Time with the littles.

Recently, Rick and I spent some special time with out littles. 

Summers are busy with cabin stuff, sports and vacations, 

so we snatched them up when the time was right and just enjoyed being together. 

These 4 are growing up way too fast, 

We have a 7th, 3rd and 1st grader and a 2nd year preschooler this year.

One day we did some back to school shopping with Audrey & Carson!

Grandpa and Carson hung out at Scheel's while Audrey and I hit the shops.

We have been shopping buds for a long time.

Audrey probably about 3 

We enjoyed watching Carson play soccer again this summer, he's a good little athlete.

I even got to go to Oxbow zoo one day with Brianna and  Carson.

We had lunch after, It was fun to hang out with these two!

Last weekend Rick and I, traveled up to the Twin Cities and grabbed our 

grands for a day of adventure.

We heard about this fun farm with a real-pasture experiance called rustybucket-acres

We were the only ones at the farm (as they take reservations) so we had one-on-one attention from Shelly & Lorna. 

Rusty Bucket is a real farm with animals that we got to mingle with.

Alpaca's, Goats, lambs, donkeys, chickens, a pig, ducks and a horse. 

Scarlett was into it 100%, 

The animals sensed her affection for them and they just cuddled right up to her, 

she even got to collect some eggs in the hen house.

Lewin...not so much, he is so much smaller and most of the animals were bigger than him. 

He was a little hesitant and stuck close to Grandpa.

After the farm we had lunch and then found a fun park on Roseville.

The kids loved it

We did a little hiking and found this tree fort, again very fun for the kids.

Those of you who are grandparents know the joy of spending time with them. 

(We do not take for granted that ours are very close, and easy to get to).

When we are not with them, we are still thinking about them and praying for them everyday

We are blessed by our four littles and look forward to the adventures to come.

What are your favorite things to do with the grandkids.

Its not always big stuff, sometimes it's just a walk or a campfire or playing games.

It the being-together that matter   :)