Family Memories
It's totally weird & unexpected, but the 4 day vacation up to Show Low was one of our best vacations ever! Even Tim said that was true for him. It was nothing spectacular, just good, clean fun!
Relaxing, yet not boring. Fun, yet not busy.
And the kids all behaved & got along...maybe that's what made it awesome!
Plus the fact that we hadn't done too much as a family for a year due to Tim's hospitalizations, sicknesses & lack of vacation time left.
We went to a very fancy restaurant. Savannah had been learning in school about etiquette in a place like this, so she was able to practice it & keep the boys in line. This place also had a live band out back, so afterwards we went out there & sat around the fire and danced a little.
We all played frisbee golf. Tim grilled our dinners while I sat on the porch & read. The kids played games outside. Tim joined them in several hide-and-go-seek games, which they thought was cool. He did some pretty impressive hiding.
We fed the ducks and had a picnic.
We spent a whole morning going to antique stores & little boutique shops. The people looked worried when we'd show up with 4 small children, but they always commented when we left what a wonderful, beautiful family we had, etc. We bought little things at each store. At The Candle Factory each kids got to pick out their own small candle. That is after they smelled every single one in the whole store!
We hiked the the Mogollon Rim. We hiked to a little pond, where the boys all had to throw stuff in for awhile. We even did a night hike in the woods...though they thought that was a little spooky.
We slept in & played cards & read books.
The last day we were at the cabin, eating breakfast, Tim asked each kid what their favorite thing had been.
Savannah said, "Washing dishes while Answering Bible Trivia questions from Dad"
Dawson said, "Going to The Burley Bear store and taking a night hike"
Hunter said, "Playing Frisbee Golf"
Mission accomplished, Great memories made!
Relaxing, yet not boring. Fun, yet not busy.
And the kids all behaved & got along...maybe that's what made it awesome!
Plus the fact that we hadn't done too much as a family for a year due to Tim's hospitalizations, sicknesses & lack of vacation time left.
We went to a very fancy restaurant. Savannah had been learning in school about etiquette in a place like this, so she was able to practice it & keep the boys in line. This place also had a live band out back, so afterwards we went out there & sat around the fire and danced a little.
We all played frisbee golf. Tim grilled our dinners while I sat on the porch & read. The kids played games outside. Tim joined them in several hide-and-go-seek games, which they thought was cool. He did some pretty impressive hiding.
We fed the ducks and had a picnic.
We spent a whole morning going to antique stores & little boutique shops. The people looked worried when we'd show up with 4 small children, but they always commented when we left what a wonderful, beautiful family we had, etc. We bought little things at each store. At The Candle Factory each kids got to pick out their own small candle. That is after they smelled every single one in the whole store!
We hiked the the Mogollon Rim. We hiked to a little pond, where the boys all had to throw stuff in for awhile. We even did a night hike in the woods...though they thought that was a little spooky.
We slept in & played cards & read books.
The last day we were at the cabin, eating breakfast, Tim asked each kid what their favorite thing had been.
Savannah said, "Washing dishes while Answering Bible Trivia questions from Dad"
Dawson said, "Going to The Burley Bear store and taking a night hike"
Hunter said, "Playing Frisbee Golf"
Mission accomplished, Great memories made!
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