The kids got home after our gecaching and decided to play in the yard for a while after they took a nap. We have a patch of clovers growing by the fence so Mia explained to Blayke that the 4-leaf clovers are lucky. They quickly set out in search for one. They were out there for almost an hour.
We went out Geocaching again and this time we went looking for 5 caches hidden by the same person. We found 3 of 5. One of them was in a field that was way too muddy and wet for us to go through. The other one we just could not find. We will try to look for that one again some other time.
We were up at 5:00 AM this morning to start our training. Guy goes first for 1/2 hour and then me. We can't leave the kids alone you know! Since Guy already has a history of running his training is a little more advanced than mine. He warms up for 5-10 minutes with walking, runs 1 minute then walks 1 minute for a total of 20 minutes, then a cool down of 5-10 minutes of walking. Mine on the other hand is different. I have the same warm up and cool down but I run 1 minute and walk 3 minutes for 20 minutes. At the end of the week we have to run/walk One mile regardless of time (although we have to keep track of how long it takes us).
Woke up this morning to a little camper in the closet. Blayke decided he wanted to "camp out" so he set up a little area in his closet.
Our community had a little kite festival this afternoon. So after we finished Geocaching we went to have some fun. They had Kites, Fire Truck Rides, a bounce house and some food for sale. Was not that big but enough to enjoy ourselves for a bit.
So we went Geocaching this morning Mia and Blayke were up as soon as the saw the sun rise asking if it was time to go "treasure hunting". we found 4 out of 5 caches today. We started at 9:30 AM and finished up around 12:30 PM. Here are of pics of what we found.
We have been talking about finding a new hobby for us to do as a family. Saturday's are our "Family Day". That is our day to spend time with each other (just the four of us). Guy and I came up with the idea of going Geocaching. For those of you not familiar with it - Geocaching (pronounced geo-cashing) is a worldwide game of hiding and seeking treasure. A geocacher can place a geocache any where in the world, pinpoint its location using GPS technology and then share the geocache's existence and location online. The caches usually contain items to trade, a logbook and sometimes a camera so the finder can snap a picture of themselves. Most often, the caches aren't hidden in plain sight. Anyone with a GPS device can then try to locate the geocache. Geocaches are literally everywhere around the world. You will surely find a few within a couple miles of where you live or even withing walking distance.
We have been reading to the kids since they were in my belly so the kids have grown up with a love for books. These are two of the books they are reading this week. They LOVE them and are having a great time spending our evening down time reading with us.
The kids are loving the time change since it gets darker later. They enjoyed taking Hunter for a walk after mom and dad got home last night.
We started watching our dollars and really trying to save money since we moved to North Carolina. With Nelda having a hard time finding a job we need to watch our $$$'s. This is our take for the week. We only had to pick up a few items.
We went to Nana & Pop's house for dinner tonight. Mia & Blayke always have a good time playing with the toys they have there. Tonight they decided to build a fort out of a box of blocks they found.
Blayke helped daddy finish up the honey do list left for them -while the girls were at Girl Scouts.
