More Camping

We had so much fun camping in Sherwood that we soon went back for another night; this time with some of our good friends from town, another pastor and his family. Joshua cooked pancakes over the fire for breakfast.

Their daughter likes to fold paper and made many fun things for Hannah and Mary.

We hiked out to George's Falls and played in the water.

 We finished things off with smash burgers for dinner before heading home.

Math with Grandma

 

Dad has been coming up lately to help work on building the Westview bathhouse, and Mom has been hanging out with me and the kids. We enjoy having both of them around and Mom has helped us with a number of things, including doing math lessons with Mary.

Quilting Retreat

Calvin Crest hosted its first ever quilting retreat, and we got to be part of it. Gayle was a participant, but stayed with us, which was fun. As we walked home from dinner, we saw a beautiful double rainbow.

It was impressive to see Lakeview filled with so many quilters.

Hannah enjoyed arranging pieces of fabric from the kit Gayle gave me.

David had fun using the scissors to snip threads, and got a scissor cookie.

 Gayle also gave a kit to Mary, who loved getting to sew with everyone. The retreat was a big success, and we are looking forward to the next one.

Blackberry Picking

The blackberries are ripe and plentiful, and the Trevinos, Dad, and Mom came up for a day trip to pick berries.

 We were quite successful in our picking and eating and enjoyed the time together.

Visiting Friends

For our final vacation adventure, we took the kids to a state they had never been to before - Nevada. We stayed with some good friends for a few days and had a lovely time. The second day we went to an interesting museum. They had all kinds of thing, including a bunch of animals and an old camera.

There was also a recreation of an old mine shaft that we got to walk through.

Hannah loved playing with their collection of calico critters. The big kids we were visiting did a great job sharing their toys and playing with our little ones.

Saturday morning we took a short hike to a nearby waterfall.

 We left Sunday after attending their church and stopped for ice cream on the drive home.