As you all may know, we went camping this weekend with some family. And I don't know if it was the fresh air or the bug spray but I have had a few epiphanies. God has really laid on my heart to just say how thankful I am for all of our family and friends. I touched on this a bit in our last post, but I really wanted to express our true gratitude.
Josh and I didn't have too much time to prepare for this huge challenge that God has laid on our hearts. But, we have had God to hold our hands along the way helping guide us in our decisions and our feelings. We didn't have time to prepare our friends and family for the drastic changes that were about to occur. But I am so grateful to have the friends and family that God has intentionally placed in our life not only to be able to help encourage and help us through these decisions, but to also have the openness in their heart for a new teenager, niece, grand-daughter, cousin, etc...
Mine and Josh's life has changed drastically. In the past 4 1/2 months we have not only been blessed with Destiny, but we have also been blessed with Josh's mom & cousin now in his life, and I have a new job with regular hours. We used to fill our schedule with selfish pleasure, but now we are busy doing homework, karate, or spending quality time with each other.
It's funny how you think that you are doing something so fulfilling, you look back on and realize there was a piece missing the whole time. Josh and I have that feeling of fullness, not only emotionally but spiritually. By no means is this an easy transition on any of us, but it's the fact that we are all willing to transition through it together that means the most.
Now on to our camping adventure. By golly we had a blast. We got back today and we are all extremely tired and a little sunburned. I find it much more interesting to look at pictures to tell our story, so here goes...
Setting everything up, Destiny was so happy about her own tent!
Josh helping Dee set up her tent
Foggy Morning
Destiny's first attempt at brushing her teeth while camping.
Caught her with a mouth full of toothpaste.
Scary trail that Destiny found on our morning walk.
Destiny and I hunting for turtles
You know your're a mom when this scares the hell out of you!
Just gettin some loves before the rest of the fam shows up.
Jamming out to some Beiber at the campsite.
Now we are camping!
Tosha's first attempt at cooking a hot dog over the campfire!
Looking cool with Poppa T
Tosha's first time back on the bike.
Priceless moments!
Gammy & Poppa T in their new boat!
"I go zero to NINJA in 24 oz"
Love this one!!
Just driving the boat a little
Daddy and Dill Pickle!
Destiny trying to drive a little.
So sweet!!
Jeremy serving up his Hobo Stew
Telling ghost stories around the campfire.
My boys!
Good Morning!
"She just thought we were fishing"
She attempted it by herself...
The Byrds cooking breakfast!!
...and she had a little tangle.
Loves!
She looks so happy after two days of camping!!
We had a blast camping. We can't wait to get back out there! I'm looking forward to our next trip with hopefully the other side of the family this summer.
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