Our Saturday

Today we started our holiday weekend with a day at the park. We visited a park about 20 minutes away. The park is kind of small and they were doing some sort of frisbee golf tournament in one part of the park, but there was this huge field surrounded by trees, with a playground at one end, that was virtually empty. We laid out a blanket on one side in the shade, had a yummy lunch, played a little baseball, the kids played on the playground, and Daddy read to us from our Prince Caspian book. It was so quiet and peaceful and just wonderful. The weather was so great too. Just when the sun started to get too warm, a nice cool breeze would come by and cool you off. We really had a great time there. Then we drove about 5 minutes away from there to Ft. Ancient Indian Memorial Park. We walked a couple of the trails, one that was very steep down and back up. That was a tough hike!! We saw beautiful views and the Little Miami River. That park was nearly empty too. It was kind of nice to have these wonderful places to ourselves!! After that we came home and grilled hamburgers for dinner, then everyone took a bath and now the kiddies are sound asleep. It was a wonderful day. Hopefully tomorrow and Monday will be just as nice!!

This is the view from one of the trails at Ft. Ancient.  In the way back you can kind of see a bridge.  That's I-71.  It was a beautiful view!

The kids climbed up a big ladder and I took their picture!!

Daddy reading to us!!

Abby practicing with the big red bat!!

I love this picture because at the same time, Noah is catching the ball Daddy threw him and Abby hit the wiffle ball with the big red bat and it flew across my field of vision!!

Noah's turn with the big red bat!!

Our picnic lunch!

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