Thanksgiving Trees

On Thanksgiving we went to a park while Kristi was at home making rolls for dinner. She can get a lot more done without two needy children and one needy husband around vying for her attention. :) Here are a few photos from our outing. It was very bright and sunny out, at least when it wasn't cloudy. Gainesville's like that - sunny one moment, cloudy the next. It even has been known to rain here.

Lily playing in the lovely recycled tires. She kept trying to eat them. Ewww.

Anwyn wanted to climb some trees - and what a tree she climbed! She really wanted me to show off my tree-climbing skills (I've been known, on occasion, to climb a tree or two. At my missionary farewell - yes, I'm old enough that we still had those - my bishop told a story about me climbing a tree at a youth conference. He said he looked around and asked where I was - this was just during some down time, we didn't have to be anywhere - and someone pointed up; I was at the top of a big pine tree. While I'm on a tangent {good thing it's not a cosine}, I learned to love climbing cedar trees in Seattle. Many are just like climbing ladders; they are very easy to climb, with strong and flexible branches - even small ones can hold your weight {well, at least my weight} well, at least when following the 3 point rule - always have at least 3 points of contact when climbing a tree.) but I had to make sure Lily didn't ingest too much rubber, leaves, or dirt.

Pretty Anwyn in the tree.

Another shot in the tree; this one might be in a different tree though.

On the swings. Even though you can't tell from this picture, both girls love the swings. Lily got super excited when she saw them and started crying when I pulled her out. Both girls love to swing as high as possible.