Adventure #2! 10March08

Today is Monday = Adventure Day! We took the kids to Roane County Park to play. It was a beautiful day, plenty of sunshine, warm, and not any other people...Our first stop was the big playground with 3 slides, monkey bars, a tunnel, and swings! Brady was first down the big twisty slide!
Next Emory came down...

Finally, here comes Caleb. In his own way, of course! He sure does go fast that way. Maybe that is his plan?

After playing there for quite a while, we decided to walk along the trail by the water to the other playground...

There is a fishing pier on the way. The kids loved to look over the water and watch the seagulls diving for minners (minnows) in the water. Caleb refused to sit for the picture...he was exploring!

The swings were the next thing to try...Emory liked for Travis to spin her around on the swing more than to swing.

Brady was the bravest one on the swings. At first he did not want to go high. He would tense up and kindof grunt if he went too high. Then he could not get high enough..."go fast Daddy!"

Gotta love this face! What a great day!

Emory wanted me to help her on the jungle gym. This one was about 1/2 the size of the ones we used to play on when we were young!

Caleb was like a little monkey and had NO FEAR! He would slip and actually catch himself with his hands and hang on! Wow!

Caleb also had NO FEAR when it came to the monkey bars! He went right across and wanted to keep turning around and going back. Travis is strong, but even his arms got wore out!

Emory and Travis had a lesson in trusting Uncle Travis and overcoming your fears! It was precious to see Travis be so patient with her and help her to climb this pole. It took many baby steps, but she finally made it to the top!! Good job Emory!

After this everyone was getting hungry and sleepy, so back home we went. All of the kids, and Travis, took a 3 hour nap! Can't wait until next Monday = Adventure Day #3!