Last weekend H and I packed up our six children and we went camping. Tent camping that is...no motor home...no camper...not even a stinkin fan! It was hot and humid and the bugs were a biting!
We rented a great family camp site with our small group with our own private bathroom and fishing pond. There were 7 families with 26 kids in all. Here are some of the highlights/low lights of the "camping trip".
HIGH- Getting to be close and in touch with nature
LOW- Sleeping in a tent and being entirely to close and in touch with nature
HIGH- Coffee in the morning sitting around chatting with friends
LOW- Your friends are there all the time even when you need to yell at your kids
LOW- The huge fight H and I got into on the way up
HIGH- Making up while setting up our tent (H admitting he was wrong hee-hee)
LOW- The fire ants that Caleb attacked and therefore bit him all over the ankles
LOW- The swelling that occurred because of the bites
LOW- Having to give him benedryl just before a hike
HIGH- Giving him more benedryl just before bed-YEAH!
HIGH- Hiking down to a beautiful waterfall
LOW- Having to wear Cal in the snuggly on the hike
LOW- Zac's meltdown because his shoes were covered in mud and "ruined"
LOW- No compassion on my end so in his anger he purposefully wipes his dirty muddy shoe all over my clean one.....MAN I'M GONNA HURT THAT KID!
LOW- Hans thinks he left our camera down at the waterfall after we had headed back
LOW- Hans has to go back to look for it
LOW- Tessi(our friend) had our camera the whole time
LOW- Trying to cook smores around a camp fire with way too many kids
LOW- Trying to give six kids a shower
HIGH- Showers are done and it's bedtime
LOW- Caleb had 20 nightmares the first night
HIGH- Me responding so sweet to the first 10- I would get out of the bed and rub his sweet face telling him "mommy's here it's okay"
LOW- My response to the next 10- through gritted teeth not even getting up to comfort him- "Caleb stop it right now"
HIGH- everyone sleeps better the second night
HIGH- Corie and Kylie leading all of us in worship on Sun. morning
HIGH- Sharing our stories with each other reminding our selves of God's grace to each of us
HIGH- Getting to sing Amazing Grace all together
LOW/HIGH- Leaving
HIGH- Sleeping in my bed
Will we camp again? Most definitely!!
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Tent Camping with 6 Children
Posted by Star Molegraaf at 10:16 AM
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6 comments:
Come on... tell the truth, you had whiskey in your back pocket.
K- so maybe I thought about swigin some benedryl myself, but thats nyquil with the alcohol in it right? Here's to wishin I'd had some whiskey!!
It would have done you good to invite Jose Cuervo (can't spell it). Ya'll would have had fun together.
way more brave than i....
Look at the size of that Bicep! Who is that guy?
Hey Star..stalking your blog as you say. Thankfully it isn't too old of a blog so I could catch up! You are a great writer and I love your insights into God working in your life. Very nice. I love the camping highs and lows...too funny. I enjoy real people and I enjoy how real you and Hans are. Thanks for being vulnerable. Melissa.
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