Enough Already!!

Well, I figured it's been almost a month - time to update, no?! My, my. I don't know what has taken me so long to update. It's not like I don't have pictures to post - what with all our camping trips, a girl turning 6, school starting, just to name a few.

I actually wanted to blog all our goings-on, but the thought of "Who really cares?!" crossed my mind a number of times. But then I thought "Hey, everybody posts pictures on Instagram. Why can't I post on my blog?!" So let's do some catch up, shall we?

Way back, like a month and a half ago, our long anticipated camping trip arrived. Here in Ontario, if you want to camp in a nice park, with hydro, you need to book months in advance. And so, after booking in March, then waiting 5 months to enjoy it, we couldn't *wait* to set up at the park we chose this year: Bon Echo Provincial Park. We arrived on a Monday and didn't have to go home till 12 days later!

Oh wait - the week before we left, I kind of had a soccer injury, which resulted in a chipped bone, wreaked ligaments etc. So a boot and crutches were needed for a bit, but I do believe Keziah used the stuff more than I did as I found it so cumbersome.

The doctor's orders were to keep my foot up, so camping was the next best thing for me! Nathan would be there for the next two weeks to help me out, so really, the timing was "perfect". Sort of.

Onto an onslaught of pictures from our camping trip.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Trying to catch the above little creature by setting up a trap! It almost worked!!

 

 

 

We LOVE it when people go home and leave behind some wood!!!

 

 

Ah, childhood. I love it that they spent hours filling up cups and water bottles with dirty water from puddles. Such simple fun yet they were so content.

 

 

 

 

 

 My love. My partner. The one that still makes my heart have an irregular heartbeat.

 

 

Spending one of the coolest days (16 degrees) hiking and canoeing. 

 They noticed Nathan and I were pretty tired of canoeing, so they figured they'd take over. I do believe we moved 3 metres in 3 hours. :o)

 

We hiked up this rock pictured below - the rock that Bon Echo is known for. The kids did very well!!

 

 

 

Learning to ride a bike!! Love Lincoln's face as well as Nathan's thumbs up for his son!

 

 Every camping trip, we have a Story. This time is was my turn to tell it.

Keziah sat there with her finger in her mouth and Lincoln didn't move a muscle. Let me tell you, my story was quite riveting!! :o)

 

After a wonderful two weeks together as a family, we headed home. The weather going there and coming back home was exactly the same: pouring rain. Thankfully we didn't see that during the two weeks we were camping (during the day anyway).

 

 

We love our camping trips. We leave all devices at home (even Nathan!) and enjoy our moments together as a family. We are thankful that we had this time together and pray that we have many more years of making memories on a campsite!

Wheels!!

Hello again!

While I sort through oodles of camping pictures before I share here, I'll leave you with a quick video of Lincoln, who learned a new trick while camping.

Lincoln and his latest

Hi!!

Where have you been the last month or so?!

I know, I know. It's been awhile, eh? Maybe you aren't even checking this blog anymore. But if you are - hi! :o) I always said to myself that if I quit blogging, I'd let my reader(s) know instead of leaving them 'hanging'. So seeing as I am saying "hi", I guess this means I am not quitting.

But yes, it's been over a month since my last post. To blog has been on my mind a bit, but I truly have not felt like it at all. I think a big part of it is two-fold.

The first part of not feeling like it is because I have been too busy enjoying my moments with my family. It is really, really, really hitting me that in a month and a bit, my baby girl is going to be in school full-time. Every.single.day. I can't think of this. My heart can't take it. I am going to miss her so much. I hope and pray my heart gets a little stronger in the next weeks, or September I am going to be an absolute wreck.

The other part of not feeling like blogging is that I am becoming more and more aware that my kids are getting older. Meaning, would they appreciate it that I share so much about them? After all, it is *their* lives, too, and I am not so sure they will like it that I share things about them to people "out there". I question this - whether it is my right to share things about them, seeing as they are getting older and it is really their life. When they were little, this didn't bother me, but now it has been taking up some mental space, and could be the very reason why I may make the decision to stop blogging. I will continue to pray about this - and I will certainly let you know when/if I write my last post.

On to some pictures of our goings-on. It's been a Canada Day celebrating, ice-creaming, camping (1 trip done, 1 more to go this summer!), swimming in the pool, play-dating, beaching, painting (rainy days), hair cutting, baby-holding, kind of summer. And we are enjoying every minute of it!!

 

 

 

 

 (no, Keziah is not having a time-out away from the fire in the above picture. That is where she likes to sit for the fire, or else "it's too hot". As you can see below, despite sitting in the back row, she is enjoying it!! :o)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This blog will most likely be quiet again for the next while, as we will be busy celebrating a 6th birthday (gasp!!!), camping and just savouring our days together as a family. I hope and pray you are doing well, finding God in the quiet and/or busy moments. He is there, ever-present. Such a comfort and gives so much peace. May His grace fill you and may you then share that grace with those He has placed on your path.