Picnic and Fun at the Park

Today I told the kids that if they would help me around the house, that I would take them on a special trip, so after our chores were done I made us a picnic, and we headed off for our adventure. They had no clue where we were going, and I wasn't about to blow the secret. They were feeling bad because we were not able to go down south to the Jack Leavitt Family Reunion, and they figured that this long weekend would be a boring one. Well after I drove in circles (literally) around a vacant parking lot with their eyes closed, I drove to a park that they had never been to and told them to open their eyes. You would have thought that it was Christmas or something, they were so excited, and couldn't get out of the car fast enough. I forgot to take pictures of our fun picnic, but I did get some fun pictures of the kids playing on the playground. After we got done playing at the park, we headed over to Wal Mart, where we made some early Christmas wish lists, and Jake even made some requests for his birthday that will be not so soon in the future, but he thinks it is approaching rather quickly. Then we bought him a new twin bed to match the chest of drawers we bought him a week ago, and then we went to 7-Eleven where we got our favorite color of Slurpee, sat on the bench in front of the store and people watched while sipping on our Slurpee's, and then we headed home with exhausted kids. Ellie even thanked me for not letting them go to the Reunion. She told me that she is glad we stayed home cause the reunion wouldn't have had a fun day like this. haha, I am so glad she doesn't realize the fun she missed out on not going to the reunion, or else I think my big girl would be pretty sad at her mom and dad. Oh well maybe next year when Ray and I don't have things going on that keep us grounded for the month of September. Next time maybe we will hit the Zoo in secret or the Planetarium, or the living Aquarium, or maybe even the Tree House in Ogden for a day. All are places my kids would really enjoy.