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I'm not big on diamonds, but I told Russ that if he could get a ring designed that looked something like this, I'd surely not complain. (He thought it would be leathal.)
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On a nature hike in the mountains?
In a beautiful garden?
Or in the parking lot of a commercial truck driving school? Ding-ding-ding! We have a winner. Russ had work to do for a client (a truck driving school) hours from home. We decided to turn his work weekend into a family road trip adventure. If nothing else, the kids would get to stay in a hotel (a rare treat) and swim in the pool a couple times.
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I was entertaining the boys in the parking lot while Russ worked on the computers. Doesn't this look like the perfect foot race set-up? Luke thought it sounded like a great idea.
But where was Levi?
And Leif? Mud puddles are much more thrilling.
Walking under the big truck trailers...even more exciting. (The trucks were parked. I promise. We were the only ones inside a locked, fenced area.)
Eventually we did get to spend some time walking through the historic Gold Rush town of Jacksonville.
All-in-all, we just spent time being a family. And that feels good. Ya know?
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4 comments:
Aww,looks like you all had fun even tho it was a work weekend.Reading this reminded me of the special times when my dad would take me and my mom with him to work(he was a truck driver)...I almost forgot about that.Thanks!
Wow, Heidi. Those pictures are awesome!
I love how each of your boys thibk outside the box and come up with different ways to entertain themselves.
I love Jacksonville. My kids always enjoyed the Childrens Museum there...and the Mexican Restaurant downtown. It's a fun place.
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