a day in pictures

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On Saturday, we decided to stray from the norm. Not always a good idea around these parts, but sometimes you’ve just got to give it a shot. With some help from good old Dr Google, we discovered a nature preserve that, while just miles from our home, turned out to be an entire world away.

Once there, we found a breathtaking array of flowers – and let Brooke stop to smell nearly every one. We climbed trees – well, two of us did at least. We ran through wide open fields and the girls rolled down the gently sloping hills. We made our way up and down and around the winding paths that traced the nearby river’s edge. We found a delightful children’s garden and fell head over heels in love with a two-story tangled wood playhouse. We laid down beneath a tree, looked straight up and marveled at nature’s work. The girls fished along the riverbed with sticks they’d found along the way – proudly displaying the algae they’d caught in wet, gooey clumps. Luau taught Katie how to skip stones. We laughed.

And finally, for the first time in ages – I had my camera with me.

So here it is.

The day in pictures …

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(Note ~ Those are katie’s shoes in the air above her head!)

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I don’t know if there will ever come a day that my girls do not take my breath away.

I do know that today is not that day.

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