Picnic in the Park

Last Saturday was such a beautiful day! We went to a park by Cameron and Haley's and had a picnic on the grass. Haley made yummy chicken salad sandwiches (thanks Haley!)And since we were going to a park, Matt just had to have a kite to fly. And our store bought kite was not good enough. So he rushed and in 15 minutes we were out the door with a homemade kite. I think we have discovered that a kite made in only 15 minutes does not fly as well as a kite made in an hour. This kite had bad luck written all over it. Within a few minutes of being in the air, it got caught in a tree. Matt couldn't bear the thought of not being able to fly it more so he decided to climb the tree. He climbed about 30 or 40 feet and was able to get the kite down with a stick. In the process of getting stuck and getting out, the kite got ripped so some repairs had to be made. About 20 minutes later the kite was flying high again but once again got stuck in another tree. This time it had to sacrifice its tail to be rescued. So the guys got creative with trying to make a new tail - tying twigs, attaching a grocery bag, putting rocks in the grocery bag. All of these seemed a little scary to us girls. By the end we decided it was the white trash kite. We also met some really cute boys that go to Cameron and Haley's church. They were playing soccer with their basketballs. So cute.