Camp Albemarle

Over the weekend we took a camping trip with the Cub Scouts. The weather was not the best but we all still had a great time. We stayed at Camp Albemarle which is on the Bogue Sound. Here is a little sample of what we did on day one of the trip.....



A little tree climbing.



Ultimate Frisbee



Digging for shark teeth.



Playing by the water.



More tree climbing....Cole loved that tree.

Boundaries

I am reading the book Boundaries with an amazing group of friends. It is an eye opening book to say the least. One thing I realize is that I don't set clear boundaries anywhere in my life. I get upset with people when they cross what I now know is a boundary for me but how are they supposed to know that if I don't communicate that.

I am only a few chapters into the book and God has spoken CLEARLY to me on a lot of issues in my life. For the next week I am going to try to answer one question.

What problems have you taken on that God may never have intended you to take on?

I am thinking this could be an interesting week for me!!

What?

These are the things I have heard from my kids in a day......

Adrienne: "Daddy you are color blind so that means you can see people naked"

Adrienne: "I am constipated on my bike" (She meant concentrating)

Cole: (I am talking to him about how we don't lie)Well no one is perfect. We all sin.

Gotta love them!!!

Change

I need to make some changes in our school day. The changes are all good things like more time outside, instead of the never ending trail of worksheets we are going to be reading more. We are going to start our nature notebooks this week. I am very excited about this and I think the kids are too.

I need to start going to bed earlier. It is hard to do when I need to check Adrienne's blood sugar at midnight every night but it has to happen. I am not getting enough sleep and my whole family is feeling the effects of it.

While I am going to sleep earlier I also need to wake up earlier. I need "alone time" in the morning it is the best way to start the day.

My kids love to play board games and we play them plenty but I want to start "game night" with them. One night a week that they know we will be playing all the games they want.

For some crazy reason for the last couple of months we have not been reading to the kids before bed. It may be because we read so much during the day but whatever the reason we are going back to reading at bedtime. I love reading to them and it is so much fun now that we are reading books that I actually enjoy.

Change is not always easy but it is a wonderful thing!!!