A walk in the woods

This past Friday we went with OAKs to a local park. It was an absolutely beautiful park.  Although the park is situated in the middle of a suburb of Raleigh, you'd think that you were in the mountains.

The view from one of the overlooks from the bluffs

The kids hit the trails and began a game of "lost".

Abbey and Kylie consult their map

 

"Look another clue!"

Along the way, Abbey noticed this flower

The kids were supposed to collect things that interested them and put them in their buckets.

Abbey and her collection

Notice what Elijah collected?

a toy car, which he couldn't part with before we left home

He did enjoy shaking the leaves off of this little tree

When we finished our trail walk, the kids made collages with their new found treasures

Since Elijah's bucket was empty(except for the car), he just drew a picture

The finished projects

It was a great day of marveling at God's creation and, of course, the best part was enjoying playing with friends

Lily, Darcy, Lottie and Abbey

Darcy, Abbey, Lottie and Kylie

Abbey, Lily and Cali

Elijah and Corrie