Showing posts with label camping. Show all posts
Showing posts with label camping. Show all posts

Thursday, August 22, 2013

Our weeks ~ August 5 & 12

As this month flies by, we have been keeping up a frenzied pace...when we are not in school or at an appointment, we have been working at our new church building, getting it ready for occupation.  We are on the homestretch now, though, so we are very excited!  It has been fun for the kids to be involved, too.  Here I am with my painting crew. :) (David was on a different crew that morning.)
On a side note, that garish yellow on the walls is now gone -- phew!
David and I worked at the twice-a-year consignment sale that I participate in, with great results again this time...I sold enough to cover the new stuff I bought plus some pocket money left over!  Before we left to work our shift, though, Bruce was outside and I was in the shower...and David got the bright idea to lock his dad out of the house, with all doors locked and barred.  Bruce was a great sport about it...someday David will appreciate what a gift that was!
School is trucking along.  David did his first report of the year; he designed, created, and presented a volcanic research robot.  That project was right up his happy alley!
The kittens are just as cute as ever and are all settled in.  The older cats have made peace with them and everyone is pretty happy.  Felix adores Mindy...she likes his attention sometimes and beats him up when she doesn't!
Who wouldn't love this face?!
Cat nip time
 Up Trixie's nose.  This is what she does whenever she sees the camera.
Trixie wants to be near us all of the time, participating in every event. Here she is helping David choose a sticker for his speed drill paper
  When Felix gets in the mood, though, he is a snuggly baby!
 ...and so our August is barreling by us!

Saturday, May 12, 2012

First-ever family camping adventure!

Each year we find something special to celebrate the end of our school year.  This year we decided to try camping -- and what a wonderful adventure it was!  We are so glad to have discovered this now, while we have many years ahead of us in which to go camping together.

For our first foray into the world of camping, we decided to stick close to home.  We camped at Sweetwater Campground on Allatoona Lake (about half an hour west of home).

Here is our beautiful campsite.  We just about had the whole place to ourselves...a perk of going before the season is in full swing. :)


This was our view when we stepped out of the tent our first (very chilly!) morning.

 We enjoyed lots of relaxing together.  We explored the shoreline along our campsite...
...watched the ducks and geese...

  ...fished...
 

  ...those of us with not-yet-fully-developed brains went swimming in the lake... :)
 ...ate lots of good food (why does food eaten outside taste so much more amazing than 'regular' food?!)...
 ...played board games...
 ...learned some new skills, like cooking on a charcoal grill...
...shared dinner and s'mores with friends whom we are trying to recruit as campers for future trips...
 ...and we enjoyed many more sweet moments and had a wonderful, wonderful time.  Last but not least, just before we left the campground, we presented the kids with their annual certificates of promotion -- David has been promoted to 5th grade and Abigail has been promoted to 3rd grade! 
(where does the time go?!)
We took a quick family picture before we left...we looked a little rough by the end of our stay but we were happy!
 One last picture -- this of the kids by the campground sign, standing tall against the posts so that we can take the same picture next year and see how much they've grown!