The Treasure Hunt

The Treasuer Hunt was awesome. Uncle Jamie and Aunt Julie had made a map and helped the kids find the treasure. First they had to walk to plank in Grandma and Granpa's backyard. They had to count their steps and ended up on the lawn of the shop and found the other half of the map in the tree.The map led them into the building where the lights were off and they needed their flashlights. They were all having so much fun and would huddle up around the map waiting to hear what they had to do next.

They had to go down into the dungeon and that's when Ty said he was scared ... probably since he and Pax always go down there with Grandpa looking for monsters. Good thing Grandpa owns this old, scary building because it was perfect. They had to squeeze through the pipes underneath the building. Aunt Nicole (6 months pregnant), Zoe and I went around. If you look really close you can see Tyler's eyes.

They ended up at what we call "The Rat Hole." It is a crawl space under the building where Bryce has been many times fixing cables, wires, etc. that run to his office. Pax was the first to climb in. He had actually told me a few days before that, "my dad never takes me in the rat hole anymore!" So it was his big opportunity.

Once inside they found their treasures! The funny thing was that there is a light switch just outside the hole to turn the light on inside the hole but it wouldn't work. So the dad's and Aunt Julie climbed in to help the boys with their treasures.

Grandpa and Uncle Jamie wanted to be funny and had some fireworks. They started with the pull kind and said, "hurry! the pirates are coming! get out of the hole!" Zoe started crying since they were loud and we headed back upstairs. Then Grandpa lit a few blackcats and they boys went running and crying. Zoe and Tyler were screaming and crying, Kolter was crying, Paxton was really mad and Hunter wasn't so happy either. So they made Grandpa walk the plank back at the house and shook it while he walked. Then they were able to forgive him.