Wednesday morning we headed to Fall Creek Falls to spend some time with Robert's family. His parents had rented 2 cabins for the week of the 4th of July, so everyone just came whenever they could. All of Robert's brothers and sisters were able to come for part of the week, as well as all 3 of the nieces. We stayed from Wednesday until Saturday and had a great time. Our 2 cabins were right by one of the playgrounds, so the girls really enjoyed that! There was also a big open area by the playground where we were able to have some good kickball games!!! Here's a not-so-brief list of all the many things we did while we were there:
1. Hiked to the bottom of the falls and back up
2. Played kickball
3. Helped Rachel with her nature collection
4. Had a video scavenger hunt
5. Went swimming
6. Played on two different playgrounds
7. Fed squirrels
8. Fed deer
9. Fed raccoon
10. Played games
11. Ate
12. Hiked
13. Played Bocce Ball
14. Learned about various oak trees from Ranger Matt and made a booklet from crayon rubbings
15. Made beaded frogs
16. Went fishing
17. Went on several walks
18. Went running
19. Played hopscotch
20. Played with bubbles
21. Played tennis
22. Caught frogs
23. Caught dragonflies
24. Caught various other flying insects
25. Got lots of bug bites
26. Played games
27. Walked across a swinging bridge
28. Took lots of pictures
29. Sweated a lot
30. Spotted turkeys and watched Jessica and Phillip chase one!
31. Saw baby deer that still had their spots
32. Ate some more
33. Had water gun fights at the pool
34. Raced at the pool
35. Hit baseball
36. Took lots of video clips
37. Played Steve's homemade video game
38. Tried to catch mice in our cabin but didn't succeed!
39. Hid food from the mice in our cabin!
40. Lost a tooth - Rachel's 9th one!!
41. Slept some
42. Skipped rocks
43. Killed a few ticks
44. Killed lots of wasps
45. Rode paddleboats
46. Packed up lots of dirty clothes
I have a lot of pictures to share and maybe even some videos, along with a more detailed description of some of the above activities, but for now, that's all! I'm tired from all that fun so it's time to head to bed. Check back tomorrow and maybe I'll have some pictures up from Fall Creek Falls!
Sunday, July 06, 2008
Fall Creek Falls Mini-Vacation
Posted by Laura at 8:47 PM
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4 comments:
WOW!!! WHAT A LIST! I LOVE IT! BUT DID YOU SLEEP. I DON'T THINK YOU SAID THAT ONE BUT I DON'T KNOW MAYBE I DIDN'T SEE IT OR MAYBE IT WASN'T THAT IMPORTANT! IN OUR HOUSE SLEEP AND NAPS ARE IMPORTANT!
JUST BEING FUNNY!
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE PICTURES!
Bobbi-Jo,
Yes - we did get to sleep some! I thought of a few other things too, so I've increased the list from 40 to 45 things!
ok, i am tired just reading that list ... now you know I am not a nature girl, but some of that sounded like a blast .... hope you summer is going great !!
Gwen - you? Tired? I didn't think you ever got tired!!! You're like the energizer bunny!!! I had to tell the girls a story about our walking days! Rachel had asked what you'd do if you got caught in a storm while out walking. I told her that had happened to us before, so she wanted to know the entire story. Do you remember finding an open garage to stand in with our strollers while we waited for the storm to pass?!?!?
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