What a long & fun day

We woke up Saturday morning and had to be at the soccer fields at 8:30 for a make-up soccer game followed by another game. We lost the first and won the second. We had BIG plans after the game. Sarah and I were taking the girls, Katie, Hollis and the twins, to Aunt Rae's farm in Fayetville, Tn. Rachel and Aren, the twins, had never been to the farm and were so excited. What child doesn't love the thought of wading in a creek all afternoon. I know I did when I was their age.

Aren, Rachel, and Katie, in that order, took off to the creek. There have been some big rains lately, so we weren't sure what the creek was going to look like. They were in for a nice surprise.

It was perfect!! The water was still chilly since Mother Nature has some issues lately. It was in the mid 80s earlier in the week, but on 70 on Saturday. We came prepared, though. Rain boots saved the day! And speaking of rain boots....

Aren got a nice surprise in hers while wading in the water,. It never pinched her, I think it might have been a little too small for that., but it was a fun surprise to find.

Hannibal came along for the walk. He brought his bone...I'm not sure what animal that came from. He stuck his head in all the holes along the banks of the creek looking for snakes to catch. Such a good, handsome watchdog.

They looked for arrowheads (didn't find any), geodes, and fossils. They found some really neat things and every rock with a point on the end was a "almost" arrowhead. They were having the time of their life until...

this dear, sweet, accident prone child of mine stepped on a piece of barbed wire without wearing her rain boots. My, being the mother-of-the-year that I am, first thought wasn't about the wire hanging out of her foot. I was thinking about the pain that would ensue the 2 days later when we make it to the Dr's office for a tetanus shot. The last time she had shots it took 3 of us to hold down all of her 45lbs. Luckily, she has had a tetanus shot so my mind came back to her pain. I carried her all the way back to the house. She didn't let it get her down, though.

I'll post more about the day tomorrow...