Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Cabela's adventure



Toby had Monday off and we needed to get out of the house and do something. I feel like I have been cooped up way too long, what with Kylianne's pneumonia, Zaylia's pink eye and all the snow. It was a nice driving day, so we packed up the kids and drove to Cabela's.

Now I love the outdoors and enjoy camping and fishing every year, but have never really felt the need to visit Cabela's. We have a few different sports stores around us and I thought -- do we really need to drive 130 miles just to see a store??? I guess I was wrong. It was AMAZING. Seriously, I had NO idea or we definitely would have visited earlier.

I assumed we would see a few stuffed deer heads and at most maybe an elk or moose, but there was tons of full sized stuffed deer, elk, moose, bears, goats, lions, etc. and even a Zebra (which was Kylianne's favorite, we had to go back and see it a few times.) The full wall aquarium with huge fish was also a hit with me and the kids. I would just love to catch one that big someday!

We also enjoyed a very yummy meal and I bought a cute new beanie and Toby got a few items for future fishing and camping trips.

There were so many amazing little details, I'm sure we could have stayed much longer if we could have and we were there for over 5 hours. All in all, I was very impressed. We had a lot of fun and the kids were entertained. It was a great way to spend a cold winter day.

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Am I really doing this blog thingy?

I guess I am!

Seriously what took us so long you may ask?

I guess I was always worried. Evey one's blogs seem so creative and witty, two things I would love to be, but seem to lack. So please put up with us as we figure out how this all works and then we can share our family news with the rest of the world. (hmmm, maybe that is a bit scary...)

One of our families New Year's resolutions is to become a closer family. We are going to spend more quality time together, because seriously if we sit just on the couch and watch movies all the time we are going to wear out our new couch and I really like our new couch. It's comfy and brown which means I can't see all the crap that it gets covered in from who knows what from our kids. Once Zaylia even decided to draw pretty pictures in black ink. I was very happy to find out that microfiber is great for kids. It came right out! Thanks a million to the brilliant woman (not sure a man would ever think of something so amazing) who helped bring microfiber to the world.

So without further adieu, welcome to the crazy Chadwick champ blog :)=