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| Our first stop was the awesome nature center... so many cool things to see and do! We could have spent a whole day just there! Luckily, with home education we an do that sometime! :) |
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| We got to see how they heated metal and banged it to shape it, blew air on it to make the fire hot, and hear about how they would re-use metal to make new things. So cool. |
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| Then it was on to gold panning. The kids were so excited for this and had so much fun! It was so neat because they didn't just let them have at it, first they taught about gold and gold panning, and taught them techniques. Then she came around and helped each child. Such a neat experience. They each got to keep a little vial of what they collected. |
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| LOVE this sweet boys joy of life. I love the sparkle in his eye. He was giving me a handful of beautiful leaves he'd collected... this kid LOVES leaves... he has since he was a baby. It's soo sweet. |
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| I just loved Hyrum's little wave in this one.... he is such an adorable baby. |
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| Yes, that's monkey McKay on the right there (in the tree). :) |
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| Aaron and more leaves. :) |
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| This sweet friend of ours pushed Hyrum around in the stroller and walked with him throughout the day... it was such a sweet moment when he give her this sweet hug. I was so glad I had my camera out! |
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| This was very cool - It's a huge rock (notice the picnic bench below for some perspective on how high it is) that was used by Native American tribes for hundreds or thousands of years as a gathering place for processing acorns... you can see all those holes in the rock - those were used for grinding acorns into flour... they're all perfectly smooth inside from years and years of being ground in. Isn't that cool?? |
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| Found a cool cave! |
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| So cute... his hand was all dirty and he wrinkles up his nose and tries to wipe it off and makes that 'kkkk' sound kids make when something's yucky. (I miss our back door going straight out to dirt. :( ) |
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| Isn't this the cutest? |
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| I love his expression in this one. |
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| And this one. |
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| He had so much fun throwing rocks into the river. |
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| McKay traded a friend for this awesome sharp rock she found and used it to strip the bark off a stick... love this adventurous boy of mine. |
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| #heartbreaker :) |
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| I just ADORE his little pouty lips in this one.... oh I could just eat him up! |
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| I love love love these precious huggy pictures... This baby just adores me and it is the best feeling in the world. He gives me big huge squeezes like this all the time and it just makes me feel like the luckiest mom in the world. |
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| I love Hyrum's smile at me in this one... |
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| We got to see this neat old jail. I love that the kids can experience this kind of stuff. Can you see Haylee's sad face because she's locked in jail? ;) |
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| Right as we were about to leave we came out to these deer wondering around on the grounds. Cute Haylee decided to follow them. :) |
