Parks and Trails

Things are finally beginning to settle down and I am really thankful that the craziness
seems to be over.   So far the weather has been gorgeous, except for a couple of cold and rainy days last weekend, a high of 46 in July is just weird.

I'm a little surprised to admit that I really like the little town we live in.  There are two nice parks very close to our house, the kids can take off on their bikes and ride all over town or we have several miles of bike and hike trails about a quarter of a mile away.

This week I took the girls to the library for story time and they were invited to join a children's book club.  It was nice to meet some kids and the girls really enjoyed themselves.  The book they are reading is Schooled and they are anxious to get started.  Once they have read a book they do crafts that relate to the stories and have some sort of snack. For being such a small town the Library is awesome and our librarian has been a huge help in giving local information.

Robert found out this week that he will be headed south on Wednesday the 7th and the job will go until about January :(  I am not looking forward to him being gone.

Today the weather was perfect so we took off for the Bike and Hike trails.  Robert and I are exploring some of the ski trails and trying to get familiar with them before it snows.  The kids are ready for it to snow so they can start learning to ski.

While we were out Robert found some wild raspberries.

Rae is usually fearless and loves to climb trees but she didn't get very far today.

The kids were rather excited to learn that they get an extended summer vacation here. School will start the day after Labor Day.  (We are really hoping Robert will get to come home for the weekend on Rae' s birthday.) I however am really ready for them to go to school, we have absolutely no routine established whatsoever and it is beginning to drive me a little crazy.  Hopefully I will be able to work full time for the school this year, if not I will sub.  I just want to keep busy so the homesickness won't be too bad.