4th grade field trip

was last week at pioneer village.
we got to see how the early arizona settlers lived.

this was the blacksmith shop.
he gave a great presentation and demonstration for us.

the church was so sweet.
they still have weddings there.
andrew thought that was pretty cool.

it was way out in the desert, but actually only took about 25 minutes to get there.

it was one of those super busy weeks for me.

not a day of the week at home to get all the things done that i need to.

and so it crossed my mind not to go on the field trip.
i went with christopher's class when he was in the 4th grade.
and i'll go with ella's because we'll she's my only girl.
and i'll go when john is in 4th grade because he is the baby...

so, i quickly got the thought of not going out of my head.
i needed to go for andrew, my middle child.
even though he said, 'mom, it's ok if you don't go'.

i had a dr.'s appointment early that morning.
it has been booked for a year.
i was trying to figure out how i was going to do it all that week.
but i just made my mind up that i would make it work.

and it worked out perfectly.
john and i pulled up right as the school bus was arriving.
it was cold and windy and i held my fourth child tight to keep us both warm.

there is so much we mothers have to keep up with at home.
but having a day out away from the house in the fresh air takes all that stress away.
we got home with enough time for me to clean up the kitchen before heading out to pick up from school and go to christopher's basketball tournament.

they put on a gun show to end the field trip.
(first they talked about gun safety-
made the kids repeat some very important things to know)
john sat there plugging his ears for at least 10 minutes straight anticipating the loud noise.

it was really a relaxing and fun day.
and i am sure glad we went and spent this special time with andrew.