Our 2010 camping season set sail this past weekend on our adventure to Coldwater Lake Park in Weidman, MI.

The weekend as absolutely gorgeous with high temps and a breeze the entire time.  Had some friends come up for a day/evening.

This campground is just a short drive from where we live, do it makes it a nice first trip out for the season.

All had a great time and we thoroughly enjoyed getting back outdoors in our Roo.

This was the first campground we went to in our Roo back in 2007.

School is almost over!! (sigh) Don't forget everything you have learned this year. Looking back over the year there are alot of things that I can take away from it. One thing I will probably never forget are Coach V's Bible classes. It is only my first year in his Bible class thankfully I have one more.  This year we are learning about The Inner Man. Pretty much an awesome thing to go through. Somethings I learned are: The B-Attitudes coming from Matthew 5, God won't put you in the front until you are willing to be in the back, God sees hidden potential, and inward possiblilities,  what do you want to be doing when Jesus comes back? It could be today, are you ready?, the 7 hardest words to say- I was wrong, will you forgive me?, Lord send me anywhere only go with me, no failure need be final!!!, the value we place on what God has given us a direct reflection of the value we place upon our relationsihp with God, value is not in what you have it's in what you are, these are only a few of the things that were an encouragment to me this year in Bible class. Hope they will encourage you to, even though you weren't there.

Seems absolutely crazy that we've not posted anything new on our blog over the past year and a half.  Crazy how time slips away.

That's not to say that nothing new or exciting hasn't changed in our lives as we've lived it.  God has been faithful as He promised and we are a blessed family far beyond what we deserve.

So where have we been in the past couple of years?  Well, after that long trip in 2008 to DC area and getting sick the excitement kinda wore off for the following camping season.  However, we decided to make it MI State Park's with Beaches Summer.  So we visited the following MI State Parks...

Manistee State Park | Ludington State Park | Young State Park

Any one of these beach state parks you would enjoy.  Great for families and you can't beat the Great Lakes.

For 2008 camping season we did upgrade our tow vehicle from the 2000 Astro van to a 2006 Dodge Durango 5.7L v8 HEMI ... yeah baby!

We'll start posting more ... I promise so check back soon.

Getting sick while camping/traveling was a first for us. Sonja and I picked up the flu from somewhere just before we left D.C. All better now ... at least I think.

D.C. was hot. We kinda forgot that Jenna is only 8 and we dragged her all over the Capitol. She was a trooper. Three of the places we really wanted the girls to experience were The American History Museum, The Arts & Industries Museum, and Ford's Theatre. All of which were closed for renovation. Can you believe it? Guess we'll have to make another trip in the coming years:)

Last Thursday evening Tara picked up the girls and took them for the night. They had a great time hangin with Aunt Tara at the pool on Friday and then Sonja and I met up with them for dinner at her place and fireworks on the 4th. It had been raining hard all afternoon and stopped at the last minute so we loaded up and headed into Frederick for the fireworks. We ended up parking and once they began we couldn't see them because the air was so dense/humid the smoke just hung in the air blocking our view. We had a good laugh and headed back.

Saturday we picked up Tara and headed to Gettysburg so Sonja, Ashli, and Tara could go on a ghost walk. While they were doing that I took Julia and Jenna and went to play mini-golf. We all had a great time.

Monday we headed out for the Philadelphia area KOA and have been here since Monday. We extended our stay by one day because we ended up ill.

Wednesday we went to the Site & Sound Theatre again in Lancaster, PA to see Abraham and Sarah a Journey of Love. This theatre production is top notch and they did a fantastic job once again.

Last night we headed into South Philly for some cheese-steaks at Geno's and Pat's. We tried both on each corner and you'll have to ask the girls which they liked best!

Today we struck out for Valley Forge where George Washington had the winter encampment for the Colonial Army. We've been doing Civil War stuff and the Revolutionary War was a bit different. So much to learn.

Heading for Watkins Glen, NY tomorrow. Until next time...