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Taking a Test Run

Posted in Family

We’re heading out with the new trailer for a long weekend as a trial run.  Since the 5th wheel is used, we want to test everything out at something close by “just in case”.  I’m looking forward to a fun, relaxing long weekend as a family. May y’all have a fabulous 4th of July!!

Thankful Thursday: A Dream Realized continued…

Posted in Family, and Outdoor Adventures

When Munchkin was quite young and we were living in North Carolina, we rented a small travel trailer to take a nice camping trip.  We’d always done tent camping up to this point, so it was a new adventure for us.  The summer temps (and humidity) in the South weren’t something that we used to, and we quickly learned that tent camping was okay only during certain months.  Otherwise, it was just miserable, and I ended up feeling absolutely horrid after a day camping. That trip lead to us purchasing our first travel trailer.  We were limited in what we…

Let’s Go Fly a Kite

Posted in Family

Munchkin and I picked up a really cute gecko kite on clearance at Target for just over a dollar.  When we went camping over Memorial Day weekend, the kite came along “just in case”.  Munchkin doesn’t remember ever flying a kite.  She did when she was younger, but apparently, she no longer remembers.  She was really looking forward to learning. Daddy did a good job showing Munchkin what she needed to do, but the wind was not blowing quite enough.  Munchkin decided that would not deter her from flying her kite. There were several times that the wind did really…

Foto Friday Challenge: Happy

Posted in Christian Life, Family, Outdoor Adventures, and Photography

As I looked around this week and thought about the theme for this challenge – happy, I realized, once again, how blessed I really am.  A simple photography challenge put my mind in motion.  So many different thoughts filled my head.  This week’s challenge became more of a way to capture the moment of some of the things that make me happy instead of taking “the perfect” shot. Happiness is… My true happiness (joy) comes from within because… I know that no matter what happens in this crazy life that I love I can find peace in my Savior.  I…