The Puddle in the Pines

We were strongly encouraged to visit this great spash park about 20 minutes away from Homosassa in the town of Inverness (they have a super Walmart!) called The Puddle in the Pines. It is so far hidden in the park that if you weren't sure it was there, trust me , you wouldn't just stumble upon it.

Here is a picture of Nolen and Ty loving the water cannon. Notice that the Puddle is fully fenced a great benefit when you have little ones like Nadia who get distracted easily :)

Here it is looking in. To the right is a covered picnic area and to the left is a huge play area with 3 play structures and lots of soft sugar sand. Brilliant in a children's play area. Our kids could have played there all day. We wanted to pack this one up and take it with us. Thank you Lynn Bressen for the awesome idea!!! You Rock!

Loving the 2010 Toyota Siena

We rented this awesome Siena for our time here and will definately be sad to leave it in Florida.

It IS light blue but more an iridescent sky blue than a baby blue. And it is so big inside. We all have plenty of room and everything is fully loaded and automatic. Very nice.

Splash Time!

Well, our time here is almost up and I haven't been blogging like I had intended, so I'm going to do one intense session right now to catch you all up on our Florida adventure. Ou days have been filled with lost of hot humid days which are perfect for anything water related like Slip and Sliding.

Especially slip-n-sliding with popcicle's!!! The back of my mother-in-law's house is in the back ground.

Here's Ty Making sure to get the last few drops from the Otter pop. Loving it.

We're Here!!!!

We have officially arrived, and are comfortably situated in our Florida home for the month. Here is a picture of the play house that Scott's mom set up for the children. Trust me it's cooler than it looks :). Se set it up like a little house inside complete with cofffee table and little bed. Love it. The girls have taken to bringing Sharon's 2 pups in and calling them their boys. they take snacks in there and water in a coffee carafe. Too cute!!

Here is a picture of Ty and Nadia with their grandma, snuggling.

Here's the inagural fishing trip on Papaw's boat. Can't you just FEEL the anticipation!?!??! They look sooo old to me. They had a blast and we ate LOTS of fish that night. it was so good and extremely fresh.
I am hopefully going to post about the house and the PUDDLE. One note about the heat. It is blazing hot. Let's put it this way, the heat index goes up to 10 and right now it's at 12. YIKES!!!! We are dealing with it really well, the children are sweaty and happy . . . Bliss.

Beach Time!!!!

Here in Wenatchee we have some great beaches. Well. as far as river beaches go and as far as small quite family get away's go :)
Nadia wanted to know if she could go and join in the fun.

This pic of Ty reminds me of the story The Quiltmakers Gift. The old woman in the story is placed on a small island to die, but is rescued by starlings who she repay's with small purple shawl's made from her own vest. Bright royal blue rashgurads probably won't keep the little starlings too warm. Sorry, Ty!

Here are the children immediately following their 5 minute warning. This is so classic Welch. We want to enjoy every drop of fun especially if we know we are leaving in the near future :)

And, last but not least I had to get a picture of my hunky hubby once again on my BLOG. Every once in a while even a respectable BLOG needs eye candy. Wooo Ha!

More chick pic's

Here is Emma in total BLISS. She looks forward to this almost more than everyone else. She holds them and loves then and then we basically give her her own bottle of hand sanitizer :)

This is such a funny picture because right after it was taken Mia screamed and threw the fluffy little chick back intothe bin. She was so scared that one of them would bite her. Too funny.

Her is a group shot of everyone enjoying the day! Vive les CHICKS!!!

Our favorite day in May

Sometime in May our family traditionally drives down to Ace Hardware and has a Chick of a time! The chldren from Nolen down to Nadia love to watch and hold these cute little fellas. They are so soft and fluffy. Here is Nolen fishing one of them out.

Here is Nadia and how she is most of the time. Keeping a close eye on them and ocasionally breaking out in squeels of glee.

Nolen with a chick. CUTE!!!

Ty, not sure if he's quite ready to touch one, but watching is fun, too!!