Back Home In Indiana

The kids and I drove the 15 hour journey to Indiana the other week to enjoy fall like temperatures, Grandma, grandpa, and Ally, and their beautiful kid friendly back yard. The boys spent most of their days in the backyard playing in the sand and trying to catch a bird (Soren had a cage he kept trying to lure birds into, no luck though, thankfully). It was a great break from the Dallas heat.

Turkey Run State Park

The whole ride to the park the boys kept lamenting that they didn't have their buck rifle

(BB gun) to shoot all the turkeys with...we didn't see any turkeys.

We loved being outdoors climbing on rocks, climbing up ladders, and splashing in the water. And Turkey Run was a beautiful place to hike.

Climbing rocks.

Shelley and the boys in a cave.

She was a sport to not complain about riding in this when really she just wanted to run.

And my dad was a sport for carrying an extra 20 lbs. on his back.

Liesel, happy to be out of the back carrier, saying "Cheese" for me, so lovely.

Ezra launching his "canoe" stick in the water.

Soren getting ready to launch his "canoe" stick in the water.

Liesel and Mommy

Rob getting ready to drop my sister in the river, he was nice though, and didn't.

VISITORS

It turned out that my sister Shelley was in Indiana the same time I was...party.

Shelley and her "acquaintance" Rob
Thanks for entertaining my kids so much!

Canoe and the White River

My parents live across the street from the White River. So for Christmas one year all the kids chipped in to buy them a canoe. This was the canoes first trip in the river, and even though we couldn't go to far (the water was low) had loved it.

Grandpa, the boys, and Grandma

Shelley, Ally, my kids, and Rob

( I chose this picture because Shelley's tongue is sticking out of her mouth!)

Me and the kids with Ally on our canoe trip.

Liesel clapped for everyone as they came back on the canoe,
my little Cheer Leader.



Conner Prairie

Because of my children's love of Little House on the Prairie Grandma decided to take us to Conner Prairie, a living museum where characters tell you about Prairie Town. The kids loved it, especially the barn where the animals were walking free and they could pet or hold them.

(This is a cow that Liesel is petting, not the best angle for a picture.)

And of course we had to go on a pretend journey in the Indian canoe.

Thanks Grandma, Grandpa, and Ally.

We had a blast.