Columbus Day Weekend at Hartfield

Since we had a rare weekend with no soccer, plus a bonus of Monday with no school, we took the opportunity to head down to Hartfield to enjoy some relaxing family time and check out Howl-o-Scream at Busch Gardens.  We had a beautiful weekend of warm weather and sunshine.  It was actually warm enough for the girls to take a swim in the river!  We really enjoyed the chance to relax and play at the river, do some fishing, and enjoy the time outdoors.  

   

 

Mark and the girls found the perfect little fishing hole for bass.  Lyla caught five or six fish this size - one right after the other.  They were having a blast!

 

Catching minnows, swimming off the dock, and filled the afternoon until everyone was tired enough to head in for showers and dinner.

 

  

Right after her shower, Nina wanted to accompany me down to the water as I was going to try to catch the sun setting on the water (although I missed it by a few minutes), but I did get a picture of her instead.  Just as beautiful!

We went to Busch Gardens on Sunday to check out Howl-O-Scream.  It was actually a really hot day for October, and there were a lot more people there than we thought.  Lyla did a great job playing the Soccer Challenge goal scoring game and won herself a candy corn! :)

 

We had never been to Howl-O-Scream before, but i was reallly impressed with all the cool decorations that the park had.  They certainly did a great job making the park Halloween themed!  Things were very kid friendly during the day, but at 6:00pm, the haunted houses opened and some of the “scary” characters came out to ride rides and spook people around the park. We didn’t stay too late into the evening as they girls weren’t too sure about some of the really scary haunted houses, plus we had to get back to the baby dog, but by the time we headed home, we were plenty exhausted!  

   

  

We packed up on Monday to head back home, so it was a somewhat short visit to Hartfield, but I’m so glad we went.  After a busy couple weeks of school, work, sports, etc., it was great to have some laid back family time together.