WILD LIFE

SADLY, WE NEVER REALLY GET MUCH WILD LIFE IN THE AREA THAT WE LIVE HOWEVER, WE HAD SOME FUN VISITORS COME BY OUR HOUSE THIS SUMMER AND WE WERE EXCITED. WHEN WE LIVED IN NEW JERSEY, WE HAD LOTS OF ANIMALS AROUND, SQUIRRELS, OPOSSUMS, DEER, WILD TURKEYS, FROGS, SNAKES, WIERD BUGS, BUNNIES AND I EVEN HEARD OF A BEAR THAT WAS IN OUR AREA. WELL BACK TO MY POINT, I WOKE UP AT 6 AM ONE MORNING TO MAKE PANCAKES FOR MY BOYS AND RIGHT OUTSIDE OUR FRONT WINDOW A DEER WALKED BY. I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT! IT MADE MY DAY. I RAN OUTSIDE WITH MY CAMERA AND NO ONE ELSE WAS AWAKE YET SO I DON'T THINK ANYONE ELSE SAW BUT I HAPPENED TO GET A PHOTO. THE OTHER VISITOR WE GOT CAME THIS WEEK. WE WERE OUT IN THE FRONT YARD AND THIS PIGEON CAME FLYING AND LANDED IN OUR FRONT YARD. MY BOYS CHASED HIM OFF AND HE CAME RIGHT BACK. HE HUNG OUT WITH US FOR ABOUT A HALF HOUR. ANYWAY IT IS THE LITTLE THINGS IN LIFE...JUST WANTED TO SHARE.

HIKE TO DOUGHNUT FALLS

WE WENT HIKING WITH OUR BOYS AND THEY HIKED .75 MILES ALL THE WAY UP TO DOUGHNUT FALLS. THEIR MOTIVATION...THEY THOUGHT THEIR WERE DOUGHNUTS AT THE TOP. WE DID REWARD THEM WITH SOME M&M'S AND TRAIL MIX ...BUT IT WASN'T ANYTHING LIKE A NICE GOOEY MAPLE BAR OR ANYTHING. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, DOUGHNUT FALLS GOT ITS NAME DUE TO THE ROUND HOLE THROUGH WHICH THE FALLS FLOW. WE ENDED UP CARRYING THE KIDS DOWN THE MOUNTAIN IN OUR PACKS. WE HAD WORN THEM OUT. THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO A HIKE LIKE THIS WITH OUR KIDS. BEFORE NOW, THEY HAVE BEEN TOO YOUNG. FUN FUN.