today was sooooo relaxing.
we went down to the nearby state park, and "day camped " at our favorite spot. near by the swimming hole, and right next to the creek. its this tucked away ,private spot, near where alot of folks pass to swim. so we get the best of both worlds (all though i don't know if it would really be considered two different WORLDS) i mean either way you're in the woods.
in the woods. ahh. i love to be in the woods, with a river nearby. i brought my little "wildflowers of minnesota" field guide and i was identifying up a storm. i identified wild parsnip, white clover, false Solomons seal, and heal all. i would love to be a naturalist, well maybe i am already. i read somewhere that teaching science to kids should start with making them naturalists before scientists, because they have such a curiosity for nature already.
isaac and i took a nap outside, (i love sleeping outside)
and we rode bikes a bit.
we also met some folks who were Hutterite, which is similar to amish or mennonite. they have the same roots, but Hutterites live communally, as in on the same farm, and all their belongings including money is pooled together. they also speak a dialect of german. anyhow it was interesting, except for the fact that i think the man was hitting on me. i mean, are they allowed to even do that? I was pretty sure that he saw i was married.
so thats my day , in a nutshell.
love. mooah!

a few BRIGHT ORANGE FLOWERS that i love:
butterfly weed (native to minnesota)
california poppy (native to california of course)
and calendula (native to somewhere , i'm sure)


besides that, there are a few other things i could right about like:
-all the wild black raspberry's we have been picking, and how we came upon the mother lode black raspberry patch while on a family bike ride
-how bike riding together has revolutionized our lives
-or about how i have been wondering why some people just feel like home
-our trip to kansas city
-dereks lone adventure to nashville
-jesus coming back in the clouds
-horton hears a who
-thrush, and icky gentian violet
- benjamin west and his cat grimalkin (a book i am reading with winter and she loves so much she wrote her "tag" in it , which is her name in graffiti, and then she realized it was a library book, and trying to fix the problem, gobbed on the last bit of white out we had in the bottle, which just didn't work, so then we both took turns scraping it off. i hope the library doesn't mind)
-finally starting to speak my kids love languages, though i think isaacs is pretty limited to nursing right now. he is definitely way more into that than anything.
-secret snuggles
-fasting
-or the recent family reunion.
yes i have lots of topics i'd like to write about.
maybe i'll pick one tomorrow.