Ballard Nature Center

For our homeschooling field trip, we went to the Ballard Nature Center in Altamont. When I originally planned the trip, the temps had been in the upper 70s. Then they dropped and thunderstorms were forecasted. We decided to go anyway and were rewarded with a chilly, cloudy, but rain free day!We traveled on some of the many trails and found docks and overlook areas.And then we explored the exhibit room. Like bug tic-tac-toe:And a couple of cool trees:

And bird watching (with one way glass so the birds weren't scared off by us!)

We used a brush to uncover and identify different animals' tracks.
And looked at other interesting wildlife!Kara didn't like that bear but Micah sure did!
Micah just kinda hung out all day :)
The kids had lunch at a kid sized table. Then we visited a fun park. Sorry, no pics :(...but it was an awesome old school park with a merry-go-round and huge slide that would make any mom nervous.

Sorry if there are any grammar errors or typos. Cranky 8 month old is on my lap!

Nashville 2012

We visited our good friends in Nashville, TN for Easter weekend. Over the course of the weekend, we visited 3 parks....

a conservation area....

and a waterfall...

We ate delicious (mostly home cooked) food including Sweet Cici's frozen yogurt...

Where's mine, Mom?Mostly we just spent really good time together and realized that our lives have changed a lot since college with our combined 5 kids :)Sorry about the blurry camera phone pic. When all 5 kids are looking cute and happy and in basically one direction, you take the picture with is whatever technology is available!

Joy!

Is there any more innocent fun than rolling down a hill??




More to come from our fun Easter trip to Nashville :)

Fun at PB & J and Park

Thanks, John and Morgan for a fun day at the park and PB & J!!!

Shower Favors

First a caveat. My camera is mostly broken. So most pictures turn out like this:
Yep...that's me...just blurry!

But sometimes I can get a few decent ones like the day Kara and I recently made favors for my friends baby shower.They turned out pretty cute if I do say so myself.

This is her enjoying some of the chocolate as a reward for all her hard work!

Johanna!!

We had a special treat this weekend because one of my roommates from college and BFF, Johanna, came to visit from Kentucky!
We were busy having fun so we didn't take many pictures. The weekend consisted of food, fellowship (we had a bunch of people over to visit with her) and flicks.
We also taught her our favorite game, Settlers of Catan.

Wedding

Meredith posted her picture of our kids at Ryan's wedding. Here's mine. John and Kara are such good friends.

Midnight Walk

Ok...I didn't really take my daughter and the Heater kids out for a walk at midnight, but we called it a midnight walk. They each had a cute little flashlight and it was super dark (maybe more than I anticipated). I couldn't resist being outside the whole day Friday because of the amazing weather. Here are some cute pictures:

PS: John is wearing Kara's coat. He probably didn't need a coat but I'm a bit overprotective!!!

And after that, we put buckets on our heads!