Family Picture of the Whole Family!

When it has been a year and a half since the entire family has all been together, we get a picture! Family is the best, my heart is full.

Crazy face!

Family Camping at Spilt Rock Lighthouse

This past week we went camping as a family up at Split Rock Lighthouse on the north shore. We were blessed with beautiful, sunny weather the entire time. We enjoyed hiking at Gooseberry Falls, looking for agates, and swimming in Lake Superior. The water felt warm and it was very refreshing to swim! We loved our bonding time as a family.

Brothers

The view from our campsite!

The stars were gorgeous!

On one of the days camping we started an annual tradition we are calling Family Day. I got the idea from Sally Clarkson's book, The Life Giving Home. We read Joshua 4:1-9 about Joshua and his men making a rock memorial to God in gratitude for all of the ways God has provided for us in the past year. We each took a turn saying a way that God provided for us this past year and I wrote each down in a notebook. We had the kids build a rock memorial as we each came up with a way that God provided for our family. It was an awesome experience. 

At the end of our camping experience we promised the kids we would stop in Beaver Bay to visit the Agate store. We all loved it and came home with some treasures. 

Asa's Geology Birthday Party!

Yesterday we celebrated Asa's 5th birthday by having a Geology birthday party! Asa asked to have a geology birthday party because he loves special rocks and he wants to be a geologist like Papa when he grows up. We had fun decorating with rocks and Nana and I made a special geode birthday cake! Asa enjoyed breaking open a treasure chest piñata filled with yummy candy. Asa received many gifts from family and he was so excited as he opened them all. Thank you everyone for many his 5th birthday a memorable one!

Family is the best!

The kids enjoyed helping Nana and I decorate the geode cake.

The geode cake!

Pure joy opening all of his presents!

Fun T-shirt for Asa!

Chocolate rock candy!

Asa and all of his presents! Wow!

We love our sweet boy!

Asa received 2 oak digging kits for his birthday and he loved digging out all of the beautiful rocks inside!

Asa driving his remote control car in our backyard.

Out to eat at Good Earth as a family to celebrate Asa's birthday.