More Geocaching with the kids

I am busy with the kids geocaching this summer. We are out everyday to see how many days can we go in a row. We have been out in all kinds of weather.

Rain or shine we are out.

Nate in pouring rain.

They found it.

The little things in life that make my kids happy :)

We hike on nice days and we are discovering new places around us.

Mine Falls in Nashua.

We get to see all kinds of wild creatures.

We face all kind of terrain.

Sam and I went for this one. It is the oldest cache in New Hampshire.

I might have to bribe my kids on this stop. We haven't been very successful with caches in parking spots like next to DD. I told them if they find it I will boy them donuts as reward. And it worked!!!

She is 6

I am sure the boys had something to do with choosing the birthday cake.

Our baby girl turned 6 a few weeks ago. I cannot believe how fast the time flies. It wasn't that long ago that we celebrated her first birthday and here we are with a six year old in the house.

Jo is very particular about her birthday cake. She constantly discusses it throughout the entire year. She also changes her mind every week so I do not pay that much attention until the very end. This year it ended up being a hamburger cake. She didn't want me to make her a cake she wanted it to be ordered from the store. I am sure her siblings may have have influenced her a little last week.

6 years old.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY DOLL :)

And guess what we had for her birthday dinner? Yep hamburgers.:)

Summer fun in the Sun

4th of July fun in the dark.

Just because I am not blogging regularly doesn't mean there is nothing going on in our lives. On the contrary. We have been on the go for the last few weeks. We celebrated 4th of July with our small family in Portsmouth (one of our favorite towns in New England). We found some geocaches during the day and in the evening we enjoyed a firework show. We came home late but there is nothing like sleeping in on a summer day.

Happy 4th of July America.

We have been enjoying both nice and rainy weather while hiking, biking and many trips to the local pool and even one day at the lake (one of the kids favorite places). We picked one of the busiest days of this season but we squeezed in and had a blast all day long.

Enjoying a picnic at the lake.

Last year our centipede didn't quiet make it and we had to say good by to our favorite caterpillar at the end of the season. This year I looked for one again and found it to everyone excitement.  They couldn't wait to take it out on the lake again and they did have a blast with it.

How many people can you fit on a centipede?

Maybe 5?

Nice views from the beach. Newfound lake is very peaceful even on a busy summer day.

Enjoying the summer

Dog sitting

 

Our family grew by one member last week. We were dog sitting last week for our friends.  I wasn't sure how it will all work out but we made it and everyone is still smiling.

Emma playing tug a war with Cassie.

 Our activities didn't change much with the dog around except for the fact there was this big hairy thing in our house (and some times even in my car) that we had to keep an eye on.

She sure is a cutie.

 It was fun having her around. We enjoyed morning, mid day and evening walks with her and few outings out into the wild. I believe we wore her out most of the days. And if we were not hiking, walking or running there was always something going on around the house.

Cassie didn't want to be left out during a summer hockey game.

The kids had to beg her for the ball so they could continue their game.

We will sure miss her even for her few escapes into our neighbors yards.

Beavers

We are having fun geocaching with the kids this summer. Last weekend we were close to a lake where apparently beavers live. I was glad we didn't run into any but I was very impressed with their work.

Some activity was new.

Some was old.

My beavers at work.

The girls had to give it a try as well.

We found our first NANO size geocache (like micro wasn't small enough).

We get to see all kinds of things on our geocaching trips :)

Summer trip

 

Since I am trying to catch up on my blogging this month I might as well go back to some summer pictures from our adventures. 

On one of our camping trips we visited a nearby town which had a lot happening that weekend and I never want to miss a learning opportunity. We were happy to stay and learn a little bit about our American history.

You never know who will come over for dinner so you might as well keep your pistol ready.

I wonder what was cooking for dinner. All those reenactors stayed on the fields the entire weekend living like in the old days.

Men getting ready for battle and let me tell you that cannon was LOUD!

Emma learning some pottery making.

This person was working on lace. She was making bookmarks out of the lace. I didn't stay too long as I was afraid I would pickup another hobby.

Pie for dessert.

Trying to score some loot.

They did find some specks of gold.

We all (well the girls anyway) learned how to make dolls out of corn husks and a handkerchief.

The redcoats are coming!!!

We even met Ben Franklin.