the way. Camilla filled her whole shirt and was quite excited!
Hyrum would wind up for each throw which we all thought was pretty hilarious. Joseph picked rocks by the fist full and threw them all in at once. He could have stayed there all night long. Camilla tried so hard to skip her flat rocks, but didn't have much luck this time. I then showed her that even I wasn't good at skipping rocks and it helped her feel a little better about life.
As we skipped and threw rocks some thunder rumbled in the distance and we figured it was time to make our way back to the van.
Joseph loved his shoulder ride! We made our way home, got everyone jammied and talked with Daddy for a little while. I feel so much more relaxed and happy now. I love getting out of the city every once in a while! Thanks for letting us visit Gramma and Grampa!
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