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Peace & Blessings...Beth & Ron (and Hope too)

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Big Marine Park Reserve

Look at our girl! She's going to be three in a month!


Last Sunday (5/3/09) afternoon our wonderful group of MN Red Thread families converged on Big Marine Park Reserve. What a beautiful park! You'll see some of the playground in these pictures. Hope was in heaven! We had such an awesome afternoon. The weather was perfect and the company was fantastic! The children all played well together and the parents (well some, right Chris?) had a chance to catch up a bit. The photos below are some of my highlights. If you'd like to see more, please visit the MN RedThread group page for a link to our Flickr photos.

Our family stole a few geocaching minutes before meeting the group on the playground. Hope was torn. She loves geocaching, but once she caught sight of that playground that was all she wanted.





Play time!



Contemplating her next conquest...YES! She went down the slide behind her without ANY hesitation! 'Bout gave her mother a heart attack the first time.


This tunnel was a big hit with the girls!


A Few Really Great Dads!

Special Daughter

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great photos, Beth! It was great to see you guys....and yes, I was so busy chasing Ms Sarah that I didn't get quite as much time as I had hoped to visit with others! Oh well, we still had a great time!

Maddy and Zeke's Mom said...

Very nice photos! Looks like we missed out on a good time. Hope is getting to be such a big girl, love her pretty hair.

RamblingMother said...

what a fun day. at least she didn't get up in the slide and freak out herself. Way to go big girl.

ItsOurMotto said...

Sounds like you guys just had a fab. time Hope is getting sooo big!

Hugs Angie

Mendy said...

She is beautiful! I can't believe she is already going to be three. Our little girls are growing up too fast. Glad you all had a great time.

AmyO said...

That park was so much fun! We'll have to go back soon ;0)

Tracy said...

I had fun in the tunnel, too - but it's much harder to crawl out of it at my age! I love all the pics you took - thanks for taking them since our camera battery died.

Hope is such a beauty. So hard to believe that she is almost three!