Can you tell she loves her Daddy? You can almost hear her giggle with glee as she hugs him. That’s love… So pure and sweet      May it only grow stronger with time.

This weekend in addition to enjoying some fishing and campfire doughnuts, we also got to par take in some Pittsburgh Steelers revelry. While camping is always a good time, the reason for our camping trip was so we could spend the afternoon checking up on our boys in the burgh! This was Scott and my third trip to Latrobe, PA to watch the Steelers practice at training camp. It’s always fun to see the players you watch and cheer on T.

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This recipe for warm and gooey deliciousness is courtesy of Scott’s college room mate. It’s not as easy as popping a mallow on a stick and roasting it, but it is oh so worth the effort! You must try camp fire donuts on your next over night camping trip… First you take a can of Pillsbury breadsticks (or a generic equivalent) Pop it open Then you begin to wrap the bread dough around a stick

**Updated Below! Once we finally departed, the kids were ecstatic about our camping trip this weekend. As we were preparing to leave, my son already started talking about the very, important rules of camping, as he’s discovered them over the years. And the number one, most exciting rule is that ** camping is messy! ** This one cracked me up, because while it is true, to hear him talk you would think he grew up in a house where he was never allowed to get dirty.

Van is fully packed… literally, I don’t think we could fit another thing in there. Careful opening the back door, the sleeping bags will fall when you life it up. Kids buckled in. Dog ready to drop off at my friend’s. Wait, forgot the tip of the fishing rod. Back in the house. Scott’s needs a ball cap. Back in the house. After packing, repacking, rearranging the car seats, returning to the house, oh 3 or 4 dozen more times, we are set.

When the summer began I had big goals and plans for myself. I signed up for the Annapolis 10 Mile Run again this year, this time running with several of my high school friends. I had high hopes of running 3 or 4 times a week all summer. I had already envisioned how great my new, sleek running body would look come the end of August. I also enrolled in a Bible Study at a nearby church that was a hosting a Beth Moore study on the book of Esther.

Super Girl! Fighting for justice for little sisters everywhere!! Bad guys (and brothers) beware!!

The kids have been into “experimenting” these days. We even have science journals with which to record our results. (Yes, we can thank Sid the Science Kid for that brilliant idea). It started with freezing stuff. I overheard my son tell his sister with a hushed voice of excitement, “Sis, you watch…we’ll put this cup of water into the freezer and then later when we come back it will be ice.

A few weeks ago we celebrated our youngest child’s second birthday. Naturally on an occasion as significant as a birthday, we had our camera out quite a bit trying to capture every moment of the celebration. It wasn’t till we looked at the pics later on the computer that I realized at perhaps some moments would have been better left, not captured! Since she loves dogs, we did a puppy dog theme for her party.