Find JOY in the JOURNEY!: Father's & Son's Outing

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Father's & Son's Outing

Keith & Rylan finally got going around 7:45 after a long day of work for Keith. As soon as Rylan got home from school he asked when they were going to leave...it took a little longer than planned but they did get there and they had a great time together. Rylan's favorite things about the trip were playing with his friends

catching a ton of tadpoles

biscuits and gravy

spending time with his dad

sleeping under the stars and enjoying the fire.

I am so grateful they have these outings so the two of them can spend time together. Keith & Rylan did not get home until about 3:30 because Rylan didn't want to leave the tadpoles and Keith was enjoying the cool breeze under the shaded trees. Rylan did end up bringing home some tadpoles. It was one of my fond memories of when I was growing up. I used to get buckets full of tadpoles and watch them grow into frogs. Lots of fun times. It's great being a kid!

1 comment:

Goodmangang said...: We used to get buckets full of tadpoles. We would play in the water for hours. Good times! Gotta love the country life.; May 18, 2010 at 3:46 PM

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