Soccer

It is finally Ryan's turn to participate in an activity so he's giving soccer a try.  And, so far he loves it!!

This is one of Ryan's favorite friends from pre-school.  They just happen to be on the same team.  Very exciting.

I think this is funny... not sure why.

This is one of Ryan's favorite friends outside of pre-school.  She's the best kind of friend... a neighbor.

And, she should be scared.  He's looking pretty aggressive.

Now the tables are turned, but somehow she doesn't look as menacing.

Fully participating.  Love it!

Run, run, run.

I find this hilarious.  Water breaks are serious business for the Tim Bits!

All in all, he is doing great.  I love seeing him enjoy himself.  I hope it sticks.

Eternal Flame

I truly believe we live in one of the best places on earth.  Every time I think we've "done it all," I find out about something else really cool.  Not long ago I was told about the eternal flame at a local park.  It went on my must do list and today was the day.

Check this out!!

I had a hard time taking pictures because there were lots and lots of people there so there was no time to play with settings.  Everything in this pic is blurry.

Ryan was in some sort of odd mood.  This face was on purpose.  I later discovered that he got dressed all by himself this morning... and put both his shirt and shorts on backwards!!  I thought the neck of this shirt looked funny.

See, very strange mood.  He didn't blink... this was intentional.  His shorts look funny too.  Must talk to him about tags.

I couldn't get a picture of the waterfall containing the flame because of the masses of people.  This is another one that we passed.

We ate our picnic lunch on this rock.

The tree roots were really cool.

They look a bit like spaghetti.

Tyler was very curious about this sign about boy scout involvement.  Sounds like an eagle project to me.

Overall it is a great little hike that I want to do again soon at the crack of dawn so I can have the place to myself!