June's amazing weather has allowed us to keep up with our morning nature walks! We never go home disappointed because there is always something to see.
The boys always want to keep any animal we find, but we're working on appreciating them in nature and leaving them be.
It's been neat to see how our common trekking ground has changed over the last month. Old flowers die and new ones bloom. The boys have even started coming up with their own names for them because we are flower illiterate over here.
This is the cauli-flower
This one is happy to come along. He's even happier if he's holding a stick.
Mud puddles turned into arm tattoo ink!
We joined our church family at the Lake of the Ozarks to celebrate with our extended church family of the midwest. We left the youngest two with Jason's parents and took the older two boys. They had a blast in their classes during the conference and I was able to sit by the pool and read while they swam!
This is how they felt about sleeping in a hotel. Luckily the conference went til 9:30 each evening so they were quickly out like a light.
Cool weather brought a hiking trip with Dad. We visited Walter Woods for the first time and we're quickly impressed with it. We will definitely be back.
Everyone wanted to follow Dad's lead...
The one left behind. Not for much longer. He wants to do everything brothers do.
Our hike there was cut a little short, so we went on to Wildcat Glades and did some rock climbing. We go to Wildcat Glades a lot, but save the rock climbing for only when Dad is around.
We are always delighted to spy butterflies on our hikes. This one is a Red Spotted Purple and we've seen a few of them.
We always come back with something new to add to our nature journals.
Our last nature day with friends got a little rained out. But we made the most of it. Or I should say, they made the most of it and got soaking wet. Even Conrad!
