Goodbye Butterflies

I was doing some reading online about how to know if a chrysalis is still alive because one of Lewis’ was black for a few days. The first two were black for an hour before they hatched so I was a little worried we had lost one. 

As I was reading I also learned that butterflies need to be released within a week of hatching or else they will start mating and they will have way more caterpillar eggs than one can handle. That was very motivating to release them this morning, which was more sad than we anticipated.  

Luckily, our neighbor has a pollination garden all along our driveway so that made it happier. 

But look at his face…

Spirits are back up this afternoon because we noticed that the chrysalis we thought was dead HATCHED! Two more to go. 

Spray Park

We went back to G&G’s cabin for lunch, put levi down for a nap, and then headed to the spray park!

Yep. He did some laps in the puddle. 

We were still playing when Levi woke up so I went and got him from Grandma Susan and let him play in the water too. He was not impressed. It was completely overwhelming to him. 






Thanks for a great day G&G!

Park 5

The coolest rope park we’ve ever seen!

Park 4

Zip lines!!!

Parks 1, 2, & 3

My parent’s got a cabin for Father’s Day weekend(ish) so we spent today at the park with them. It was packed with fun!

There are five, yes FIVE super fun parks all in a row!

One park for the littles. 




One park with unique climbing experiences. 

And cool sculptures. 





Levi couldn’t stop hugging the baby kittens. 

All the parks had wood chips except one. This park had waterways down these sculptures and you could use the sand to make dams, sculptures, flowing concrete type sand, etc. It was endless fun!

Sunday

On Sunday we had a leisurely morning of donuts, reading, napping, and the spray park. It was Elias and Levi’s first time at the spray park. 

It was fun to watch Levi figure it all out. 

The big boys liked helping him too. 







We went home for lunch and quiet time/nap so we would be ready for Fr. Frantisek’s first Mass in Lincoln that afternoon. I didn’t think to take a picture during Mass. 

The reception was lovely and the boys couldn’t believe how big the sandwiches were. 

Elias brought his St. Francis statue for Father to bless.




Elias is named after Fr. Frantisek…Elias Frantisek Burda…and they enjoy seeing each other. Elias calls Father his saint and has kept the invitation to this Mass on his treasures shelf for months telling us it’s his holy card of Fr. Frantisek.