Picnic at the Park

I have been trying to come up with some ideas to make this summer more fun for the kids and me. I found this really awesome post on Pinterest and I am trying hard to live our summer by it:

Monday is Make Something Monday

Tuesday is Take a Trip Tuesday

Wednesday is Wise Wednesday

Thursday is Thankful Thursday

Friday is Have Fun Friday

On Mondays I am going to alternate between making a craft and making a treat with Braelyn. Tuesdays are going to be spent doing free or almost free activities. If you have ideas for this one let me know! Wednesdays we are going to work on our alphabet. I will do a different letter each week and do an activity associated with that letter. Thursday we are going to try to serve others and show our thanks to neighbors, friends, family, and so forth. And finally, Fridays we are most likely spending with a picnic at the park! What's more fun than that?! I'm hoping this can relieve stress as well as get us out of the house and bring Braelyn and I closer together. She is a very headstrong little girl and we tend to butt heads a bit :)

I have a few pictures from last week's picnic in the park. There is also a picture from the 5k we all ran. 

 Left to right: Amy (she took 6th I believe), Dale (4th) Marilyn, Claire, Aaron, McKinnley, Braxten, me, Tyler, Braelyn

 Cheese! Oh wait SQUIRREL!! (This is how I feel when I take pictures of this child...)

 Mmm.... PB&J Sandwiches, yogurt, grapes, and carrot sticks! (Mom! Don't forget to pack carrots!)

 Braxten loved checking out the great outdoors! He was fascinated by everything!

WEEEE! Going down the twisty slide!

Well that is it for today! We are heading to the Hill Air Force Museum after nap time! I'll be posting on that later!