"My beloved is unto me as a bundle of myrrh." Song of Solomon 1:13
November 2nd, 2018 by Aubri
On October 20th our sweet, mischievous, funny Ephraim turned SIX! We expected a beautiful weekend so we took the babies out of school for a day to go to Hitchcock Nature Center to do some camping. Our anniversary and his birthday fell on that weekend. He wanted a Shark party which was easy enough. And he will be the first to ever have had their birthday party in the camper.
November 2nd, 2018 by Aubri
It’s no secret in my family, I am not a camper. As Jim Gaffigan puts it, “I’m what you would call ‘Indoorsy.'” He gets me, really gets me.
But as a kid I was outside all the time in the woods and in the creeks catching crawdads and minnows and making secret lairs.
I have so many memories of playing in the woods with my friends, some are nutty memories like the time we all roller skated down to the creek then into the creek and down the creek…in roller skates. Or how I loved to pack up a bag of turkey on Thanksgiving and walk over to the woods to pretend to be surviving on the last bit of meat I had.
My friends eventually decided it was cooler to stay home and watch MTV and VH1 and make up dances alongside Paula Abdul and Debbie Gibson. I kept going to the woods alone sometimes but eventually going to the creek running through the woods was something I did less and less. Sure we’d ride our bikes along the trail sometimes but even that fell by the wayside.
Now as a Mama I want what I had as a girl for my own babies. Woods and creeks and ponds. The thrill of being in a tree or finding that perfect clearing in the trees for making a home. To this day the smell of dirt and leaves make me want to take off running to find a stick for a bow and some good rocks to climb….if I could still run that is.
November 1st, 2018 by Aubri
On October 19th we remembered 11 years of marriage. I did not however remember to post a thing about it. We were out camping with the babies on that day. They entertained us with “spooky stories” as we all sat around a fire in the dark. And that was just fine with us.
God has been good to us in these 11 years. We have so much to thank Him for.
November 1st, 2018 by Aubri
