The next morning was beautiful!! So sunny and gorgeous!!
Breakfast included hot chocolate and yeah, every meal the entire trip were random MREs that Ana gave us from her being in the National Guard. They weren't horrible, but they weren't fabulous either. Leo got sick to his stomach as per his usual whenever his diet changes. Poor guy.
After breakfast we went out paddling again, following the Rabbit Tail Water Trail, sort of.
After a while, we took a break on a little island.
The rocks there were really interesting. Per Sebastian's request, I had a rock identifier app downloaded for a time, and knew what they were. But I've since deleted it, so sorry, I no longer know.
It was really relaxing, just chilling and throwing rocks in the water. Plus, I think just paddling and being out on the water is so relaxing too. Anyway, after a while, we headed back to our camp and packed up and canoed back to the lake access point where we'd had parked our car. We could have stayed one more night, but one kid's sleeping pad had gone flat with a hole, and Leo and a couple kids had froze to death, or close to, the night before, so we decided not to stay. Sebastian said there was spiders on the kayak when we were leaving to go to the shore, and I thought Leo helped them get them all off, but Sebas was not convinced. And then just a little ways into the lake, he freaked out, and sure enough, I could see from a quite a distance a massive spider crawling up his back. Yikes! According to him, there was more than one. So we ended up towing the kayak and he rode in my canoe.
We ate a picnic lunch at the access point (more MREs) before heading out. It was beautiful there, I would have loved to see it during the summer. So despite not going on my original trip to the Buffalo River, we still had a great time. And I have to say, I was so impressed with my kids on this trip. They were really helpful getting all the gear set up and taken down, loading it into the trailer, helping with the canoes, etc. It was amazing!
I am *hurray* a stay-at-home mom. I retired many years ago from a long,(4 yr) illustrious career in nursing *boo, hiss*. Most of all, I love Leo (mi papacito esposo de Colombia) and Ana, Elena, Isabel, Sebastian, Nicolas, Jubal, and Efraim (mis hijos). My other passion is also dark and rico and from South America--that would be chocolate. Basically I like to eat chocolate, eat chocolate icecream, eat frozen hot chocolates from Dairy Queen, eat Peppermint Yorks, Junior Mints, and of course dark chocolate truffles. Okay, now that I've wiped the slobber off my chin from thinking about all of that, I'll get on to the rest of my blog. Oh, and I'm trying to learn Spanish but spend too much time blogging here instead.
"Managing a home involves much more than keeping a house clean, organized, and attractive. These skills are important...but these skills are only a means to an end. The paramount objective is to create a setting where family and friends are comfortable and happy, where there are good dinners and good times, where there is fun and laughter, where children acquire good habits and are taught life skills and how to be self-reliant and responsible, where challenges are faced by coupling temporal endeavors with eternal perspectives, where joy through gospel teaching and living prevails, where kindness and respect reign supreme, where love is strong enough to bind the family forever, and where children are nurtured toward eternal life."
--Daryl Hoole
“Motherhood is near to divinity. It is the highest, holiest service to be assumed by mankind. It places her who honors its holy calling and service next to the angels.” Elder Boyd K. Packer - November 1993 Ensign
"Dear Prude,
Sober of not, I am forever yours."
-Percy French, a letter to his wife (1776)
"Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories."
No comments:
Post a Comment