Oregon Gardens 2010

This was so FUN!!  Every year the Oregon Gardens invites homeschool families up and teaches about trees, plants, animals, fire safety and many, many other wonderful things.  We all learned so much on this trip.  
Up above, Emily is modeling this years fire gear complete with fire hose, hat and water canteen.

Emily and Alyssa are standing in front of the fountain where the kids caught a frog!  Emily was thrilled to catch him and get to hold the little guy.  All the kids got to pet him and feel his smooth frog skin.

Here you can see the kids had spotted the frog and were headed in after him.

Emily is holding the little guy down below.  After the excitement of the frog wore down, she did place him back in the pond to go about his little frog life.

At another pond, one of the moms caught a snake that she let all the kids touch.  Yes, my girls were right in there petting the slimy snake.  They loved every minute of it.  Of course, I didn't get a picture of it because it was that very moment that my battery died.