The Stanton Kansas Safari Saturday, May 17 2008

Hi All,
I inherited a sickness from my mom - the inability to sit and do nothing.  So this morning I discovered my house was fairly clean (miracle of miracles) and I had no homework to do so we loaded up the minivan and headed out for some exploring.

We ended up going to Monument Rock in Gove County, Kansas.  The kids had an awesome time.  Jackson our junior scientist just about flipped when we rounded the corner and he saw the huge stone formations.  He and Grace scoured those cliffs and Gabriel did his best to follow although he was a little nervous in the high places.

After that we noticed that we were only fifteen minutes or so from the Scott County Lake so we went there and let the kids get their feet wet.  Actually Grace and Jackson got more than their feet wet, but luckily I had packed some extra clothes.

After about an hour there we then headed East towards Hays and decided to visit Cedar Bluff Reservoir and that is where we had our picnic supper.   We got home at about 8:30 pm tired, wind-blown, but happy. 

I guess when we look back on our lives we won’t remember the day we just spent Saturday sitting around the house, but we probably will remember the time we took off spur of the moment and visited a geological site and two lakes all in one afternoon!!

You can see all the pictures of our adventure at:  http://gallery.mac.com/andystanton/100095

Dana

 

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Stanton Family Tradition Saturday, May 17 2008

Hi Everyone,
One of Jackson and Andy’s favorite summer activities is spending the night in the backyard on the trampoline.  Well, last night Andy deemed the weather nice enough and so all three of my boys took out their blankets, comforters and pillows and headed outside.

This was Gabriel’s first sleep on the trampoline.  Andy said at first he kept looking back and forth at his Dad and Brother with a look on his face that suggested he thought they were out of their minds!  Then after he snuggled in he spent quite a while pointing at and talking to the stars.

I personally doubted that they would make it the whole night, but this morning at 7:00 am I went and checked and they were all snuggled up fast asleep.  When they woke up I made them pancakes in bed - rather on “trampoline”.

So, where were Gracie and I during the night??  Being the sane ones, we snuggled in the big bed, read a few stories and had the house to ourselves without those “stinky boys”!

It did occur to me as Gabriel camped out under the stars that his Hanzhong brothers halfway around the world were also camping out, but they don’t have a warm house to come into.  Many of you have told us you have made donations for the Hanzhong Orphanage.  Thank you so much!

Dana

 

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