A Fun Time With The Family

When you see this sign you normally don't think of family togetherness, huh?  But that is what we did... we spent about two hours and walked around 4 miles one, together, as a family, one morning last week.

A nearby town did a wonderful job using an area that wasn't being used, dug dirt, made bricks from the dirt for a nearby building and then used rain water to fill up the holes and made a fun park.  Its connected to a wonderful "green way".

We didn't see any alligators, but we see turtles, birds, squirrels, a crane and we did share lots of laughs and hugs.

Baby Bean enjoyed the sunshine on his little body and cat napped the whole way.  The weather was in the high 60's, so he didn't need a blanket or socks....

I love the resourcefulness the town showed when making this fun area for everyone to enjoy.  They reused a lot things.  It was fun to explore.

Totally lovin' my big men.

Even when this little guy was recovering from croup and an ear infection, he was still polite, happy and all smiles.  Can't get enough of this guy's love.

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My oldest son told his Daddy " This is a really neat place, Daddy.  Thanks for bringing us here!"  My big boy walked and ran almost the whole way.  He is getting so big.

Our family, January 2010

Bubbie 4 yrs, Peanut 2 yrs and Baby Bean 4 mos

We were so thankful for a few days with Hubbie home with us last week.  Peanut got sick on Friday.  On MLKjr Day, we took Peanut to the doc and he was diagnosed with croup and an ear infection.  Since we needed to stay close to home.  The weather was gorgeous so we took a lot of walks and spent as much time outside as we could.  Peanut finally seemed to start acting like himself on Thursday afternoon.  On Friday morning I took the babies to the doctor.  Peanut was still coughing and I couldn't tell whether it was croupy or just from his cold that brought his ear infection.  Baby Bean slept great, but when he did cough, it sounded yucky, so I wanted some peace of mind.  The doc said the kids were just yucky from the post nasal drip/cold crud that is going around.  Our week was good even though we have sickies in the house and we keep adding more sickies to the bunch.  It could be a lot worse and we had a lot of good family time which is all we were wanting!

Hubbie had to return to work on Friday in order to finish up some stuff and get his annual review.  He received a wonderful review and I am so proud of Hubbie's ability to balance both work and family life so well.  He gives both 100% and still finds time to focus on his health and his passion of running.