change

Next week Micah starts Jr. High youth group.  Rachel came home from school and announced she wants to play violin.  My time is ending in a ministry I love dearly.  Summer is coming with travels and a Bible study to develop and lead.  We're homeschooling in the fall.  I love change, but maybe not quite so much at once!

One change has come that I'm especially ready to embrace, however.  Josiah is not napping most days!!  This gives us so much more flexibility to come and go as we please, rather than plan our days around nap time at home.  So this Sunday, we took advantage of our free time and went on a hike in the woods!!

The first rule of hiking: everyone must have a walking stick.

Micah is excellent at spotting and identifying animal tracks.  The recent rains made them hard to miss.  We saw tracks from deer, raccoons, and perhaps even coyotes?

My favorite threesome!

We love the Imagination Grove at Sugar Grove Nature Center.  The kids could play there for hours.

They could play there for hours, because there's a creek!

The only thing missing is boots, which would be perfect for creek stomping.