Out In The Trailer

Here we are again at the NAFA (Northwest Adoptive Families Association) campout. NAFA is an organization that daddy works with a lot and who has supported us A LOT during the last year. It was this campout last year that was the only time we got to "camp" in the trailer anywhere but the hospital. And it was this campout last year that we left from, going straight to the hospital Sunday afternoon and starting radiation Monday at 6am. A year ago. Wow, it only seems like yesterday. So much has happened in the last year.

It was a tough decision on what to do this weekend. We have always (4-5 years anyway) come to this campout. But then this weekend we also have a family reunion happening up in Washington that we are missing, Grandma M is camping somewhere else in Washington and wanted us to come, and we had a wedding of a friend to go to. When it came down to it, however, this was going to be play time for the girls and given how much NAFA has supported us it only seemed right. We make homemade donuts every year and they are greatly adored. This year we will make about 200.

We came to camp Thursday evening and Friday daddy had to go take off a couple of hours away to place a newborn baby. Mommy and Rebekah and Sarah got to spend all day at the campground. The rode bikes (with the girls in a trailer), played on the swings, ate junk food, pulled a wagon and generally had a good time. THIS is what girls are supposed to be doing. It's weird to be normal again and we are loving every minute of it right now. Tonight there was a hotdog roast and all the kids were running around playing with other kids. It was neat to see.

Hopefully tomorrow or the next day we will have some pictures. Praise God for good times; life is good; my girls are good; I am happy.