Some of our little adventures lately....

 Now that our weather is warming up a bit

here and there we've been out adventuring again.

We love to go out on adventures whether they happen

in our back yard, the mountains, or down by the river.

It's just nice to get out and feel the warmth of the sun again.

 This particular adventure took place at the

Edness Kimball Wilkinsons State Park

in Casper, WY. They have walking trails along the platte river

play grounds, picnic areas, and a big pond with sandy

"beaches" surrounding it. They kids had a ball playing

in the sand and water so much so they did it for about

2 hours straight! Oh how I long to take them

to a "real" beach.

Next, was the construction site. And I dedicate this

adventure to my friend Danna!

Anyway, they are putting in a huge sport complex in right next to our house

the kids have loved watching the tractors, bulldozers, and dump trucks

work so hard everyday. One day after the workers had all gone home

we headed to the site to explore the endless piles of dirt they'd been working on.

Addie and Trey brought their little shovels along and dug a scoop out

of every mound. We hit the jackpot though when we found some nice

soft white sand. They dug and dug and dug. We went back

a couple more times in the evenings after the workers left one of

which was our F.H.E. activity...hmm can you guess who was

assigned activity that night??

Another warm day was in store for us

so we decided to go to Bridal Fall. We hadn't

been there since last fall. The fall still had snow around it

but the trail to it was clear and spring was in the air.

We saw lots of butterflies, new buds popping out on the trees,

heart shaped rocks, and the fall gushing with snow run off!

Later that day after Trey went down for his nap

Addie and I layed out in the front yard and

read books while enjoying the warmth from the sun.

After about 3 or 4 books I looked up only to see this

TURKEY standing right in front of us on our sidewalk.

I did a total double take then stared more. Was a turkey really

standing right in front of us? She was beautiful and all alone

which was unusual for turkeys. But we watched her for a while

and took some pics. She eventually went into our neighbors backyard.

It was a perfect way to end our adventure day!