Nuggets Along the Trail

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

Tuesday, August 15, 2023

CO Part 1

Amazingly and thankfully, all 21 of us were able to spend a week in CO at the end of July. We had a wonderful time exploring CO and tying heartstrings and making memories. We came home and jumped right into peaches, sweet corn, tomatoes, blackberries, potatoes, and all sorts of other fun stuff... so blogging hasn't been priority lately. So these two CO posts will be mostly px. If you want fascinating stories and interesting tidbits, feel free to stop by sometime 😊

Saturday July 22 at lunch stop somewhere between here and there. Aren't these little boys just adorable?

Of course I'm not prejudiced.

Sunday July 23.

Monday July 24.

Tuesday July 25

Wednesday July 26: Mayflower Gulch Trail.

Wednesday, August 2, 2023

Pre-Vaca

Finished!

😋

Another beautiful lake day -

And then the packing began - - -

Mom-isms

When you've got a lot of irons in the fire, sometimes you're gonna get burnt.
Much gain comes to him who hustles while waiting.
Good intentions produce little.
Efficiency is utilizing effective but careful shortcuts for the sole purpose of making more time for the next productive pursuit or service to others.
Laziness is utilizing shortcuts, careful and effective or not, for the sole purpose of making more time for the next selfish or nonproductive pursuit or activity.
Never try to multi-task while giving haircuts.
Carelessness hurts.
I've never met a mess that can't be cleaned up.
God made dirt not to hurt.
When you go on a walk, take gloves and a bag for trash.
Shortcuts usually aren't.
A job done right has been done twice.
When sick children are almost better, we always regret taking them anywhere.
When sick children are almost better, we are always glad we kept them home.