Sunday, November 9, 2014

First Week in Gainesville

 

We’re in a townhouse owned by Ryan’s company until we find a home or February 1st (whichever comes first).  This is the downstairs… don’t mind the mess we had just brought all our stuff in. 

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We arrived on Sunday afternoon, and Ryan started work Monday morning!  I wanted a “first day of school picture”!

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Playing with pine tree “paintbrushes” at a nearby park.

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Making a mom sandwich… I really wanted a nap ;)

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We found a new park, but they only had a volleyball court and dog park… they LOVED the sand pit!

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We bribe the kids with ice cream to go house hunting :)

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Hiking at Ring Park… its a park around a creek where you can sift for shark teeth!

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One place we really wanted to see was The Devil’s Millhopper.  It’s a state park right by our house with a HUGE ancient sinkhole.  You have to go down 200 steps to get to the bottom.

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Owen literally said “Get me in that hole!”

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Too many steps for Margot, so she got pouched.

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Basically this is the bottom and all these fresh springs feed into it.

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Time to head back up! 

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Owen was not enjoying the climb back up, but we told him if he could make it to the top by himself, he’d be a Certified Master Hiker.  He made it… here he is at the top!  

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We’ve met some interesting neighbors while house hunting

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We don’t have too many play spaces at the townhouse, but Owen loves driving his remote control car around the circle at the end of our street.

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Stay tuned for more fun as we get to know our town!

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