Starved Rock

Talk about a beautiful day around here!  This is the type of weather that I absolutely LOVE.  No 80s, no 70s.....60s are the best.......wearing a sweatshirt and jeans do the trick and sitting outside taking in the fresh air is the thing to do!  On Sunday, we ventured out to Starved Rock.  It's a shame that we have this place so close and we don't take advantage of it more often.  We packed a picnic lunch and brought a blanket where we watched some people fish, kids run free, and people canoe.  Grey waved to all the boats that went by.

This was my sweet pea eating his lunch


when I see pictures like this....it just makes it all worthwhile



enjoying some more of his lunch


He was my Lil' Urlacher for the day......

and yes amongst the fresh air and leaves all around us, Greyson managed to sneak in a "manny tool" from home....


Just check out that view......


And these two.....well they are quite the duo and this picture.....priceless


Oh he LOVES his little boy....

Grey was pretty content there on his daddy's lap





he did get in his running.....and if I recall a certain mama kept sayin' "go run Grey - burn off all that energy so you take a nice lonnnng nap." :)


"over dare" Grey kept saying....he's quite the pointer isn't he?

still getting his point across of "over dare"


I could just eat him up......look at him.....


and then I catch a big wide grin and hurry and snap all the pictures I can....


I like Grey's face in this one......

and then daddy says - "Grey, show me your teeth" and this is what you get.....


he's like - yeah you love me mom....i know



walkin' over the bridge to start our hike after lunch

Grey was too slow for us so we opted this route...lol!


on our way UP





we made it to the top.....

and then I wanted some pics with my son so we try at first....and he's not looking......hmmmmm


then turns his head the other way.....still trying



oops what's that?  Is that a smile or maybe a laugh I see because I told him to grab mommy's head...don't know why I said that it just came out....


still working on it....

and then a cool shot walking away.....good job Nate!


and then we made our way down.....My Payton and my Urlacher are quite the hikers:)

Greyson was out the minute he hit his carseat....I always say fresh air does the trick:)))