Visit to Grandparents and Bridal Veil Falls

Last week I took the kids to visit my parents for a few days. I forgot my camera, so no pictures but as always we had a great time. AJ and Grandma took some fun walks up to the waterhole. AP got his fill of Disney channel but also had fun playing in the creek and Grandpa help him make a sailboat (out of scrap wood) to play with in the"rapids." One of the kids' favorite things to do at Grandpa and Grandma's house is design plush friends to make; Grandma has tons of extra fabric to choose from as well as all kinds of buttons and whatnot to embelish with, and is really good at helping them with the sewing. AP made a little pancake guy out of green flannel and AJ started (can you guess) a cat. The kids also had a lot of fun playing with the neighbors' 3 new kittens! Two are almost identical to Taikaro and Simon and of course the kids couldn't get enough of them, and we even saw Hopper (Tai and Simon's sister), who ran away months ago. We had such a great time and love visiting Grandpa & Grandma!

We came back Friday morning and AJ (as usual) asked when we were going to be able to climb the waterfall (that we pass on the way to Grandpa and Grandmas). So we decided to spend Saturday afternoon at Bridal Veil Falls. The B's came with us and we had a blast! The trail was a little scary in spots but not too bad. After we got to the end of the trail J took Elizabeth and AP a little farther up while Mark, Emily, and I stayed to herd the little ones.












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