Walk Worthy Day At The Capitol

Our first annual Walk Worthy Day at the capitol was a huge success! The event was organized by our very own American Heritage Girls Vice Coordinator Beth Nafziger, our Trail Life/AHG charter rep Marvin Burr, and Representative John Carson. I went as an AHG leader with all my kiddos in tow. I took a bunch of pictures, but am limiting this post to ones of mostly my kids (with exception for the big group picture and people I've asked permission from before). 

We *barely* made it to the bus stop to catch a Gwinnett Transit bus downtown. We did make it though and enjoyed not having to deal with traffic!

Representative John Carson

A lady from American Heritage Girls (I can't remember her name!) and Marvin Burr. 

I absolutely love the details of the capitol building! There are so many interesting architectural designs, I ended up taking quite a few pictures of just them.

The entire group that showed up! People from many different troops across Georgia. My kids and I are all hiding in this picture somewhere!

One of the doorknobs.

Shelby freaking me out with about the height and her ability to get through the columns. She thought it was quite amusing!

The wood around the door frames.

Outside eating lunch, I noticed the reflection of the capitol on the glass building and thought it looked cool. 

Our troops!

A lovely flower!

Over the windows on the outside of the capitol. 

A fun part of the day was watching this police dog in action. Nobody bothered to let me know that they had hidden something for him to find right behind where I chose to sit! Thankfully I wasn't too much in his way though...

Shelby enjoying her conversation with Sarah. 

Even the vents were pretty!

A picture with the AHG lady. My girls of course had to be silly!

With the Klinect girls, again my girls had to be the goofy ones!

Under the rotunda. 

Emily and Paige across the rotunda.

Sarah with Shelby and Cheyenne.

My goofy girls!

All my kiddos on the steps before leaving. 

Clayton with his best friend Buddy.

The gold dome of the capitol. 

Shelby watching out the window of the bus...

...until she and Paige both crashed.

Trail Life Spring Family Camping - Part 1

In May we went camping with Clayton's Trail Life troop to Nancytown Group Campground. The weather was wonderful and we had a great weekend! 

Within a few minutes of setting up camp, the girls made their way to the water. It was *freezing* but they insisted on playing in it for a little while (until they started to turn purple and I made them get out)!

Paige lounging out of the water.

Shelby on the swing someone set up.

My girls being silly!

Shelby rode her bike over and over and over again. She learned how to start pedaling on her own! 

Cheyenne and Paige walking around the campsite.

Cheyenne helping Shelby out of the water.

Jon took Clayton fishing in the lake. They didn't catch anything, but Clayton enjoyed it anyway! 

Cheyenne trying the slack line. She made it the whole way across and back without falling off!

Paige made it all the way across and back as well! 

Clayton had more trouble and fell off about halfway through.

Shelby made it the whole way across several times and enjoyed playing on it after the other kids had moved on to another activity!

Shelby laid herself down for a nap Saturday afternoon.

Paige walking Mr. Peabody. (For anyone that knows Paige, she is scared of dogs, so this is a really big deal that she warmed up to him enough to ask to walk the dog!)

Shelby found a friend to play ball with her (Mr. Stuckey)!

Paige fell asleep during dinner Saturday evening!

Tree Removal is Fun!

In March we had five trees taken down (they were either dead or dying) by Parks Family Tree Service. The kids had a great day watching the trees come down, playing in the sawdust, and playing with Jesse Parks' dog!