We had lots of fun activities planned for the week of Spring Break. We started off the weekend with a short camping trip to Lake Waldena which is a little campground out in the Ocala National Forest. While we were camping we went kayaking down Juniper Run which ended up being a lot of fun. I was a little nervous taking the kids down Juniper because it is a really long trip with no place to take a break or swim because of the alligators. But the kids did great & with Charles' kayaking skills we were able to finish in 3 hours instead of the normal 4 to 5.
Kayaking around the lake
Tuesday during spring break I took the kids to the Butterfly Rainforest in Gainesville. It's at the Florida Museum of Natural History. We enjoyed watching the butterflies, one even landed on Cameron which he thought was so neat, and walking around looking at the exhibits.
Butterfly on Cameron's hand
Pottery painting with friends. I wasn't sure how the kids would like it but they really did enjoy it & asked to go back again. Cameron's rainbow horse turned out really nice!
Wednesday we took a trip to one of their favorite places, Uncle Donald's Farm. The kids love seeing all the farm animals & being able to feed them.
Such a beautiful peacock!
Of course we did lots of box sledding :)
And animal catching
We also were able to enjoy a short visit from Charles' college friend, Rob Harter, & his family who stayed the weekend with us while in town for a dog competition.
Cameron & Olivia with Jake & Katie two of their children.
The week after spring break we took a four day trip to the cabin. We took both dogs & this was KitKats first trip. I soon learned that this would be her last trip as with both dogs together they decided to roam around the woods. Mickey would come right back when called but not with KitKat. We had to drive up the mountain & get her one time!
Charles barricaded both dogs in the back of my vehicle for the drive but about halfway through the trip I hear Mickey making noise & look back to see he was able to get through the barricade & over the seat & was laying like this on Cameron's seat & the cooler. Too funny!
Charles bought Cameron a BB gun while we were there & they had fun shooting at a water can target in the woods.
Cameron wanted to do some work in the woods & look for trash. We went on a hike & didn't find much except for a lot of flagging tape, lol
Charles loves to cook over the fire. We sure do eat some delicious meals at the cabin!
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