all of the joy: Project 52: Week 5

Project 52 (April 2nd-8th)...

Since I am a little behind this will be this past, past week:

We:

had fun with the paper hats at Long John Silver's. Oh who am I kidding. I had fun with the paper hat and the kids were horrified by my antics.

I speak fish. Gangsta fish. :-)

(the kids and I) ate lunch with the grandparents and recieved their yearly Easter presents from them.
watched my sister's cat while she was out of town.
enjoyed our evening thunderstorms because they rinsed away the pollen.
suffered with allergies all week.
stayed up too late every night and paid the price the next day
destroyed ant colonies that decided they liked our house a little too much
prepared for our camping trip
had some great laughs this week as a family
awoke to Luly being covered in hives and swollen one day. Which was cured with a bath and Benadryl. Why did I not get pictures??
realized having animals puts a dent in our spontaneous trips, but brings a whole lot of fun to daily life
finally got to go on our long awaited camping trip to Big South Fork.
set up our tent in the rain and cold. Ugh
woke up freezing cold while camping and realized I had brought way to few warm clothes
had a blast with our friends the Browns camping and also made some new ones.
listened to our new friend Savee tell us about the horrors of growing up in Cambodia after Vietnam and was given a new appreciation for our lives. However we were also reminded of the urgency of spreading the gospel
sang praises to our God fireside
ate way too much food which made my belly very happy. Especially when we Marshmallow Peep Smores. Yum!!
hiked to Angel Falls and saw quite a few snakes.
celebrated the Ressurection fellowshipping with friends.

Killian:

continues to play way too many video games
bothered me about going camping everyday
learned alot about caring for a home
did a great job helping set up the campsite and taking it down
loved the bike ride, but thought he was going to die because of the length and difficulty of the trail
explored the campground with his friend Nicholas. God knows what kind of trouble they got into, but at least they werent playing video games.
still loves getting an Easter basket.

Lotus:

cleaned out the chicken coop which was a job and a half
turned the compost after adding the chicken droppings and was amazed at the amount of worms
cleaned weeds out of the front garden, but feel its a never ending battle
finally took pics of the finished coop which hasn't been painted and isn't too pretty, but only cost $12 to make. Perhaps in the future we will make something nicer.

spent way too much time on Pinterest again
went shopping with Christy to get ready for the camping trip and had lots of laughs
packed, cleaned and wore myself out preparing for the camping trip
enjoyed listening to Savee's stories and her love for God
had a fire reignited for God's word
realized I lack a sense of urgency when it comes to sharing the gospel
went on a wonderful walk with Christy & Savee.
slept like a rock while camping
was happy to come home cause I missed my chickens and the puppy. Yep its offical Im becoming one of those people.
didn't take one picture during the camping trip which makes me the worse blogging scrapper on the face of the earth.

Scott:

got the bikes ready for some weekend riding
helped find someone to watch the chickens
got way too little sleep again, but the camping trip helped
was in desperate need of this camping trip
hated the set up of the tent, but loved waking up to cowboy coffee in the great outdoors.
biked with Kevin and the boys. Then came back to the campsite worn out and happy.
took the girls for a night hike looking for snakes and nocturnal creatures.
took the kids exploring during the daytime.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012