We have had a wonderful weekend. The original plan was to have Dwayne's parents come up and stay with us for the weekend. However, that didn't work out so we had the whole long weekend to ourselves. Saturday we woke up and Dwayne helped me clean up the house a little and promptly went out and mowed the lawn so it wouldn't be pressing on him all weekend to get it done. After Evie's nap we went out and got our groceries. When we got home the sun was shining and it was really warm. Dwayne had dressed them a little heavy so I had Sam take off his shirt. He thought that it was pretty funny that he could run around outside without a shirt. Evie took one look at him though and came up to me demanding that her shirt come off too. I started laughing and went ahead and obliged her. She is still young and I figure societies expectations will hit us soon enough in regards to dress.
Sunday, we were pretty lazy around the house all day. I spent the morning making potato salad and getting food ready to go. Even though we didn't have company we decided to break out the grill and have a BBQ for dinner. The afternoon, of course, included some time gaming but the rest of the evening Dwayne hung out with the kids while I was inside surfing the internet. We are thinking that if our tax return is big enough next year then we might take a trip to Disneyland. So I spent some time researching price options, etc. After a wonderful dinner of BBQ steak Dwayne then let me go take a leisurly bath while he put the kids down for bed. I ended up staying up late though because I had to finish my book. And then I didn't sleep well because the house was just too warm.
This morning felt a little strange at first because Dwayne was still in bed with me. I'm used to him being up and about already getting ready for work. Sam crawled into bed with us around 6:30 and proceeded to snuggle, twitch, and squirm for half an hour pressed up next to my body that I gave up trying to sleep anymore and got up. I took one look at the sunshine outside and decided to try geocaching again. After all, we spent money on this device and there are so many places to discover and it is too lovely a day to spend inside. So while I researched some nearby coordinates, Dwayne got the cache bag, snacks, and diaper bag ready to go. I found 4 promising spots that shouldn't be too hard for the kids. I am excited to say that we have officially found one and it wasn't very hard. That made me so excited so we went back to the first place where we couldn't find it before and was still unsuccessful. I really don't think that one is there anymore. I had found some coordinates along a bike trail near a river and thought that would be a fun place to discover and have a nice walk. The first one was easy to find and we swapped out a trinket. The next one was further up the trail about a 1/2 mile. I figured that wasn't too far of a walk and decided to leave the stroller behind. Big mistake! The kids did fine all the way there but the walk back was a little troublesome. And to top it off we couldn't find the cache. So the high of the morning was a little letdown with an unsuccesful find and whiny tired kids walking all the way back to the van. However, once we got home, had some lunch, and put Evie down for her nap, I can honestly say that I am happy that we went. It was a beautiful morning and it gave us a good excuse to get outside. We also have the added benefit of finding a nice trail to bike or hike in the future that isn't far from our house that we didn't even know was there. Overall, I think it was a very successful and nice weekend.
Daddy was lucky enough to find the first cache.
But Mom found the 3rd (and prettier) one.
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