For Mother’s Day, I requested a trip to Chase County.
I just love that place!
It was rainy and cold when we got out of church, but we
decided that, at the very least, it would be a nice drive.
We also decided to take Magdalen along. We didn’t think we
could handle both dogs, and, since Maggie’s the one who really needs to lose
weight, she lucked out and got to come!
It rained the whole way up there, but just as we came up on
the entrance it stopped and the sun came out! Perfect timing!
The waterfall is always the highlight of the
lake.
It’s so peaceful and secluded, and so fun to
explore!
The boys were suppose to bring an extra change of clothes and
shoes for the trip. Henry did not. What he did bring, though, was a bucket
with a string tied to it so that he could attempt to catch some fish.
I should have known his “fishing” would turn out
bad.
Just before we were leaving he fell into a big watery mudhole
and lost his flipflops.
He dug around and found one, but the other one seemed to have
been eaten by the mud. He was kind of upset about the whole thing, but it
really was kind of comical.
After about 10-15 minutes of digging he gave up and headed back to the car shoelesss.
It was a long trek back to the car, with patches of rocks along the way. He survived it, though!
Once we got Henry cleaned up and pieced together an outfit
for him (Luke’s shorts and jacket along my flipflops), we headed down to the lake for
a picnic.
It was lovely!
We ate our food and then the boys played by the lake for a
bit and then headed home.
Even the drive there and back is beautiful!
I love going through all those tiny old towns!
I could not have asked for a better Mother’s Day—mud and
all!
I feel really blessed to be raising those three crazy boys!
I absolutely adore them!
(I adore Henry, too. He was just stuck in the mud when I handed the camera over to Ben!)
