{"id":2528,"date":"2011-06-15T20:50:17","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T01:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/2011\/06\/15\/girls-only-trip\/"},"modified":"2011-06-15T20:50:17","modified_gmt":"2011-06-16T01:50:17","slug":"girls-only-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/2011\/06\/15\/girls-only-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Girls Only Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am making several posts tonight for several reasons.<\/p>\n<p>1. I have some spare time and Ben is out of town.<\/p>\n<p>2. I haven\u2019t had much to say until recently.<\/p>\n<p>3. I have been super busy trying to get in last minute visits with friends and family, see places I want to see before the big move, and prepping for the big move. We leave in about a month, July 19 to be exact. I haven\u2019t posted much about it because I have been busy trying to prep our house and lives so that we are prepared for it. That seemed more important than blogging about all the details we were dealing with! Once the move is complete I hope to post more about the process and all the fun stuff.<\/p>\n<p>With that being said, last week Mikayla and I took a girls only trip with our dear friends Lara and Lylah.&#160; For Mikayla&#8217;s birthday they gave her a trip to the zoo.&#160; So, we packed up our bags and headed to Lara&#8217;s parent&#8217;s house in Indiana, just outside of Evansville.&#160; We spent Wednesday afternoon and evening swimming in their fantastic pool, eating a delicious grilled steak and salmon meal prepared by her dad and vegging on the couch catching up.&#160; On Thursday we braved the heat and headed to the Evansville Zoo.&#160; The girls had a blast and actually outlasted their mothers.&#160; The heat got to us before they were tired of seeing the animals and playing.&#160; It was a great trip!&#160; Thanks Lylah and Lara for the awesome birthday gift!<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EarlyJuneandVBSguide034.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"Early June and VBS guide 034\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Early June and VBS guide 034\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EarlyJuneandVBSguide034_thumb.jpg\" width=\"304\" height=\"404\" \/><\/a>&#160;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EarlyJuneandVBSguide036.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"Early June and VBS guide 036\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Early June and VBS guide 036\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EarlyJuneandVBSguide036_thumb.jpg\" width=\"404\" height=\"304\" \/><\/a>&#160;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EarlyJuneandVBSguide038.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"Early June and VBS guide 038\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Early June and VBS guide 038\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EarlyJuneandVBSguide038_thumb.jpg\" width=\"404\" height=\"304\" \/><\/a>&#160;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>My little water bug!&#160; She was pushing me away so she could swim &quot;on her own&quot;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EarlyJuneandVBSguide039.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"Early June and VBS guide 039\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Early June and VBS guide 039\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EarlyJuneandVBSguide039_thumb.jpg\" width=\"304\" height=\"404\" \/><\/a>&#160;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Two little cuties!<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EarlyJuneandVBSguide041.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"Early June and VBS guide 041\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Early June and VBS guide 041\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EarlyJuneandVBSguide041_thumb.jpg\" width=\"304\" height=\"404\" \/><\/a>&#160;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Ms. Sassy Pants herself.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EarlyJuneandVBSguide043.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"Early June and VBS guide 043\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Early June and VBS guide 043\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EarlyJuneandVBSguide043_thumb.jpg\" width=\"404\" height=\"304\" \/><\/a>&#160;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Grilling time.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EarlyJuneandVBSguide045.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"Early June and VBS guide 045\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Early June and VBS guide 045\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EarlyJuneandVBSguide045_thumb.jpg\" width=\"404\" height=\"304\" \/><\/a>&#160;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EarlyJuneandVBSguide048.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"Early June and VBS guide 048\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Early June and VBS guide 048\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EarlyJuneandVBSguide048_thumb.jpg\" width=\"404\" height=\"304\" \/><\/a>&#160;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Checking out the animals.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EarlyJuneandVBSguide050.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"Early June and VBS guide 050\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Early June and VBS guide 050\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EarlyJuneandVBSguide050_thumb.jpg\" width=\"404\" height=\"304\" \/><\/a>&#160;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EarlyJuneandVBSguide052.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"Early June and VBS guide 052\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Early June and VBS guide 052\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EarlyJuneandVBSguide052_thumb.jpg\" width=\"404\" height=\"304\" \/><\/a>&#160;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EarlyJuneandVBSguide055.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"Early June and VBS guide 055\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Early June and VBS guide 055\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EarlyJuneandVBSguide055_thumb.jpg\" width=\"404\" height=\"304\" \/><\/a>&#160;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Lylah was a champ when it came to feeding the giraffes\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EarlyJuneandVBSguide059.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"Early June and VBS guide 059\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Early June and VBS guide 059\" src=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EarlyJuneandVBSguide059_thumb.jpg\" width=\"404\" height=\"304\" \/><\/a>&#160;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Mikayla on the other hand was a bit timid.&#160; I am blaming it on the <a href=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/2011\/06\/15\/strawberries-and-ducks\/\">duck<\/a> incident from the week before!<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kickert.info\/beth\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/EarlyJuneandVBSguide065.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; 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