Good Morning, Good Day, and Good Evening.

(who is the famous TV person (either news or talk show) that used to say that?)

Anyway. Yesterday the kids' and I , plus one, went for a drive. Note to self: keep young kids as far away from the driver's seat as possible in a car. Noise levels raise themselves to obnoxious decibels! But they all had fun.

I taught them how to play the 'Alphabet Game' on the way home and we played 'I spy'. Playing the 'Alphabet Game' is just not as much fun on Hwy.83 in ND as it is on I-5 in OR/WA, because there are not enough signs, cars, and other things to grab the letters from. Plus, how can you have competitive fun when there is nothing to see?? So, we helped each other instead and the game became... "Can we find the entire alphabet before we get back to B.?" We did it! (Barely *lol)

So, after I got off work (+2 hrs) we went and got Noah's friend, C. and drove to Cross Ranch. We saw buffalo (far away darn it!), wild ducks, deer, and ticks. (I hate ticks!) But besides freaking Noah out with the whole tick thing, we had a good time. Despite the cold temp. and wind. I promised I'd take them back when the weather is warmer, but in the next breathe I told them that if we found two ticks on us in the cold weather, we'd be certain to find a lot more in warmer weather. ( I hate ticks!)

We walked through some trees and found lots of beaver markings (which the boys' thought was ... "awesome"), and I taught them how to look for deer trails and walk on them through the brush. They did pretty good, but when they lost it they wandered in circles like sniffing dogs. When they would find it though they would make such an exclaimation- like howling hounds! *lol

We had an interesting conversation when we started off and I was I was telling the kids that on days like yesterday, I used to pack my fishing rod and drive up into the mountains (Quartzville) to fish. And, I'd listen to the very same CD that we were listening too. My two oldest were quiet for a moment and than said, "Mom. I (we) didn't know that you fish." I said, "Well, I used to fish quite a bit before I married your dad." Their reply, "How come you don't fish now?"
Good question kids.

Here are some pics of the trip to Cross.










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