Part 2 - First Day Camping in Missouri

I wanted to finish the posting of our FIRST DAY CAMPING

in MISSOURI...Before I catch up on other trips and experiences...

Garvin and I had gone to nearly Kansas City to look at a 

house that we are interested in...so...

by the time we got to the campsite...

Josh had it all set up!

Garvin just smiled...knowing all the years...

he set up camp for our family...

and remembering how much

WORK it was to set it all up!

We both know...IT WAS SO WORTH IT!

PART 2

1 April 2013

 Holly and I...getting a chance to sit and talk...

Adam and his mighty rod!

Holly keeping Esther WARM!

Did I mention...it was rather "cool" at this time of year!

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 There is something about having a "stick" of some sort...

Papa in the background...

Seth enjoyed "whittling"...

 Why is it...that FIRE draws...little children?

Josh in the background - mindful of little Timothy...

Twins ADDING to the campfire...

Adam looking on...Emma in the background...

 Emma gathering grasses for the campfire...

 Seth, also, gather more stuff to burn...

 Forgot what Josh was doing...

 Holly "in the kitchen"

OK...SMITH "males"...

NO WISE CRACKS!

Yeah...

TRADITION!

FOILED DINNERS!

They were GREAT!!!!!!!!!

Waiting for them to cook was the hard part...

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 Little Timothy inspecting his dinner...

Think he was still deciding...but, ended up eating it ALL!

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 Enjoying the moment...

Timothy was "hiding" under the blanket!

 Peek-a-boo!

Esther was such a trooper!

She SMILED most of the time!

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END OF THE DAY...

Sun going down...

Everyone is FED... and simply enjoying

the closing of the day!

 Papa...seems quite CONTENT!

 Adam being reflective...

 Emma trying to stay WARM...

 Mama and Esther...having a sweet moment!

 I am thinking this is Matthew...

but, then, again...it could be Michael...

 

 Seth

(it was rather smokey)

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 I think this is Michael...

but then, it could be Matthew...

(Timothy staring at the fire)

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 Our little CUTIE!

 Evening coming to a close...

and campfire...

slowly...dying out...

 

Catching up! Back to MISSOURI!

I am so behind in pictures from all of my trips these past many months...I am going BACK to MISSOURI, now and catch up some pictures taken when we went CAMPING on Josh/Holly's property...

1 APRIL 2013

SETTING UP CAMP

PART 1

I will first post our CAMPING SET UP! I want you to notice the luxury in which

we camped...FIRST RATE!

We left "Amish" country and headed to our Campsite...

 Theirs and Our Sleeping Quarters

Our "handcart"...

 Our TOP OF THE LINE - KITCHEN

 Our mode of "heating"

Our lavish Dining and Sitting Room

Our "His and Hers" PRIVATE BATHROOM

A Closer look...

We had PLENTY of "Proper Ventilation"

What it takes to go camping...for a LARGE FAMILY

A Few Hours at Hungry Horse Dam in Montana

Whenever anyone comes to stay with us, it seems we end up going to the Hungry Horse Dam.  We took Angel and the kids there...The children had a GREAT TIME! So many new things to see! But, we were blessed with TWO other incredible moments...a lone deer, who wasn't afraid of us and seemed more curious about us than we were of her...and God's MAJESTIC moment...of a double rainbow over the lake...

I LOVE this PICTURE!

She really was fun to watch...

 Nathan thought it was so cool to see this "Eagle's Nest"...

Lake that is being held back by the Hungry Horse Dam

LOVE the sound of rushing water...especially coming down the mountain...

Nothing like "throwing rocks" into the water...

Children LOVE doing this for as long...

as we will let them...Never seem to tire doing

this sort of thing...

Papa and Lillie...walking out on the pier...

Papa and Nathan discussing "life"...smile

 Captured the "double" rainbow...

and the second shot shows

the PURPLE line....often NOT seen...

A section of the lake that the children were throwing rocks!

Lillie riding home...in style...

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