A Day in the Life of the Searcys

First we ate breakfast. John held Joyce. Notice her crossed feet. This is her go to thing to do with her feet. Bored in the carseat? Why not try crossing your legs - one over the other, again and again. Thinking about what to eat for breakfast? Crossing your legs helps.

After that, John went off to work in his scary warehouse (the school district moved him there while they are refinishing the old location near the high school). Joyce and I hung out - I made some meals to bring over to a family who just had a baby. Before we left to drop them off, we ate some lunch together (lentil soup and a cooked red cabbage/apple dish - Joyce really loved this one - for reals). Joyce sat next to me in a big chair.

After running some errands, we picked up John so that we could take advantage of the beautiful, warm spring day by hiking in McCormick's Creek State Park. We used the amazing high tech backpack we received as a gift from Dad before his retirement. As you can see she has the potential to use this for years to come. Her head barely reaches over it.

But that doesn't stop her from enjoying it.

We took a hike through the woods, down into some wetlands and alongside the White River. John thought this would be a great place to go canoeing and wondered if there would be places to camp along the river.

The trail took us back up a ridge and then down again until we got to the Creek. Joyce found something she couldn't take her eyes off.

This:

She had to touch it and wanted to splash and play in the pretty frigid water. We'll have to come back in the summer so we can just let her have her way with the water.

I carried her the rest of the way back up a staircase that took us out of the gorge.