Treasure Hunting

So far I've had an ideal weekend. Friday night I went out with a couple of girlfriends. We had a great time, though Jeff is still baffled as to how it's possible to spend 4 hours talking...silly man.

Saturday morning I actually slept in, then went for a nice run while Natie was at her riding lesson. I barely remembered that I had a baby shower to attend, but I finally made it after racing to Babies R Us to grab a gift. After having more girlfriend time at the shower, I came home and we took the Cara and Natie on a Treasure hunt.

They had their first geo caching experience last weekend with their Uncles, Grandpa and Aunt. If you are unfamiliar with this, geo caching is where you have a GPS and you plug in coordinates (you find these online) and you are led to a small box or tube that is hidden. They are apparently all over the place and inside these boxes, are little trinkets that other people have left. So you can choose from the treasure box and you leave a small something in place of what you remove.

Since last weekend, the girls have been really excited to go again, so off we went. It was actually a perfect day for it. The hills are green from all the recent rain and it was clear and beautiful. We found one of the three we went looking for. Next time, our navigator should remember to print out the hints, or at least read them :) But it was a perfect way to spend a Saturday afternoon-a real treasure hunt with a good hike included.

On our way

hunting in the bushes..

What's inside? Natalie's treasure

...and mine :)

Then it was home to get ready for a much needed date night with Jeff. We had a yummy dinner and he sat through the biggest chick flick, Twilight.

Though I didn't pick anything out of the box, this whole weekend has been a treasure for me. It was perfectly busy in a good way. Now it's time for my Sunday nap.