Enjoying Nature

Last Sunday, it was nice and sunny outside - a break from all this rain we've been having! Drew and Dad were heading out to the property to reposition the deer cameras and cut down a few trees.

Payton and I decided to tag along. We had a good time exploring nature together. She sure loves to be outside!

We rode four-wheelers.......

And even played on daddy's big four-wheeler!

Then Payton and I walked around in the woods and did a little nature scavenger hunt.

She loved touching and picking things up. She loved touching all the trees. She must have told me "oooohhhh mamamama" a hundred times. It was so sweet and so fun to watch her explore.

We played in the leaves......

Picked up sticks.....

Picked up acorns....

Found really neat pink rocks.....

Picked lots and lots of leaves.....

Looked at all kinds of animal prints. Kind of cool that there were this many different animal prints in one spot.

Then we found pine cones for our Christmas project.

And more pine cones. She wanted to keep them all.

Then we found some wildflowers. Incredible that in November there are still wildflowers growing.

Papa enjoyed seeing all of our neat things we found. He made us all wear orange just in case anyone would mistake us for a deer. Not that they wouldn't here us from a mile away as much as little miss chatterbox talks.

Then it was time to head back out of the woods.

We had a picnic lunch and rested a bit. It is amazing how much better a ham and cheese sandwich taste when you are not at home.

Then we packed up and head home. Here are the best finds of the day.

What a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon!