Nuggets Along the Trail: Fun With Cousins

Over the years, we've always compared our family life to a wagon train heading west. Just as everyone had to do his part to get to Oregon years ago, so everyone in our family must do his/her part to make our journey through life successful. If somebody climbs in the wagon and lets the others do the work, we just don't make any progress. We all have to pull our weight and work together. Along the trail we find lots of pebbles that make for a smooth ride and some bigger rocks that jar us a little; we hit the occasional pothole that can slow us down. But if we purpose to search diligently, there are countless gold nuggets and precious gemstones along the way as well. This journal is an attempt to preserve some of those precious moments for our children, and our children's children, as together we travel this trail called life.

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. Psalm 16:11

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Fun With Cousins

by Sarah

Tuesday Jewel and I went out with cousins for the day. Left to right is Kinsey, Amy, Jewel, Me, Kate, and Jenna. We did games and trampoline at Kinseys, then went out for lunch at Steak’n’Shake, and then went to Wildlife Praire Park in the afternoon. Aunt Joyce took us out, although I don’t have any pictures with her in them.

Being goofy during the car ride.

Posing with the colt at the park, although you can hardly even see it.

The otters were so cute. They would come up to the fence and just look at us waiting for a treat.

The cougers were probably my favorite animals. They were so pretty.

These coyotes were cute too. There were also some really pretty white wolves but I don’t have a picture of them.

Afterwards we came back to our house for snack, horse rides, and more trampoline. Amy’s on Diamond.

In this picture you can see Jenna in the background.

Here’s a closer one.

Kinsey.

Thanks Kinsey and Aunt Joyce for the awesome time we had!

1 comment:

SamMarch 30, 2017 at 7:52 PM
We had a great time! Thanks for letting us ride your horses. Sorry some of our pictures were blurry.
Love, Kinsey
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