Grandma & Grandpa Strong came late Friday night for a visit! The kids were so excited to see them when they woke up Saturday morning. Grandpa brought some cool plastic bubbles and they all had a great time. After lunch Dallin and the 3 older kids took Grandma & Grandpa on a nice, humid nature walk near our house.
Savannah got the hang of it before the boys!
Savannah got the hang of it before the boys!
Jacob in a costume...like always.
Reading books...
Saturday evening we went to watch the bats in downtown Austin. A group of bats comes up from Mexico every year to have their babies in Austin under the Congress bridge. They're supposed to come out just after sunset (which was supposed to be 8:24pm).
We got there about 7:40pm or so and found a nice place to sit and wait. Remember...this is my kids' bedtime, so this was to be a late night for us.
Zach was really excited and could hardly wait...
Grandpa & Savannah taking a rest while waiting as it got darker and darker...
Jacob was rubbing his eye really bad and complaining about the wait. So finally a little before 9:00pm the bats FINALLY started flying out. Well it was so dark that the kids couldn't even see them. After about 4 minutes we left, a little disappointed. It was not quite all it was talked up to be. In this picture you can't even tell where they are, but the bridge and downtown is in the background.
On the way back to the car Jacob got a bloody nose and we also realized that his eye was almost swollen shut. I thought it was allergies because he'd been rubbing them right after having his hands in the grass. The kids were exhausted and feel asleep just before we got home. We had quick baths (because church was bright and early the next morning) and put them to bed about 10:00pm.
1 comment:
How cool that you went and saw the bats. I haven't been down there in a long time. It's such a cool thing to see.
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