Weekend in Q-Town

Last weekend we took advantage of a spur-of-the-moment invitation to go see some friends of ours a couple of hours south and west of us. We had a fabulous time - I can tell because I could hardly stay awake at work today - and took a few pictures to rememberate the event.

Kenrick and Anthony spent as much time as possible on the tire swing.

That is, when they weren't playing in the barn...

or riding the pony.

Paxton enjoyed sitting down to watch the sheep. He decided to try some of the grass himself, but we didn't get a picture of that, unfortunately.

The Dogwood Festival was going on in Quincy, so we headed downtown to watch the parade.

Whew! Time to sit down. Watching a parade is hard work!
We also checked out some of the local architecture. Wow!
Next activity: a hike in the woods and a little mushroom hunting. Andrea balances gracefully over a tricky crossing.
Paxton's just along for the ride. Another gully, another fallen-tree bridge...

Kenrick and Anthony managed to step in every muddy hole in the forest. Here we are trying to get out of a particularly steep gully after Kenrick temporarily lost his shoe in the mud.
Andrea spotted a couple of flowers...

...and a pretty dogwood.
Anthony found a prize turtle shell.

What was it we were looking for again? Oh yeah, mushrooms! We did find a couple, like this nice specimen about to get plucked, and fried them up delicious on Sunday afternoon.
After mushroom hunting we headed back to the farm and rounded out the evening with some music, some food, and some fellowship before collapsing happily into our beds. I'm glad we didn't have any activities planned, I was bone tired from doing nothing all day!