Back to Work... For Now

Whelp... Jon's paternity leave FLEW by. We both thought he would be bored out of his mind, and chomping at the bit to go back to work, after being home for 10 weeks... but, not so! Jon stayed quite busy, was a HUGE help, and deepened his relationship with each of his three girls! We absolutely LOVED (I repeat... LOVED!) having him home!
On the last day of his leave we decided to go to a nearby dinosaur museum. We've talked of going for years, and decided now was as good a time as any! It was surprisingly interesting and we ended up staying a lot longer than I thought we would! But now, as I look back at the pictures... I realize just how "odd" it really is!

A miniature version of whatever this thing was, way back when...


The summer staff has just been hired, so we had our own personal tour guide group! (There were like 10 of them!) And that big guy there is "Bruce"... he was found a mile or two from our house.


Our little family here, beside our "buddy"...




Since we had the WHOLE place to ourselves, Alia could "dig for fossils" undisturbed!


After our fossil adventure we all went out for Alia's favorite... Dairy Queen! "Frews Fwies and Chechup" are a definite treat for her! Not to mention hot fudge sundaes... :)