A Fun little Tuesday Trail

Well, it was Tuesday, and even without Callie, we needed a trail.  

We tried one that looked interesting.  And it was fun!

 

It wasn't a very long one, but it had interesting things to check out.

I was also excited to realize it connected two housing areas that Marian and I run through.

And doesn't this look much more fun to run than the street?  So it was a good trail day and we enjoyed it. 

 

The End of the Fun

Alas, the day came that we had to return home.  While all of us would have preferred to stay, only Callie got to. 

Our last selfie together.  Callie wanted a Grand Adventure, so she was staying with Adam and Savannah.

And then she was going to fly out to AR with their family and family-hop for a month. This was her agenda on who she hoped to stay with and when.  And then I would drive out to get her, and stay for two weeks and she would come back home then.  

Rylee thought it was an exciting plan.

And I thought it would be great too.  I just didn't realize that THIS is more how I'd feel when I left her!I was so proud of her for trying something new and hard, but wow, I didn't realize how big the hole in my life would be without her!

Anyway, we left.  We drove home sans Callie and it was fine.

 

Sunday serenity

On Sunday, I ended up taking Delaney to Urgent Care, as she was having some pain. Everyone else went out to enjoy the Sabbath by visiting the Temple and communing with nature.  It looks like they had a great morning.

Dan and the girls at the Temple.

The cousins had to get in the picture too.

One last Temple pic!

The hike was fun with their cousins.

The trail was nice.

The  kids....er... the scenery was lovely.

And look!  Callie managed a shot of our amazing hosts!

Doesn't it look like fun?

Just a quick break to rest the feet.

And look- Fall is coming!  Look at the leaves changing colors!

 

Dan had a birthday too

This guy had a birthday.  So we introduced Adam's family to Jello Poke Cake.

It was delicious.

And well received, even by those who claimed to hate jello. 

A group shot of the party.

There was loot.

And I was really impressed at Callie's foresight to purchase this USMC themed kokeshi doll in Okinawa before we left!

 

Swimming in the cold

Adam has a pool, and it looks very nice.  But it is not heated.  And the temps at night got down low enough that the pool was pretty chilly, even when the afternoon was warm.

These crazy kids got in and swam even though it was cooooold!

I thought they were nuts, but they had a blast.

And they lasted longer than the 5 minutes I bet they would!  They stayed out there and swam and played till they were blue and loved it.