Eric and Lisa
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Camp fires, cabins, and long drives
08/22/2007 08:12 PM | Travel
Wow, it's
been forever since we've updated this thing, and over
a month and a half since I've contributed. I got
super busy during the last teaching session since I
ended up teaching a full load of four classes due to
a shortage of teachers. I had two weeks off
afterwards, but we spent those going camping at Lake
Monroe with our good friends Cary and David, and then
taking a trip down to Kentucky and Tennessee to see
some family and good friends.
While we were camping, we had the awesome experience of viewing a meteor shower at midnight. Cary asked Eric a bunch of space questions that I had never thought of before, and I ended up being reminded how smart and cool my husband is. It's amazing to even try to fathom how vast our universe really is and very humbling to realize that our lives really are just a "blip" in time.
During our Kentucky trip, we had the pleasure of spending some time at Eric's brother's family's house. Rob and Anne have two kids who are just the cutest and coolest niece and nephew I can imagine. Ian had a lot of fun playing with them, and us adults had a lot of fun watching them all.
From
there, we went to Tennessee to meet up with some of
our best friends who now live very far away. We
stayed in a cabin in the Smoky Mountains and pretty
much just played a lot of games and ate a lot of
homemade food. On our way back, we stopped again in
Kentucky to see my uncle's family and spend the night
at the Long's, some very good friends of ours who
used to be at Bethel College, but now are located at
Asbury Seminary. We always go away from their house
encouraged and challenged to be good parents. The
Long's certainly are a good example to us.
I guess the biggest thing I'm feeling right now is supreme thankfulness for the wonderful friends and family we have. The past two weeks, while busy, were incredibly relaxing and rejuvenating simply because we were always in such good company. How fortunate we are to know so many quality people and to be able to spend time with them.
--Lisa
While we were camping, we had the awesome experience of viewing a meteor shower at midnight. Cary asked Eric a bunch of space questions that I had never thought of before, and I ended up being reminded how smart and cool my husband is. It's amazing to even try to fathom how vast our universe really is and very humbling to realize that our lives really are just a "blip" in time.
During our Kentucky trip, we had the pleasure of spending some time at Eric's brother's family's house. Rob and Anne have two kids who are just the cutest and coolest niece and nephew I can imagine. Ian had a lot of fun playing with them, and us adults had a lot of fun watching them all.
I guess the biggest thing I'm feeling right now is supreme thankfulness for the wonderful friends and family we have. The past two weeks, while busy, were incredibly relaxing and rejuvenating simply because we were always in such good company. How fortunate we are to know so many quality people and to be able to spend time with them.
--Lisa
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