On the last two days without Nick(he was in Poland for a week), I was feeling burnt out.

So on Friday I decided to not go anywhere in the morning but did visit my parents who were in town in the afternoon.

Afterwards we went to the Washington Irving Park and I noticed that this nature area that I have seen for years finally had a trail in it!

It was pretty short but with this short hike and walking around the park I felt extra confidence to attempt taking all five of my kids into a store. We survived the store and I actually felt so good we ran into ANOTHER STORE! I know! Crazy, right? We played outside until dark because I feel better outside.

Ha

I would have prefered to stay home again on Saturday but that did not seem like it would work so we headed to the Fort Gibson Wildlife Management Area.

We were not there at a great time to see animals and I could not find a good place to go for a walk so we went to the Sequoyah State Park nearby. It had been a little while since I had been and the last time it was summer and TONS of ticks so I forgot how great it is. They want to going camping there now. They played on the playground, went to the nature center and went for a hike! The girl at the nature center was awesome with my kids and their thousands of questions. She told us all about the animals they are keeping there and it was a great way to end our week!We went on the Whispering Pines Trail and it was pretty.

We picked Nick up from the airport that night!

Everyone was super happy to see him!

Especially me…ha