Praise

Thank you for all of your comments. It is so uplifting to hear encouragements from friends and to praise God together. Many people have alongside us in our darkest moments and it is time to celebrate God's goodness together.

I found my camera and spent some time organizing my pictures so I thought I would post some pictures of the highlights over the last few months. Starting off with our amazing Gift: a week at Barnabas Family Camp.

                                               The Amazing View from Our Room
                                          

                                         We had fun trying our hand at Tennis, Hockey, Basketball ect.
                                          It was great to play together as a family again

                                         
                                              Robinhood family fair. Lots of Laughs lots of fun

                                           Water front fun trying out the Kayaks and Water trampoline

                                          

                                         Sipping on Milkshakes, Tyler ends up with more on his face than in his tummy

                                         Ty had his first tubing experience and is still a little shocked by it

The next blessing was our first camping trip of the year with our good friends Curt, Cindy and Logan. We missed out on summer camping so we were itching to get the van out to the woods. Alice Lake in Squamish was a long awaited camping delight!

Our October Family get away was exactly what we needed: Adventure, Solitude, Wilderness and Each other. We set off on an epic endeavor to reach some remote hot springs on a road that is not cut out for an old VW van loaded with a family of five and more gear than you can imagine. We had to turn back before reaching our destination; however in spite of our disappointment we found the most breathtaking camping spot on the way back to Harrison Lake. The days flew by as we built forts out of tarps, played serious games of quarry with our diggers, went on treasure Hunts, climbed rocks and logs, collected pebbles and walked along the beach. We even saw a seal in the lake. We went to bed at 7 pm with the kids and got more sleep than we have had in months. Although camping in October is a bit of work to say the least, we still spent the majority of the time playing together. The best part of the whole trip was seeing Mike back to his full strength, exuding enthusiasm, energy, and joy.

 Give praise to the LORD, proclaim his name;
   make known among the nations what he has done.
 Sing to him, sing praise to him;
   tell of all his wonderful acts.

1 Chronicles 16:8-9

The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock! 

 Exalted be my God, the Rock, my Savior! 

2 Samuel 22:47

Our family is praising God in a whole new way for His faithfulness, His compassion and His Love.  I live each day with a new appreciation for my husband, my family and the gift of life.