365 in 2015 - End of Week 35

I'm a week late posting this, but it's been a very busy week! Getting ready for vacation, ongoing school work, and extra cooking makes for not much free time. 

The front of my great-grandpa's old tackle box.

The contents inside were even more fascinating!!

At Bunten Road Park with Bethany and all the kiddos. Clayton climbed up to the top of this slide and realized it was higher than he thought. He was just a slight bit uncomfortable about making his way back down!

All the kiddos (including Patrick!) on the neat swing at Bunten Road Park. 

First day of Covenant Classes for my crew. Not quite kindergarten, 1st grade, 3rd grade, and 4th grade. They were all excited to go!!

Shelby even more upset at me trying to get a picture of her pouty lip. She was terribly distraught that we had to park SO FAR away from the Zoo on Saturday (who knew there was some huge thing going on at Grant Park last Saturday?).

Shelby crashed that night....

Park Hopping: Bunten Road Park

One day in August, Bethany and I met at Bunten Road Park for the kids to play. It's a neat playground with a couple really fun features!

Clayton loves the spiderweb climbing things (whatever they're called)!

This swing is the neatest thing ever! It's so fun and all the kids (plus me!) enjoyed getting on it!

Paige

Keira and Cheyenne

Clayton climbed all the way up the outside of this slide!

Shelby

Sophia

Paige sitting on top of the merry-go-round kind of thing. The kids enjoyed hanging onto the handles and having me spin them around on this. It was hard for me to help them get on and keep them going though!

Keira, Shelby, and Avalyn

The whole crew on the swing!

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Click here to see Bethany's pictures about this trip!

Park Hopping: Lawrenceville Lawn

On June 29th, as one of our park hopping trips, Bethany and I took the kids to Lawrenceville Lawn. Even though we went earlier in the morning, it was quite hot as the playground is not shaded. The kids still had a great time though!

Shelby on the merry-go-round.

Cheyenne climbing on the outside of the playground.

Paige on the merry-go-round.

Shelby on the spiderweb climb.

All the kiddos (except Patrick of course) on the spiderweb climb.

Paige on the top of the spiderweb climb.

Paige

Peek-a-boo! (Cheyenne)

Clayton taking a short rest on the slide.

Cheyenne climbing up the slide.

Mercy going down the slide!

Silly Shelby!

Patrick

Mercy holding "Day-den's" hand.

The whole crowd...

...getting wet!

Bethany re-enacting getting my keys out of the water. I had thrown my keychain over my shoulder and when I bent over near the fountain, it fell in. Sadly it was a partially damaged keyless entry, that was fully damaged after it's contact with the water! 

Park Hopping: Alexander Park (Part 2)

I had so many pictures from our May trip to Alexander Park, that I decided to do a second post with more of them!

Clayton

Mercy

Sophia

Paige

Clayton being goofy!

Shelby too!

Avalyn

Mercy had fun going down the slide, but wasn't to sure about the rope ladder.

Sophia and Shelby

Shelby in a tree.

I don't know what it is about this picture, but I just like it! 

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Click here if you missed part 1!

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Click here to see Bethany's post about this trip!

Duncan Creek Park

I'm finally finding a little time to edit some pictures - from March. We went to Duncan Creek Park on our way to Trail Life and AHG one Monday night. We picked up a pizza and ate at the park before staying to play for a while. The kids had a great time and I loved the sun coming through the trees!