Koning family: Camping - REAL Camping

Once upon a time....

Flash back to 1999, we were a family of four. Happy in our new roomy house and comfortable in our ways. A few years later, the Lord blessed us with an additional little package, little boy #3. Now we were a family of five and sure that would be the end. As time moved on, so did we. The Lord used the time that passed to open our eyes to His will. Several years ago, Bob and I individually heard the call to adoption. It has been a long "pregnancy", but during this incubation time, the Lord has brought us to where He wants us to be. Spring 2010, we traveled to Ethiopia where two little angels were waiting for the Lord's timing - to become our children. Now we are home and can't imagine life any differently! What a blessing to be in His will.

Galatians 4:5 says "God sent Christ to buy freedom for us, who were slaves to the law, so that He could adopt us as his very own children." We are just following his model. A Perfect picture of salvation.

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Camping - REAL Camping

Not just a hotel on wheels, but camping at a camp ground for the expressed purpose of doing NOTHING! We did just that last weekend. And it was wonderful! We took the kids' bikes and jump ropes, footballs and scooters. There was a playground and we had a great time making s'mores! The weather was beautiful and we all had a blast. Enjoy the pictures.

Yummy S'mores! We usually have Hershey's chocolate bars for the chocolatey part of the S'more, but I thought it would be fun to shove a Hershey's kiss into the marshmallow....unfortunately I didn't account for the tip of the chocolate kiss cracking through the graham cracker. We made it work though - we just bit off the tip of the chocolate kiss before sticking it in the marshmallow.

Nardos is so good at butchering the English language. Each day, she would ask me if we were going to make "marsh-melons". What a cutie!

Beti thoroughly enjoyed the S'mores!

We fed the fish at the marina. They were huge and VERY eager to eat the fish food we were throwing in!

Blue Springs Lake Marina

Yes! Those are fish - scrambling for the little nuggets of food.

This is Peanut (the dog) on his first camping trip. Alex was happy to sit in the camper and keep Peanut company. Peanut was OK, but probably won't go on many more trips. He was freaked out at every little noise. The fact that the campground allowed dogs (on a leash, of course) added to the wide variety of smells that he had to sort through just to find a place to wee! He was a little out of his element. I think next time, he will hang out with Grandpa for the weekend!