Camp ReTREAT!

We just went on our first camping trip of the year and

all I can say is Thank the LORD for campsites!

This seems to be the only time that

we can get away and actually enjoy relaxing and 

enjoy just family. We go camping with four other families,

and they are great! We did however, spend quit a bit

of time on our own this camping trip. We played football

in the yard, went swimming at the little lakeside

beach, took walk (lots of walks LoL), and cooked our meal

over campfires. 

After coming home, and going back to reality, can I just

say that I would totally sell everything I own, buy a big camper

and travel with my kids and homeschool them! What

a great dream to be living!! My kids learn more

in one trip seeing things with their own eyes than they learn

in a year of reading out of a book. Teachers and schools

are wonderful, but nothing can replace real life experiences. 

How many people would say 'I would rather read about the

Grand Canyon than actually see it in person'...  no one, Ever!

We have come home to lots of major decisions that need to be made

and no real mindset on what to do. We are trying to find a bigger house

that is in the school zone that we want, but have to get our 

house on the market first. We just put $35000 worth of work

and upgrades in our house, no realizing we would be zoned

for a different school that we had been attending... that money is a loss.