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It’s summer. And all my babies are home.

My most favorite time of year.

And there is so much I want to squeeze into the time we are all together – all fun stuff, of course.

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But the truth is, we just don’t get out a whole lot.

For several reasons.

1) I am a homebody

2) “We” is a whole lot of people

3) For this mama to get this crew rolling, it has be good. And it has to be affordable

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So when we found out that this much-talked-about, National Historic Landmark, 20th century blast furnace was open to the public, (and free!) we were all in.

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Especially because it sounded like fun for the big kids.

Big kids meaning these two. (Really they’re adults now, but they’ll always be my kids.)

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And it sounded like fun for my mom and the cousins, visiting from Atlanta, too.

Finding something fun and free for 3 adults and 14 kids aged 4 to 24 is enough to get even this homebody into her good jeans.

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Two full vehicles and 30 minutes later and we were there.

And it was awesome.

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As a person who loves texture and things steeped in history, I was immediately smitten.

And as children who love to run around and explore, find rocks and get dirty, they were pretty smitten, too.

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Except for Lula and Poppy. Who, when they weren’t happily exploring, were acting offended by the smell of the 100 year old site.

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We had free rein over the entire place, and we took full advantage, venturing into pretty much every crack and crevice.

It was glorious.

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Ninety minutes later we’d toured the whole place. And we felt wiser. More cultured.

(Okay, maybe just some of us.)

But we all felt a whole lot hotter.

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So we headed across town to Steel City Pops for some refreshment in the form of the best. popsicles. ever.

Specifically the Buttermilk Pop. Although others might have a different opinion.

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But I didn’t get a picture of the place.

Or my pop. Or the kids enjoying their pops.

I was too busy eating.

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07.01.14 · big o' family, Dalton, Isabelle, Tallula, Victoria, Zach 9

Comments

  1. emily says

    July 1, 2014 at 6:22 PM

    oh my word that place looks like a photographer’s dream!!!!! love it! and we don’t get out much either. 6 kids under 11 just does. me. in. love the last pic 🙂

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    • NiHaoYall says

      July 1, 2014 at 6:30 PM

      Oh it was, Emily – the wanna-be-photographer in me absolutely loved it!

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  2. Ashley says

    July 1, 2014 at 7:24 PM

    Love the pictures – that looks like such a fun (although “smelly”!!) place to explore!

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  3. Joanna says

    July 1, 2014 at 7:53 PM

    We recognize that soccer camp shirt!

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  4. Jean Mulvahill says

    July 1, 2014 at 10:23 PM

    Love hearing about your bigs as well as your littles! It all about… ALL of them! So glad it was FUN!

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    • NiHaoYall says

      July 28, 2014 at 3:53 PM

      Thanks, Jean! I love to share pictures of them as well – they aren’t with us so much anymore so when we are all together it is extra special <3

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  5. Scoopy says

    July 1, 2014 at 10:24 PM

    how fun! I’ve never heard of a place to get popsicles.

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  6. Kelli Hunter-Campbell says

    July 1, 2014 at 10:49 PM

    The pic of your littles holding their noses was PRICELESS!!!! loved it!!!

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  7. snekcip says

    July 2, 2014 at 9:14 AM

    Wow!! Now this is what I call…fun!!! Great place for pics too!!

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I'm Stefanie. Wife to one, mom to 13. Occasional blogger and t-shirt maker. Wannabe photographer and exerciser. Constant grace-needer and orphan advocator. more
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