we celebrated the end of our school year with an amazing afternoon of picnic & play at friends at laurel river, located just outside of hot spring, nc.
i think this photo captures the general sentiment of the afternoon...hoo-rah!
wow! a pair of mating toads & their endless stream of eggs. i got to feel the eggs in their gelatinous casing...it felt like rinsed spagetti. it is quite firm, a lot more 'stable' that it looks...and very slimy. by the looks of it they had been laying for a while...the streams were a good 3-4' long at least.
thanks mike for spotting this pair! ;)
lovely cairns...
our doll baby, evyn...
i love these super close-up baby shots...
exploring...
evyn for quite into the 'tossing-rocks-into-river" game...
caleb & his papa, mike...
ehren hung out with kristina, which was nice as the rocks were quite slippery...looking out for myself & evyn was enough of a balancing act!
our lovely miss amanda...
lounging...
caleb & jenny...
the rushing rapids...
apparently no match for orin, the boy wonder! (i should mention that the water was like ice!)
our sweet 3 year old, ehren...
natural wonders...
tina, walder & gavin... 
freshly caught minnows...
another friend...
lots to see!
amanda (i hope she doesn't kill me for posting this one)...i LOVe it! <3
a rescued friend...
a tree toad? 
sweet...:)
So beautiful!!! I love these and miss you guys! We used to have some great times at this spot. Enjoy the summer days. Give my love to Amanda, and tell her to (ahem) write me back! :)
ReplyDeleteit is so funny that you mentioned that...we were discussing our letter writing the other day. she HAS actually written you back...it si the 'mailing the letter' that she is hung up on. ;)
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