It is difficult to believe another week is finished! Here's some pictures to give you an idea of what we did this week :)Kristen and Ellen are continually "moving" around the yard. They make new houses every day. Here they are enjoying afternoon tea.
Lauren is sometimes allowed to play as well....if she behaves :)
Ryan loves the sandbox!
Monday morning we went to the city. We had driven about an hour when the traffic came to a dead stop. A large truck had rolled over and caught fire about three miles up the road. The fellow in front of us estimated it would take several hours before traffic would move again. Once, in the the fall, Wilf had taken an alternate route into the city with Nico. We decided to try it! We had to backtrack about fifteen minutes, then we had an adventure! Most of the road was paved (sort of!), but other parts were pretty rough. Thankfully we drive a 4x4 truck!
We saw this dead python along the road. Pretty exciting stuff for the kids!
The scenery was very beautiful and it was really neat to see some new mountains for a change. Even though it took us longer to get to the city, we all agreed we were thankful for the opportunity to see new things!
We arrived at Seteca (the seminary we stay at while in the city) just as they were starting up a soccer game. It was really fun to watch!
The next day we went to the zoo...again! It is very inexpensive to get into the zoo and it is a lovely park. We don't know of any other park land in the city! We brought along a picnic lunch and enjoyed the morning.
We don't have any photos of the dentist visits, multiple shopping trips or other errands we did in the city! Wednesday, we went to a restaurant that has an awesome aquarium in it. God has certainly made a lot of beautiful underwater creatures.
It ws really neat because they had a tube where you can stand and see the fish all around you!
Ryan's all ready to go swimming with the fish!
Wednesday afternoon we headed home! It was a really nice drive home too-even though we lost the cooler lid somewhere along the way. Thankfully it didn't rain (which is does almost every afternoon!), and thankfully the kids didn't get car sick (which they do almost every trip!).
Lauren is sometimes allowed to play as well....if she behaves :)
Ryan loves the sandbox!
Monday morning we went to the city. We had driven about an hour when the traffic came to a dead stop. A large truck had rolled over and caught fire about three miles up the road. The fellow in front of us estimated it would take several hours before traffic would move again. Once, in the the fall, Wilf had taken an alternate route into the city with Nico. We decided to try it! We had to backtrack about fifteen minutes, then we had an adventure! Most of the road was paved (sort of!), but other parts were pretty rough. Thankfully we drive a 4x4 truck!
We saw this dead python along the road. Pretty exciting stuff for the kids!
The scenery was very beautiful and it was really neat to see some new mountains for a change. Even though it took us longer to get to the city, we all agreed we were thankful for the opportunity to see new things!
We arrived at Seteca (the seminary we stay at while in the city) just as they were starting up a soccer game. It was really fun to watch!
The next day we went to the zoo...again! It is very inexpensive to get into the zoo and it is a lovely park. We don't know of any other park land in the city! We brought along a picnic lunch and enjoyed the morning.
We don't have any photos of the dentist visits, multiple shopping trips or other errands we did in the city! Wednesday, we went to a restaurant that has an awesome aquarium in it. God has certainly made a lot of beautiful underwater creatures.
It ws really neat because they had a tube where you can stand and see the fish all around you!
Ryan's all ready to go swimming with the fish!
Wednesday afternoon we headed home! It was a really nice drive home too-even though we lost the cooler lid somewhere along the way. Thankfully it didn't rain (which is does almost every afternoon!), and thankfully the kids didn't get car sick (which they do almost every trip!).The last hour of the drive is especially twisty. We make our way up one mountain range and down the other side. The road is paved (which we are very thankful for!), but the drop off is rather close. I tried my best to give you an idea....
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Thanks for sharing your week with us. That fish tank with the tube in it looks really neat. God has created so much variety and beauty!
We're thankful to be able to share in your lives via blogs and emails.
Love you all, M & D
Nice family picture, Shar! Tell those kids of yours to stop growing up or their Aunt Holly won't recognize them at all when they come home!!Love you all lots.
We can't WAIT till you come home!! The kids are all thrilled to see your kids again! We also have been so thankful to share in your life via your blog and of course the phone calls:) We love you all!
I haven't looked at your blog for awhile, so I was glad to see all the new pictures! I love the pic of Nate and Kris in the aquarium tube...you've had a lot of neat experiences this year, eh? Good to talk to ya today!
That looks like quite the drive to and from the city! It's good to know you've been kept safe in your travels once again, and had some interesting adventures and family fun along the way!
NO KIDDING about growing up (like Holly said) I was just looking at the family pic and htought, "awww, nate still looks little and cute in this pic, i guess he's not growing up that much b/c he's about the same size as Kristin" and then my eyes moved across the people and realized that was BRAD!!! aaah!! nate looks huge!! great pics, crazy snake!! thanks for posting!! love carole :)
just looked at it again and can't believe i thought that. :) OBVIOUSLY its been too long since i've seen you all - glad to see you & wilf aren't aging at least :)
Nice, Shar. I just can't believe how Lauren looks! Different from the rest of your little blondies, eh? She is a cutie, too, of course! Great pictures, and we love you all....
Sharon, we have enjoyed your posts so much. A few weeks ago we had a presentation in our church on Eric DeKorte's trip and when our kids saw your kids they recognized them right away! We look forward to seeing you soon!
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