Pesky

Things are getting busy now, with school just right around the corner. Though actual back to school shopping is minimal(I do not subscribe to the notion that the kids need new clothes just to go back to school, nor do the 3 elementary kids need new supplies as our school has a new program in which we all buy our supplies through the in town retailer, and they magically appear in the kids' desks on the first day of school), we can just feel the time winding down. Fast. We took some much welcomed time out today to enjoy some geocaching with Grandma and Grandpa in the lovely areas around this town of ours. It was a gorgeous day, a little bit hot, but beautiful, as most of this cooler summer has been. Today we spent some time walking by the lake, in the woods, roaming through the fairgrounds, exploring downtown, and even searching by the airport in our city.

I am really liking this geocaching game----it gets us outside, we get to visit lots of pretty places, we get plenty of exercise, and we have a lot of fun, too. All of us. Except for when we are attacked by pesky mosquitoes, like today. Honestly, these were the first mosquitoes we have even seen all summer, and boy were they hungry. They attacked us mercilessly, leaving Laura to run away down the path screaming and crying, my mom and I to cower in the truck with the babies, and the boys and Grandpa with at least 300 bites on their exposed flesh.

Crispy and Jonny: Geocachers Extraordinaire

The ice cream that the grandparents treated us to helped ease the itchies a bit. Thank you Grandma and Grandpa for the great treat! And our reward for such a difficult day? Our first travel bug that we can officially log onto our account! Hooray! We'll be bringing this up to Duluth with us in a few weeks to deposit it into another "Great View" cache location so it may continue travelling on it's way.