June's Quick Trips

Josh surprised us with a quick trip to Burgess Falls one Thursday by making it an overnight trip just for the fun of it.  We stayed in nearby Cookville, enjoyed eating out indoors at our first restaurant since quarantine, and then hit up the hiking and falls the next morning before the crowds and heat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All pics of Anna in the waters because you know Noah and his feet phobia.  And we weren't real confident of Lasa's footing so she had to stay near the sides with us.

Puzzle we did at the hotel and finished up back at home. First puzzle ever for the Brown fam. Anna did the bulk of it.  I find puzzles a super frustrating way to pass the time and yet I kept coming back to plug in a few more pieces.  I don't know what's up with that.

Josh and Noah took a 5 day trip to FL.  Noah enjoyed seeing Tania, his birthmother, and her father/his birthgrandfather, Hector.  They went fishing.  He also got to catch up with cousin, Hannah, and played tennis with her and got to check out Uncle Jason's new life as a state trooper and to meet his fiance, Bonnie.  Josh enjoyed working outside on a pond for his parents.  Noah says he really enjoyed working on that, too!

And while Josh and Noah were in Florida, the girls and I went to Emily's for a couple days.  While there, we also made a stop to see my parents (yes, my 7-yr-estranged parents by now), which is a whole thing that I am not making a whole thing right now because I just don't have the energy.  It was surreal to be with them again, but the visit went perfectly smoothly and it's good that it happened.  Lasa met them for the first time and Anna warmed right up and the visit was one of their highlights of the trip.  Glad it worked out.  Lasa's other favorite thing was that Noah wasn't there.  Ha!  Anna loved riding bikes with the cousins. There was also board gaming, hair and nail doing, a Descendants marathon, a walk, video gaming, hide and seeking, popcorn, legos, and some playing in the rain. All the hearts for this cousin crew!