A Walk in the Park

Last Saturday we decided to go on a family walk. We decided to head downtown and walk by the Congaree River. It's a beautiful spot located by the old and new water treatment plants.

There was a new little exercise park by the river.

The kids picked me flowers.

 Such a pretty spot.

I thought this red tree looked cool.

Spanish Moss.

Photo by Baylie. (I had the camera set wrong.)

Photos by Jalen.

View of the river.

Watch for alligators?! I didn't think we had alligators around here!

After that, Jalen thought every log was an alligator.

As usual, Jalen was bright and cheery.

Turtles! One of my favorite things about where we live is the turtles.

Under the railroad tracks.

More pretty views.

Down by the riverside.

I truly love where we live. It's such a beautiful place with so much history. I posted the below statement on facebook recently and decided to repost it here so that I'd always have it.

I love, love, love living in South Carolina. I'm so grateful to be raising my children in a place where they are surrounded by God-fearing people, not only at church, but also at school and just about everywhere they go. I'm grateful to live in a place where it's still politically correct to wear your religion on your sleeve. I'm grateful that they are being taught to say "yes ma'am" and "no sir" and to address adults as "Miss (insert your first name here)". I love that they are surrounded by all kinds of diversity. I love that we can drive to the beach and back in a day. I love our zoo. I love our children's museum. I love our parks. I don't know where our future will take us, but I'll always be grateful that my children got their foundation here.