Friday, June 17, 2016

An Afternoon at the Rock Cut

One balmy Sunday afternoon, a group of us decided to take a trip to the Rock Cut.

We drove by the Martin's old house. :)


It was very overgrown on the trails, but it was gorgeous back in there!





A beaver had built a dam in one of the little creeks. It flooded a pretty good sized area.








When we finally arrived at the Rock Cut, we weren't too surprised to see the Nishnabotna river flowing over the rocks.


We hiked down along the bank to a sand bar.


We spent the time skipping rocks, drawing in the sand and just throwing rocks. :)

After we'd exhausted the rock supply on the sand bar, we hiked back to the Cut where we scrambled around on the ledges, trying not to fall in. :)



The river was so high that it was actually pretty dangerous. If any of us had fallen in, we would've had hardly any chance of surviving it.





Abi and Brie threw a big rock into the river. It made a huge splash, spraying all of us liberally with sand and stinky Nishnabotna water. We all screamed. It was pretty funny. :)

Pretending to fall in :)

Shortly after this picture, Josh threw that rock in right behind Brie and Sam. :D




Aw! Aren't they cute? Not!

Afterwards, we went to Casey's for ice-cream and snacks, then we went to the bandshell park in Griswold to devour them. :) It was a fun, relaxing time spent with family and friends (well, just one friend)!

Birthdays, Babies, Misc

I'm still trying to catch up with my blogging, so bear with me here... :)

Katelyn just loves playing "Mary."

I made this yummy buffalo chicken croissant roll one evening for supper.

It was delicious!

Our potatoes are thriving!

Our chickens are laying more eggs than we can handle!

My irises 

Mom decided to DIY this flower pot. :)

We celebrated Katelyn's 3rd birthday on May 24. It was fun watching her open gifts. She's old enough to understand now. :)







Her doting grandpa bought her a bike. :)

Kels made this adorable butterfly cupcake cake.











Ry and Kels left for TN a couple days after Katelyn's birthday. They wanted to visit with Nate and Virginia before the wedding. They left the two little guys with us, and boy did we have fun! :D




It rained a lot one day, so Abi took Sam out to play with him the puddles. :)



Then, they had to spray the mud off of each other...







Doughy absolutely loves shooting KK's pellet pistol. KK tried to teach him gun safety, but he didn't quite get it. :)

Mom and Dad, working on rebuilding, painting and reglazing our barn windows.

Doughy's jammies were dirty, and we hadn't had time to wash them, so we put him in one of Sam's t-shirts for the night. :)

He was so cute!





He sleeps in a pack n' play in our room usually. :)




If you think you have bad hair days... Think again.


Josh had to try on his vest to make sure it still fit him. The boys are supposed to wear vests in Nate and Virginia's wedding

The Zooks were over that Sunday afternoon...



These little girls get into so much mischief together! They're very cute to watch. :) Doughy photo bombed the picture. :)

Abi's birthday was May 30th! My little sister turned 22! Yikes! Where has time flown? She wanted chocolate frosting and vanilla frosting, so, I made a black and white cake. :)

We grilled out for her birthday meal.

Deviled eggs... Yum! I love those things. :P



Katelyn loved her watermelon so much that she ended up wearing it. :)

We always use any excuse for a family gathering. :)



Abi had lots of help opening her gifts. :)

Baby 'Laina

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