Nathaniel Bear on Vacation

Last month we went to visit my family in Alaska. Since they live so far away the last time we saw some of them was when they came down for Nathaniel's funeral. None of them had seen Nathaniel bear so we decided to bring him along. I didn't want him to get lost so he came along in our carry-on suitcase with Felicity's diapers and our extra clothes.

While we were there a lot of people got to see him. We left him out in the living room at my parent's house the whole time that we were there. A couple people came over and my mom would show him off and make them hold him so they could feel how heavy he is. Often I would see my niece with him when she was over, holding him or hugging him. We also brought him to church with us on Sunday and to a picnic that afternoon so we got to share him with many people that I have known most of my life.

We took a family picture one day while we were there. Nathaniel bear was in it too. He was also in the grandkids picture and the extended family picture. I'm sure those pictures will be up in everyone's homes for a long time. It's not often that we are all together.

I'm glad that we brought him along on our trip even though we didn't do much with him while we were gone. It gave us a chance to talk about Nathaniel with people we wouldn't have otherwise like the TSA agent at the Anchorage airport. We don't have much chance to do that anymore. 

Nathaniel Day 16 - Riverbend Nature Center

You can read about the idea behind Nathaniel Day and the activities of previous months here (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15).

Nathaniel day is almost here again so I figured I should post about last month's activities. We have been busy enjoying the summer outside and I haven't kept up with the blog much. I just realized that the pool has wifi so maybe I'll post more now since that's where we spend a lot of our time.

Since the 6th fell on a Saturday Dave was able to join us for all the activities this month. It was national trails day so we packed up and headed up to Wisconsin to join the hike it baby walk at Riverbend Nature Center in Racine, Wisconsin. We had never been there before so it was fun to explore a new place. It wasn't a very long walk, but it was fun to be outside on a beautiful day. Dave and I could have walked more, but Abby was done when the group hike was over so we decided to go to our next stop - the harbor market in Kenosha.

We explored the market and got some delicious foods to share for lunch. After lunch we spent a little time in the kids area of the Kenosha Public Museum (one of the places we went to on Nathaniel Day 7) before heading home.