I wanted to plan a lot of fun activities for Fall break this year. This year the government has created a white house youth initiative to get all 4th graders and their families to experience places that are home to our country's natural treasures, rich history, and vibrant culture. Translation: All 4th Graders (and their entire car) get into a national Park for FREE! I plan on using this lots. On Monday we went to Tonto Natural Bridge with Lindsey and her kids. This was quite the adventure. I was a little nervous doing something like this with all our kids and no husbands mostly because I am directionally challenged at times and Ron is always there to help with common sense and muscle power. When we got to the park we spoke to a Park Ranger and thought we knew where we were going and what we were getting into. After taking a few small detours and dead ends we finally found the correct trail and started our descent to the natural bridge. I was a little surprised as how rugged the terrain was. Climbing up and over boulders, across streams squeezing through narrow trails. I was impressed with how well all the kids seemed to be handling the hike. When we reached the Natural Bridge and needed to cross under it reality hit. The rocks were slippery and steep. Navigating through the bridge was a little stressful with our 2 adult:7 children ratio but with a little prayer and faith we managed with out incident. We had minimal complaining from the kids and all in all it was a huge success! It was fun to chat (and laugh hysterically) with Lindsey. I'm happy the day worked out.
On Tuesday I had the genius idea to take my kids to Montezuma's Castle. Inhabited by Indian farmers from the 14th century. Crazy to think that this people built their house in a cliff to avoid flooding and animal preditors. This 700 year old home was pretty incredible to look at. So grateful my mom came with us.
The kids worked really hard on earning their "Jr. Ranger pins"
Wednesday we took it easy. Had a couple appointments and just hung out. Poor Noah got a stomach bug so I ended up not working on Thursday which actually was pretty cool. Callie learned to ride her bike with out training wheels so we lived outside the next couple days riding anywhere and everywhere we could think of.
Friday for Noah's birthday he requested scrambled eggs, bacon, and sausage for his birthday breakfast. After I got off work we went to Subway (rode our bikes) for his favorite a meatball sub.
I love the time off school and busy schedules. I get to spend more time with the kids and plan fun activities.
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