A Family Vacation

With Josh having this week off from work, we finally got to take a vacation. I like to think it has been our first real vacation... ever. While we have gone places in the past together, this time Josh didn't feel like he should be doing something for work, and was able to relax and be with us physically and mentally.

We kind of did the opposite of what most families tend to do; we went to the city because we live in a camper. While most families try to get away from the hustle and bustle and craziness of the city, we went to it. It was nice to indulge a bit, eating out, watching TV, and getting on the Internet whenever we wanted to. We also had a good time visiting with my family for a while on our way to Grand Rapids, and walking around on the rail trail with Aurelia and her Aunt Ashley and Uncle Bryan.

We were going to come home Wednesday sometime, but decided to keep Joseph company that night and into Thursday, so we stayed in the area an extra night. We got to play some disc golf with him before he went to work, and then headed home from there.

Rereading this, its kind of pell-mell and all over the place, but I wanted to write something, so this is it :)

The Following: has a concert tonight, at Rotary Park in Cass City, MI at 8pm. We would love to see you there. We are pretty excited about it. It will be our first outdoor concert! Come check us out :D I am hoping to get a band blog started, and maybe even a vlog (isn't that what they call video blogs?) soon, but it is slow in happening, since we don't have regular internet access and we can't upload stuff from the library computers.

This is a bad ending. Sorry.

[Overwhelming] Joy

As many of you know, we now officially live at Wesleyan Woods Campground, in a camper, while Josh works full time at the campground. I have often wondered in the past week what God has in store for us, but I then I realize that sometimes its more fun not to know. There have been many challenges presented to us in the short time we have been living there: hot water, rain, laundry, learning about the camp, working with new people, a baby adjusting to camp life, etc. As you can see, nothing serious, just small hurdles that come with the moving experience. Aurelia absolutely loves living at the Woods, as Daddy calls it. She enjoys being outside, especially on the playground. She loves having all that play equipment right in our front yard [basically].

Today I think it finally hit me as we walked around and visited the kids [and the workers] at the zipline and the high ropes course: This is a lot of change. But as Josh got home and I vented to him and told him what I was thinking, I realized that none of it is bad, just a lot to take in in a few short weeks. There are still questions to ask and things to figure out, but life is going really well. The hardest part is not really having a "job", or a goal to accomplish throughout the day. I spend every waking moment with Aurelia, and while I am not complaining, I am finding that the smaller indoor space has made some days seem a lot longer! It is also nice to get some breaks here and there, to think like an adult instead of a one year old, for a while. Its amazing what those small 1 or 2 hours away from Aurelia can do for my brain!

Overall, We have really been enjoying life at camp. I am excited to see what the future holds and excited to meet all the new people and become an expert veteran camper at the Woods!!

Also, as the title states, while it has been overwhelming, this adventure has also been filled with much joy!

Constantly Craving by Marilym Meberg

Constantly Craving, by Marilyn Meberg, is a book abour desire. We all seem to desire more of everything, and our society tells us to long for more than what we have. More peace, more romance, more excitement, more stuff... In this book, Meberg helps us to understand our cravings and dersires as well as how to manage and control them. She talks about the need for more in marriage, needing more romance, the yearning for meaning in life, and many other topics that tend to always leave us wanting more.

I found this book to be full of great insight and truth from the author, but also found myself getting bored and wandering off in thought about other things. I enjoyed Meberg's encouragement throughout the book about how in heaven, there will be no more craving and desire: We will have the One who created us and who loves us more than life.

I would probably recommend this book for people who find themselves not happy or who feel lacking with what they have. The book can help to put into perspective our cravings in life, and also make them manageable.