Too much fun today not to brag a little. The kids are still working on their archery skills, and while Merrick's aim is improving, Sophia has such beautiful form while shooting that the pride gathers in my throat when she shoots. They are running through target balloons at an impressive pace, pretty proud of my little robin hoods The marksmanship has been practiced in the house as well, with plenty of Nerf gun ambushes, and on the rare occasions that they give me a gun, it has always been empty. We picked up one of Sophia's friends and drove to the Maribel caves for some spelunking. If I recall properly spelunking is exploring known caves, while caving is discovering new caves and caverns, I might have that backwards but at any rate it was a blast. The temperatures were about 25 degrees cooler in the caves, damp and dark. We were well prepared with our lights and traveled as far as we could in the two main caves that are open to the public. The small opening is visible behind the kids in one of the above photos. I was on hands and knees, but the kids were able to crouch walk most of the way. We also spent about an hour wading around in the river catching crayfish and chasing minnows in the shallow bed-rocked river. Made it home in time for some Oreo bedazzled ice-cream and a good feeling for all. Merrick has also taken to the occasional costume at lunch time as he pays homage to his mentor and cousin. Just too good of a day not to preserve.
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