Goin' Huntin'

A few weeks back, our family received a marvelous mystery box in the mail.

Things around here right before the convention can become quite busy. We run a bit low on the fun things. Well not this year! Dear friends of ours, the Hemmers, sent a surprise treasure hunt for Haley and Matthew! It was INCREDIBLE!


Nate did the honors of setting everything up. They had it so organized that he didn't have to wonder about a single thing. {I think he had as much fun setting it up as they did hunting.}





A video of our favorite Danny Kaye movie.


This clue was to be attached to the pool ladder. The Hemmers didn't know that the ladder is stored separately from the pool for the winter! Nate had to do some creative hinting for this one.

This clue was the most hilarious mix up!

This beautiful picture was painted by Melody. She put a picture of it on their blog for the kids to see. The clue sent them to their blog. Well our computer had a glitch and wouldn't show every picture in any blog post. So you guessed it, that picture didn't show when the kids went to the blog. (Imagine Nate describing this in total disbelief) So they thoroughly studied our blog instead. . . . . . . several times over. I think Nate finally had them look at the H's blog on a different computer.

So they raced to the picture, took it down, turned it every which way and even began to peal a label off the back. Nate had taped the clue on the side of the frame with masking tape and they missed it every single time. [When Nate told us about this clue he would just cover his eyes, stutter and shake his head. This was almost too much even for him! ]


If you couldn't figure out the clue you could unfold more of the paper to reveal further hints. WOW you guys thought of everything!!


Nate almost had to perform a surgical operation on this one. Not the Hemmers fault of course. We won't say who's. (Haley got her finger stuck in one of those cones of thread!)

They hardly had to hunt for this clue. {I'm glad, I shudder to think of them digging around in the china and crystal.}


They had to look up letters in the president's names. (ie the 8th letter in the 22nd president's name.) It spelled out the clue! CLEVER!

This one was on a swing. We have a baby swing set also. Nice trick Nate. HA!

Hidden in the food pantry!

Faith and Melody, you just couldn't resist the harp could you??


The treasure was in happy storage---in with our plastic glad containers. =)

Our family loves to play games and we have learned some of our favorite games from the Hemmers. This was the treasure at the end of the hunt! It's a really fun game.

Our thanks to the Hemmers. Their family truly exemplifies this verse! We love you guys.

"Don’t just pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good. Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other. "

Romans 12:9-10 (New Living Translation)