Little Hikers

In recent years, we have put our hiking shoes on somewhat of a back burner.  We have the Kelty and all, and have gone on a few mini hikes here and there but nothing like before we had children. When we were driving up to the Tree House Camp, we saw a sign for a waterfall and we both knew that before we drove home, we would have to see it. So, once we were on our way home we stopped. We learned it was a 1 mile hike and thought we'd give it a try with the girls.  Jade was mostly on Daddy's shoulders but she did walk a good portion of it.  Hazel was stoked when she picked the most perfect walking stick! We hiked .5 miles to the waterfall, relaxed...put our feet in the stream, drank water, snapped photos, and then headed back to our car which was another .5 miles away.  Our very first family hike was successful!! Little do the girls know that we have many planned for this summer!!!!! 

“Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. For the Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from the heart of anyone who believes in me.’”

John 7:38

Friends With Cool Motorcycles.

God has blesses us with two very special friends.  They are Greg & Liz.  Hazel just adores Liz, she thinks she is "pretty and fancy".  She loves their two dogs, Kiki and Baxter!  Jade and Hazel just adore Greg and Liz so much and get so excited when we get to see them.  They are wonderful, sweet, and generous people and we are honored to call them our friends.

  Here is a picture of Hazel on Greg's Harley.  She cannot wait to take it for a spin, JK!

Love,

MON

Gathland State Park, Maryland.

Before we headed home from our little mini vacation in Maryland and DC, we saw this enormous stone structure on the side of the road, and knew we must stop. It was the location of the home of George Alfred Townsend, a civil war journalist.  The monument was created in order to pay respect to civil war journalists. It was truly beautiful!

Joe was exploring the park, and saw this scripture engraved on one of the buildings, so I thought I'd share.

"I looked for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it..."

Ezekiel 22:30

Love,

Mon

The Tree House Camp

We spent two nights amidst a forest, nestled peacefully in a tree house cabin.  It was truly a lovely adventure in beautiful Maryland.  It was so great to be among treasured family and gorgeous nature.  We were so blessed during this short two day trip and cannot wait to return to our little tree house in the woods.

love,

Mon

"The earth is the LORD's, and everything in it..."

Psalm 24:1

Glorious.

He lives, He lives, Christ Jesus lives today!

He walks with me and talks with me along life's narrow way.

He lives, He lives, salvation to impart!

You ask me how I know He lives? He lives within my heart

Hello Doll Face

Love,

mon

The Mercer Museum

"By 1897 handmade objects were being discarded in favor of new machine-made goods. Historian and archaeologist Henry Mercer (1856-1930) recognized the need to collect and preserve the outmoded material of daily life in America before it was swept away by the Industrial Revolution. Mercer gathered almost 30,000 items ranging from hand tools to horse-drawn vehicles and assembled this encyclopedic collection in a system of his own devising. To enhance the collection's educational value, and to share it with the public, Mercer decided to design and build a museum to display the artifacts."

This past Sunday we decided to visit the Mercer Museum.  My fabulous husband stays up late. Doing what? Researching. Researching what?  I don't now, just about everything. Travel, realty, antique butter churning devices, and of course cool things to do with his family. He learned that this museum was going to be free on Sunday, so we drove nearly and hour to go. It was amazing. It was a castle filled with plenty of amazing things of days gone past, and we didn't see nearly all of it...so we must go back.  We had a grand time!!!

Love,
Mon