A few weeks ago, some kids came selling raffle tickets to support a local robotics club. The days when I had to sell magazines and oranges door to door in our small town are still fresh in my mind, so I try to support any kids who come by. This time we lucked out! We won a pretty decent Cabela's gift card! This is a large outdoor equipmet store. It was one of our favorite places to visit, because it is so fun and huge and they have animals and fish and everything. (live fish, stuffed dead animals) Anywho, there is also a smaller version in Grand Junction,CO. so we headed over there to get some camping gear, and some fishing poles for the girls. We had lunch at Olive Garden (thanks Jeremy and Crystal for the Christmas gift card) and then went and spent our winnings. Unfortunately, it isn't the cheapest place, and so we didn't make out as well as I had hoped. 4 crazy kids didn't help with organized shopping, but oh well. We managed to get fishing poles that light up when you spin the reel, a nice potty bucket for camping with 4 little girls, some reusable water bottles, and some PowerBait that is fresher than 15 yrs old (Scott says "it's still fine!") If only the visions of fishing with the children were like the storybooks. Last time we tried it was a little chaotic. Trying to keep 4 little people quiet and sitting still and not throwing rocks in the water, and not falling into the water is a challenge. So I am thinking we will do Daddy\Daughter fishing dates one or two at a time. We are plannning a camping trip in a few weeks, and I am sure we will try them out then. Scott says we might be able to rent a boat where we are going, that would be fun. I am also not sure if they quite understand the reality of whacking a slimy fish on the head and gutting it, but they are actually ok with a lot of that, and they know where meat comes from and they want to eat their fish, so we will see.
Anyways, after Cabela's I hit a few other stores in the mall, getting some pretty smelling soaps at Bath and Body Works, and then some clothes on sale at Children's Place for Whitney's birthday, and some for Abby, who is growing out of everything and needed summer clothes. Oh, we also had to get her shoes at Payless, since she also needed those. darn kids just keep growing. Luckily Abby does pretty well at keeping things good to pass down to her sisters.
After our shopping and playing in the little kids' playground at the mall, we headed back towards Moab, turning off to see the dinosaur tracks. It was a very long day, and we were ready to be out of the car, but we aren't over that way very much so we went. The girls had fun looking for tracks and the air was nice and fresh up there. The road back went along the Colorado river and it was beautiful to see the red rock and the river, and a few rafters. We stopped in Moab on the way back fo some dinner and got home. GJ is about 2.5 hours away and it was a lot of driving, including our detour, but it was a good day and we are glad we had Scott around for a minute to hang out with us. He has been very busy, but it is good.
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