Have I mentioned how much we love our church? Well, we do. It is very casual in atmosphere but very serious about scripture and fulfilling our purpose as a church. To say we have a great band sounds very shallow, but they are great to me, not only musically, but in how they lead us in worship. I know I've mentioned our homegroup, and I love them even more now than I did before. Very real people on a real journey with the Lord. Does it get any better than that?
Yesterday Emma and I went to our second science class for homeschoolers which is sponsored by a non-profit group that helps take care of a section of the Colorado River. Anyway, the first one was on mammals, and this one was on tree bark. Doesn't sound thrilling, does it? But, it was really pretty fun. The foresters brought all different kinds of bark samples, and we wound up down at the river reserve on a nature walk. Pretty cool, and it was a gorgeous day! I'm starting to really love where we live.
There is also a state park about 15 minutes from our house where we have planned to go camping. in. a. tent. in April. I'm afraid. I need to hurry up an get Aubrie potty trained because I really want to be pull-up free during the day. I haven't camped in a tent since I was a kid. We've done the cabin thing several times so this is something totally new. There are lots of families here who are totally into the camping, cycling, outdoors thing, and who wouldn't be when it's in your own backyard? In some cases, literally. I have two moms who've promised to make lists for me of things I need to bring. Any suggestions from the blog world?? I so need them!
As you know, I've had a bit of a hard time lately, but this was Todd's week to struggle. Things were just rough at work, but they've been rough for a while so it made things even worse. Anyway, I just think it's pretty wonderful that my attitude seems to be on the upswing so that I can emotionally support Todd.
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Camping is SOOO much fun! We just got back from a 4 day camping trip this past Monday!
My tip: try to do as much food prep at home as you possibly can...some suggestions....break eggs into a zip-lock bag to pre-scramble and season them. You can leave them in a double zip-loc and submerge them in boiling water to cook at the campground. No need to clean out pots and pans with leftover egg-goop! Take a grill brush or foil if you're cooking on the campfire.
If you have a dutch oven --- USE IT!! We tried one for the first time this trip and were able to have nice, hot, fresh biscuits! It was yummy! Line the bottom of the dutch oven with foil. Place raw biscuits on foil and loosely cover top with foil. Put on the lid, and set over the fire (or campstove if there's a burn ban). Pack individual-sized snacks in zip-lock bags rather than taking boxes of goldfish or raisins, etc. Then each child or adult can just grab their own snack instead of having to pour out servings every time.
Hope this is useful information! and HAVE FUN!!
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