3/20/23
This game is intense!
Go get her Rachel!
Defense!!
3/22/23
Mom comes to every single game to support Rachel and her team. She also provides rides to any player who needs a ride to the games. Thanks Mom!
3/18/23
Mom and Dad have been planning and preparing to backpack section hike the Appalachian trail (AT)! They practiced at a local park with a small trail and over 300 stairs. They went up and down the stairs with their packs multiple times because they planned to start their hike at Amicalola Falls that had a climb of over 300 stairs:
The stairs were a nice challange:
It was early in the morning but was starting to warm up:
3/15/23
The planned AT backpacking day arrived and they decided to take us on the trip. We stayed at an awesome Airbnb while they hiked. The place had goats!
3/16/23
Mom and dad had a shuttle driver meet them at their car where they planned to hike to over the next two days and then he drove them to the starting point at Amicalola Falls.
They hiked a small trail that lead to the falls:
There was a paved path at the bottom of the falls:
Now it was time to start the first section of the stairs 175 steps:
Still going up!
More steps!
The steps are done, now to get to the start of the 8.5 mile approach trail which is not even part of the AT. The At starts at the top of Springer mountain and there is no way to get there but to hike!
They made it to the top of Springer Mountain and the start of the Appalachian Trail!
The happy couple!
The first (if you start from the south) white blaze of the AT!
The next blaze was on a tree:
They made it back down Springer mountain and headed north along the AT.
There were some easy stream crossings along the way:
Mom still likes her bridges.
The plan was to hike to this waterfall:
Long Creek Falls was in sight!
They made it to the waterfall!
They set up their campsite by the stream coming down from the waterfall.
3/17/23
Mom and Dad got up before 5am to try and pack up the tent before the predicted rain, but it rained before they could get all packed up. It was still dark out but they were all packed up so they decided to start their hike:
Rain, wind and fog, not to mention it’s still dark!
They got in three miles before the sun came up:
It was lightly raining throughout the day and the hiking was super challenging. Mom and Dad said it was the hardest hike they had ever experienced! They made it back to the car and look who greeted them at the Airbnb:
These goats were crazy!
3/18/23
The next day mom and dad decided they did not want to section hike as planned so they took us out for some adventures. Our first stop was a tiny house open house:
Mom likes the tiny house concept, Dad not so much.
Then we stopped at some weird roadside thing:
And our final stop was the Big Foot Museum!
Lets go inside and see what evidence they have!
“Real” science:
A reenactment of an “actual” Big Foot attack!
We weren’t all convinced… but it was a nice outing. Time to head back to the Airbnb and then home tomorrow.
3/6/23
Rachel made the middle school soccer team again!
It’s a packed schedule. They play twice a week!
A very good game and a win!
3/8/23
Game number two!
Great Game (not a win).
3/4/23
Mom and Dad took us to an amusement park!
We met back up together with Lizzy and Dad and Lizzy did some scary rides together:
Up we go!
Ready set go!
We met back up with Patricia and Rachel and got on another ride:
Rachel and Patricia were hiding their faces every time Mom tried to take a picture but she got them!
Rachel and Patricia went off on their won again and the three of us went on this ride:
Then we hit the roller coasters to finish out the day!
That was awesome! Thanks Mom and Dad!
02/14/23
Mom set the table up with some special cards and a nice gift basket for us:
We had a big basket of goodies to share!
Dad got each of us our favorite snacks:
Dad gave Mom some flowers, chocolates and lotion:
The girls exchanged cards:
Patricia made cards for Mom and Dad too:
Rachel gave everyone a $1
Including Mom:
And Dad:
We had a very Happy Valentine’s Day!
2/4/23
Strawberries are Lizzy’s favorite fruit so she was not going to turn down a trip to the strawberry picking farm with Mom!
Who wants some strawberries!?
1/28/23
Rachel declined going to the faire and went to a birthday party celebration with her friends, so Mom, Dad, Lizzy and Patricia went today. Mom was the only one who had ever gone to a Medieval Faire so this was a new experience for the rest of us. There were performances going on immediately as we entered the faire:
After that show we walked around and knife throwing caught Patricia’s eye:
You got this!
Great throw Patricia!
We stopped for another show:
We walked around and Lizzy and Patricia became royalty:
They are both queens!
Dad got picked out of the crowd for the next act:
He was knighted a king:
Then they made mom (who had been taking the pictures) go up and be his queen! It was very funny!
That was a fun afternoon indeed!
01/23/23
Mom, Rachel and Luna went a a little hike:
There were pretty flowers along the trail:
01/26/23
Mom and Luna can’t resist going on trails while the weather is so nice!:
We decided (Luna and Mom) on a combination of the two trails:
The farther in the more narrow the trail:
Luna was serious about not stopping for pictures!
01/22/23
Both Mom and Dad have been called to work with the youth
(Mom as YW President and Dad as YM Advisor) at church so we decided to hold the Annual Youth Meeting in our home this year:
We had about 25 people attend!
01/21/2023
We started off the day picking strawberries!
Later we pulled off a bit of a surprise party for mom!
We even invited mom’s best friend Keri Trosper and her family
without mom finding out!:
We opened some cards and gifts:
Dad got mom some dark chocolates she hadn’t tried before:
Lizzy and Rachel got mom a dehydrated desert for their upcoming Appalachian Trail adventure:
A gift from Keri too:
Later we opened cards and gifts from Grandpa Ed and Grandma Joyce and a few other cards from friends:
What an awesome birthday! The only thing that could have possibly made it better would be hiking on the AT
(Appalachian Trail).
Happy Birthday Mom! We love you!