We have been blessed to live in several different houses over the last few years. Shane and I have lived in 9 houses, and that doesn't include the house we partially moved in to and then had to move out of when the contract on our house fell through.
We have loved every single one.
And now that we are getting settled in our new home, we are finding all kids of things to love about it too.
We knew before we moved in that there was a creek running behind our property but we hadn't ever been back there. Well, the kids have been begging to go see it so last week we went exploring.
It was amazing. We were blown away at how pretty it was and how fun and how perfect for the kids. We had a blast just playing close to home.
Well. There is a little bridge in our neighborhood that Silas talks about every time we drive over it. And Shane discovered that if you follow our creek around, it eventually winds under the bridge. So of course Silas was determined to trek from our house to the bridge. We all thought it would be fun so yesterday, right after lunch, we set out.
Lieren and Silas are our creature-lovers. As girly as Lieren is, she isn't squeamish to hold a baby frog...
She also counted all the daddy long-legs she saw as we walked to the creek. I think the got to 10 and with each one, Blaise said, good job Le-len!
Following the trail through our woods...
Blaise is a trooper! He just holds a hand and keeps going...
Down the inlet to the creek...
These two boys could do this all day!
Silas has studied a bug book and is always pointing out the water striders or the earwigs or the random flying insect he knows by name. I looked at Shane several times and kept wondering out loud how he knows this stuff.
Over rocks and through the brambles...
The whole day was a voyage of discovery...
One of our favorite spots close to our house...
Simeon is just alive out here...
We trekked and we trekked and we trekked. The kids did great and hung with us the whole time even through the rough terrain.
A couple times we pulled out the GPS to see how much further it was (I say that with a smile). And prayed the creek didn't become impassable because we got to the point where there really wasn't any turning back.
But finally there it was!
We made it! An hour and 45 minutes later, we made it!
Hooray for the Tom Harris bridge.
The kids then hung in there with us for the walk through our neighborhood back home. It has some hills and wasn't real short. They get major props for that part.
And this is just about how everyone felt when we got home!
We went inside, had a big snack, then all the kids had a bath. They needed the baths for sure since, as Shane said earlier, we didn't look so country club climbing out of that creek.
Since we had missed any sort of rest/nap time for the day, the children then snuggled on the couch in the basement and watched a movie.
We were so tired! Shane still went out and mowed while I finished dinner and got some things ready for our evening (it was the 4th of July, after all!).
So maybe one day we will look back and say, remember that one time we walked all the way to the Tom Harris bridge? Maybe we will never do it again. Or maybe this is the first of lots of times. Either way, we are so grateful for new, sweet, and adventurous memories in our new house.
