Nov. 23, 2008 - Couple's Retreat....Well One Couple At Least!
Friday night was a couple's retreat for our church. Well, it was supposed to be anyway. We had plans to go to Natural Bridge State Park and spend the night in the lodge fellowshipping with other couples. Due to various circumstances the other couples could not attend.
James and I have not been for a night away since Lulu was born. That's nine years in case you were wondering. The only time we have spent the night away from home without the girls is when I was in the hospital giving birth to the next one. So we were not about to cancel our plans. The girls were spending the night at Papaw and Nana's house, going out for pizza, and bowling. So we could not have told them plans changed either. They were very excited about their night away as well.
So off we went. As soon as we left our van started sputtering. It has been doing this for awhile now. But this time it was much worse. We kept driving and contemplating turning around. James pulled over and looked at it. Once we started driving again it had quit. So away we went.
We had a great time just the two of us. Yesterday morning we went hiking. I was very surprised at how many other people were out hiking in the snow too. We found Grey's Arch. We had looked for this arch three times. When all the leaves are on the trees it is hidden unless you know where it is.
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May. 10, 2008 - First Campout of the Season
We were finally able to go camping! Everyone was really excited.
We got everything set up Friday and then the rain came. Praise the Lord our new tent worked out well and we stayed dry all night. It continued to rain until Saturday afternoon. James made the girls ponchos out of trash bags. They worked out well. I guess that is one more thing we need to add to our list of camping supplies.
James has been receiving emails from Todd Wilson, Family Man Ministries. He is really enjoying Todd's writings. His catch phrase is "You da' Dad". Well...James was "da' Dad" this weekend.
He cooked us our favorite Mountain Man Breakfast on Saturday morning in the rain. The result of his work in the rain was delicious.
When the rain stopped on Saturday some of our friends came down to go hiking with us. The girls really enjoyed getting to show their friends around.
They shared hiking sticks and had a great time.
This picture is of Chimp Rock. It is pretty cool to see in person. We took pictures from Chimney Rock.
Lil loves all animals, including bugs. She is not afraid of them and will pick them up, hold them, squish them, whatever. Here she is rescuing the worms from all the puddles.
She also found a millipede on the trail. Into her hand it went!
On Sunday before we left it had warmed up enough to get in the creek a little.
Our plan is to start a scrapbook this year of all our camping adventures. I have tons of supplies from when I was gung-ho about doing scrapbooks for each of the girls. Unfortunately Lulu has about nine pages and Monkey has maybe four. Oh well, maybe one of these days. But we have a book that we can use for camping and I think if we all get involved with it we should be able to keep it up. James and I would like to be able to see all the wonderful things God placed within the Gorge area.
Packed in and ready to go home....well, packed in anyway.
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Sep. 25, 2007 - More September Fun
We took the girls fishing at Salato. It was such a beautiful day. Our first fall day....which is now but a memory. It is always so much fun to see the girls squirm and squeal over the fish. Lil was able to catch her first fish. She caught two actually!
She was so proud of her little fish. Lulu also caught two fish. Monkey didn't catch one but she did hold the fish and put it back in the water.
After our fishing, we went to see the animals. Shawna, Doug and "Little Man" showed up and walked around with us. That was a great suprise! It ended up being a very nice afternoon.
This past weekend we went camping again at Natural Bridge. We had a great time. We stayed three nights. The creek is always a highlight for the girls.
But we also enjoy hiking and seeing all the wonderful things God has created. We hiked to Sky Bridge, Hansen's Arch and Angel Windows this trip. The girls are such troopers. We even let Lil hike back out from the trails this time. She did really well.
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Aug. 3, 2007 - Camping at Natural Bridge
We were able to go camping a few times in the spring and early summer. Now it is too hot for me to tent camp  ! Our family really enjoys camping. The girls sleep so well it amazes me. I think they get so worn out for all the hiking and exploring that they do. We went to Natural Bridge both Mother's Day and Father's Day weekends. Here we are at the top of the bridge. I still think it is awesome that my 7 and 5 year olds will hike as far as they do. They even have their own camel backs....so they are carrying water, snacks, a notepad and colored pencils on their backs. Go girls!!!
Just ignore the sweaty mom in the photo!
My husband is the trooper though. He leads us fearlessly up the trails all with Lil spilling water down his neck, reaching for leaves on trees and falling asleep only to become dead weight.
Our campsite that we get is right on the creek. I think this is the highlight of the girls' weekend.
Now we just have to wait for fall.........
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