A good book, a hot cup of chai tea, a campfire, and fall leaves!
Showing posts with label camping. Show all posts
Showing posts with label camping. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
15 Years
Tim and I celebrated 15 years of marriage on Sept. 2. We took this picture last weekend. I wonder which one of us is giving the other one gray hair?!Friday, October 01, 2010
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Camping Part Deux
Acorn flower arrangement made by my dad. 
Leeland brushing up on his survival tactics....just in case.
Tim makes a yummy breakfast of bacon, eggs, and hash browns. The best breakfasts are cooked on the back of a pickup truck!
The path that leads to ye ol' outhouse.
From a photography standpoint, one of my favorite shots of the weekend.
Leeland brushing up on his survival tactics....just in case.
Tim makes a yummy breakfast of bacon, eggs, and hash browns. The best breakfasts are cooked on the back of a pickup truck!
The path that leads to ye ol' outhouse.
From a photography standpoint, one of my favorite shots of the weekend.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Family Campout 2010
This past weekend we had our annual family camp out at my grandparent's farm. We've been doing this for quite a few years now.
Over the next couple of days, I will share some of my favorite pictures. Some of them are picture perfect.
But family is not perfect. And even though the past 36 years I've tried to pretend that it was (more because I needed it to be, not because I wanted to impress anyone), this weekend reminded me that it's not. My family is just as human as any other family. Just as prone to let the stresses of life eat at them and dampen their spirits.
However, I won't take for granted the blessings that God has given this family. We're generally healthy and generally happy.
We choose to be together and we all worship the same God.
The weekend held more good than bad and I guess that's all anyone can ask for. It's always good to get away for awhile. As a mom, it's not less work, but it's different work. I'm disappointed that Tim was sick for most of it and left several times to go home (and that caused stress between us). I'm disappointed in myself that I let myself get really angry over something stupid. I'm disappointed that I didn't REALLY talk to anyone on a personal level. I realized that I know very little about the hopes and dreams of my relatives, the things they are really passionate about. I hate that my family seems to be outgrowing each other. Maybe it's just the normal growing pains of one generation passing on and another taking their place.
Over the next couple of days, I will share some of my favorite pictures. Some of them are picture perfect.
But family is not perfect. And even though the past 36 years I've tried to pretend that it was (more because I needed it to be, not because I wanted to impress anyone), this weekend reminded me that it's not. My family is just as human as any other family. Just as prone to let the stresses of life eat at them and dampen their spirits. 
However, I won't take for granted the blessings that God has given this family. We're generally healthy and generally happy. 
We choose to be together and we all worship the same God.
The weekend held more good than bad and I guess that's all anyone can ask for. It's always good to get away for awhile. As a mom, it's not less work, but it's different work. I'm disappointed that Tim was sick for most of it and left several times to go home (and that caused stress between us). I'm disappointed in myself that I let myself get really angry over something stupid. I'm disappointed that I didn't REALLY talk to anyone on a personal level. I realized that I know very little about the hopes and dreams of my relatives, the things they are really passionate about. I hate that my family seems to be outgrowing each other. Maybe it's just the normal growing pains of one generation passing on and another taking their place. I'm very much a sentimental sap. I love tradition. My mom's family has pretty much been the same for me for 36 years. I don't want to see that change.
This may seem like random rambling to those that aren't family, but I felt the need to post reality before posting all of the pretty pictures.
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Monday, October 06, 2008
Fishing Part Deux
The biggest fish caught all day. My dad let Tyler have all the credit. What a guy!
My fish.
Every time I went to kiss it, it would flap it's tail in my face.
Lochlyn's catch.
Jayden's first fish.
Fishing Part 1
Grandpa hands out the worms.
Sierra and Brynn fish in the creek (pronounced "crick" for you city folks).
Andrew and Jayden.
Heading up to the big pond.
Isaiah gets one!
Sunday, October 05, 2008
Friday, October 03, 2008
Tire Swing
While camping, the tire swing was one of the fun places to hang out for the kids.
Brynn
Ethan
Tyler
Uncle Dick pushes Ethan. I have two Uncle Dick's. The other one babysat the boys for awhile. This one is a loyal reader of my blog! :) Hi Favorite Uncle!
Jayden
Brynn
Ethan
Tyler
Uncle Dick pushes Ethan. I have two Uncle Dick's. The other one babysat the boys for awhile. This one is a loyal reader of my blog! :) Hi Favorite Uncle!
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
What you have to look forward to...
Starting tomorrow (and probably every day for the rest of this week, and most of next) I will be posting pictures from our annual family camp out at the farm. The farm is my grandparents farm. We went this past Friday, which was also the one year anniversary of my grandma's death. Even though I am not one for keeping up with anniversary dates of deaths, I do think it was nice for us to be together and to be there for grandpa.
As always, it was a lot of fun. It never seems like it lasts long enough, but I was definitely ready for a shower by Sunday afternoon! The boys did really well during the day and not too bad at night. Isaiah and Tim went home on Saturday night to sleep, as Isaiah ended up having some breathing problems and needed some breathing treatments. He was feeling better on Sunday morning and they were back bright and early for breakfast.
I only took 240 or so pictures....maybe around Christmas time you'll see something other than this camping trip!
As always, it was a lot of fun. It never seems like it lasts long enough, but I was definitely ready for a shower by Sunday afternoon! The boys did really well during the day and not too bad at night. Isaiah and Tim went home on Saturday night to sleep, as Isaiah ended up having some breathing problems and needed some breathing treatments. He was feeling better on Sunday morning and they were back bright and early for breakfast.
I only took 240 or so pictures....maybe around Christmas time you'll see something other than this camping trip!
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