Trying to revive the blog... I was considering going back in history and adding posts about past events as lots has happened (Christmas, two big snow storms, new job for Cara-Lea, new office location for me, Richard has a new office location, Richard and Shelly have a new van, we have a new puppy, etc.), but instead I figured the first step should be just trying to stay caught up with whatever events happen now. Otherwise everyone will always be reading about events that happened a year ago...
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| Connor reaches for some cake. |
So yesterday, I met up with Richard, Shelly, Kaley, and Connor at the National Arboretum downtown for a quick picnic and walk around the park. Friends from their church came too including Scott, Kirsten, and Charles Henry Faulk. Also some friends I hadn't met before, AB, Michelle, and Spencer I believe?
Warm day in 80s, but with a nice breeze.
Shelly had just tried baking a pineapple upside down cake for the first time, which is what is tempting Connor in the picture. Connor has good taste, as the cake was incredibly good!
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| Kaley looks for a squirrel that had gotten away. |
After lunch we went for a walk through the azalea gardens. Perfect time to come as they were really blooming. Kids enjoyed running around through the various paths, smelling flowers, and chasing squirrels.
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| Azalea |
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| Connor, Richard, and Kaley |
We then walked down to the visitor center where they have a koi pond. Amazingly no kids fell in despite Connor's repeated efforts to touch the fish and Kaley's repeated efforts to stop him. She wasn't being bossy, just concerned. I think she believed that those fish were going to get him.
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| "I don't want him to do that." |
Shortly after, we walked back to the vehicles to leave, put the kids in air conditioning, and the adults said their goodbye's. Connor happened to find a pen within arms reach during this time and the rest is self-explanatory.
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| Pen + boy - paper = boy + ink |
Fun day. Hopefully by writing this stuff down, I'll actually remember some of the details 5 or 15 years from now...
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