A Walk in the Park

On Joe's last day in America for the next year, we all went to Henderson Beach State Park and walked on the nature trail and played on the playground. 

Mace and Mack were even in attendance.

Of course, you can't get to the nature trail without walking through the playground. That set us back 20 minutes.

 For Joe and Kathryn.

Seriously, I think that's high enough, Uncle Joe.

She was loving it though.

Finally, we headed out for our nature walk.

This is more of the type of walk Kathryn had in mind. I'm still trying to figure out how she always manages to get her way.

Uncle Joe got to lug an extra 33 pounds around on his shoulders.

Enjoying the beautiful emerald coast view from way up there.

 Standing under the spikey tree.

Running up and down sand dunes is no easy task. I'm sure its especially hard balancing Kathryn on your shoulders. They were running from that mean bear (Paw-Paw) that kept chasing them.

This outing has to be a forever secret. If Nate found out we did all this while he was in school he would never set foot in a school again.

 And we ended up right back on that same playground we started off at. She's a tough one to say no to.

Kathryn was so exhausted after the day's activities she fell asleep while swinging. I have never seen this done before.

To clear our conscious a little bit about having all this fun while Nate was in school, Uncle Joe and I checked him out early at 2 p.m. and surprised him. It's been his dream ever since the beginning of school to get checked out early and hear his name called over the intercom. Done and done!

Paw-Paw played a little hide and go seek outside with Nate after school. There aren't many hiding places in the front and side yard, so you have to get creative. Even if it means crawling in the super sharp landscaping. Ouch!