Saturday, November 24, 2018

Thanksgiving Camping Trip

 We headed out Thanksgiving morning to camp with our friends!

 These boys had the best time together!

Our favorite camping buddies:)

While the dads fished, we tested our luck on the Trail of No Return!
  
Love spending time outside with them!

Cooking our Thanksgiving dinner...

Pizza Pudgy Pies!! Mmmm!

But, we had the traditional pumpkin pie for dessert!

Hiking and finding animals in the dark was a favorite of the boys!
Brian found some armadillos for us to see.

Rook time!
The girls dominated this trip. :)

The Hartzler Lodge!
It was rather chilly (45 degrees) at night, but thankfully our new sleeping bags and small heater kept us pretty toasty! (However, out new tent brought as we took it down. Boo!)


Day 2-Camp hair don't care!

Scavenger hunt time and lots of laughs over all the caterpillars with the littler boys while the big boys fished with the Dads!

Boat time!

The beauty of the lake and God never ceases to amaze me!

Another one of his favorite parts of camping...S more's!

Another night time hunt!!

Lincoln was super proud of Brian's catch!


Beautiful

Like father, like son!

The deer walked freely throughout the park everyday. It was fun to see deer just wandering around a couple feet away from you. When I went to the bathroom one night, I saw at least 19 in the field.


They played in the sand, played at the park, fished, hiked, played hide and seek in the dark, and had the absolute best together!

The bees were TERRIBLE during the day! They would swarm our site and not leave until the sun went down. Super annoying and one stung me while packing up. Darn bees!

We loved camping on Thanksgiving with friends who are like family!
#hartzlouckscampout18

Monday, November 19, 2018

#hartzeveryday2018 Week 46

Day 317: Christmas jammies!

Day 318: Because I don't want to forget his sweet heart! He has been wanting to buy his friends light up necklaces for a while. So, I finally took him to Target and he was so excited to give them their necklaces at school today!

Day 319: Just a normal day at school! 
Unicorn and Fairy fun!

Day 320: Someone is a Sight Word King!

Day 321: Thanksgiving Program at school

Cutest Native American! 

Thankful to get to watch our boy sing!

Day 322: There might have been some bumps and bruises along the way, but we are thankful we get a week off with Daddy this year!

Day 323: Train rides!

Day 324: It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!



Monday, November 12, 2018

#hartzeveryday2018 Week 45

Day 310: Grad class #2 DONE!!

Day 311: We voted!

Day 312: I made a journal for Jackson and me. I'm planning on sharing encouragement and scripture and asking him questions. Praying he will open up more to me.

Day 313: A Night of Worship with Beth Moore and friends!

Day 314: He only comes to dinner for the desserts!

Day 315: Watching our boy do his thing!

Day 316: Family Night! Our first time to play Bean Boozled! 
So fun, funny, and disgusting!!



Monday, November 5, 2018

#hartzeveryday2018 Week 44

Day 303: School pictures!


Day 304: Pumpkin carving!

Day 305: Happy Halloween!

Day 306: I surprised my students with Elephant Poop Muffins!! They loved them!

Day 307: Almost Lockin at Church with Jackson!

Day 308: Cutest soccer player!

Day 309: Enjoying this beautiful Sunday!


Sunday, November 4, 2018

Happy Halloween!

It had been raining all day and tornado warnings right before Trick or Treating time.

Thankfully the rain stopped for a short time for us to make it around the block before getting a little bit wet on the way home!

Ready to go!

Hunter

These two had a blast!

Harry Potter

Halloween tradition to go with the Loucks

and Titus!

All he cared about was his candy! :)

Always a fun time with friends and more candy than we need!