A Good Monday!

Today was a lot of fun packed into just a few hours! We drove to Hutch this afternoon to visit our friends Brandi and Shawn and their two boys Dalton and Zach! The girls went to Brandi's daycare when we lived in Hutch...in fact we talked about it today...Brandi has watched Maddie since she was 18 months old and both Ashlyn and Brooke since birth! So, that's a lot of time with my babies. And, the girls miss Brandi, her husband Shawn and their boys SO very much. They ask about going to see Brandi a lot, so I shouldn't have been surprised that they wouldn't stop asking "When are we leaving?", "Will we be there soon?" and "Are we almost there?" today from the moment they woke up!

Brandi and I didn't really have a plan for today, we just wanted to get the kids together to play. So, we decided to hit the park...but not before stopping by Sonic for a slushy. We first went by the Hutchinson Zoo and the kids had fun seeing typical Kansas wildlife...


The Easter Screech Owl



Watching the Red Fox

we poked up our heads like prairie dogs...



were eaten by dinosaurs...



or maybe just used their mouths as a slide...



and we dug up their bones...



we hatched from a dinosaur egg...



we climbed the spider web...



and we even led the ducks!



Once we were done at the Zoo, we went over to the play equipment. The kids had a blast playing together - even Brooke kept up with the bigger kids.



Peek-a-boo - where am I? (Answer: check the first hole in the slide)



Once we finished the park - we headed to the firestation to see Shawn since he was working. The kids had fun playing in the firetrucks...



and posing for the camera as firefighters...




even mom got her turn...



Before we left the fire station, Shawn showed us a tree next door that had recently been hit by lightning. A lot of the bark was blown off the trunk and branches and thrown many yards away. It even caused a hole in the branch where it directly hit the tree. Isn't it amazing how powerful lightning can be?



The day was a good one and the girls had such a good time visiting with the Hobbs! They didn't even make it home before crashing (even Ashlyn in the back)...



and it ended with a full double rainbow in the sky!


This was taken right outside our front door!