2008JeffJourney

Track or Treat

October 30, 2010

 
The kids were delighted to hear the their cousins schedule included their church's Track or Treat celebration. They planned for days their costume - one civil war soldier, a pirate and a snake.

My sister and her crew manned the popcorn machine.

   
M- got his cousin to paint him a mouse.

Uncle doled out the candy. The kids'll be set till Easter.

M- tried an Almond Joy for the first time. He nixed the almond and didn't like the coconut.

That's ok. There's plenty of other candy in the bag!

 

A-'s favorite place of the evening.

   

 She thinks her cousin is pretty special.

 
 



 

Hiking the Pinnacles

 
7 of the 13 cousins

October 30, 2010

This beautiful fall day we hiked on "the Pinnacles" trails to a series of rocky ledges that overlook the town of Berea, KY.

L at the top with a back drop of the farm fields of Berea. 
 
 
 
 The kids enjoyed the ledges more than my sister or I would like sometimes.

 

A Picnic at the top feuled us for the way back down.
 

 
 Scout
  

We met a dog named Tillie... 

... who accompanied us on much of the hike. What a life!


 A- gets help on the way down.

 
 

 

An Evening of Sports and Photography

October 29, 2010

 
 
Shortly after we arrived, we packed up again and headed to Frankfort for two games. This is the first time we've been able watch my nephew (#10) play basketball and my nieces (#12 & #13) play volleyball on their home school teams.

The Crowd sitting in the chosen spot behind the net; 

certainly not the safest place but we sure did pay attention!
   A- adores her aunt.

 
The boys played a great fast paced game.

All Things Lovely

October 29, 2010

 

A Road Trip with the Three Littlies

Blue Skies and Changing Leaves

Miles of rolling hills, farm land, baled hay and donkeys

Listening to Little Lord Fauntleroy

A picnic lunch with a Scenic View

 A Short Tour of a museum 

honoring an amazing man who was able to accomplish

the feat of getting on paper his tribal language.
 

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Arriving at my sister's home with 15 minutes to spare to head to the capitol city for....
 

Day of Adventure #7

October 15, 2010

The day called for a stroll in the zoo.

Learning about Gorrillas.

And other creatures.

Even at the zoo, A- can find pretty shoes she wants to buy.

Posing at every opportunity.

And feeding some hungry birds that are "so nice."

Make Me Thy Fuel, Flame of God

October 23, 2010

*** kneading the dough for Roti

Our family is praying about joining K in her adventure next summer in Asia for one week on the ship. It is unknown as to yet which port they will be in or if they'll have room for our family, but if God works out the details, we'll go.

So for Family Fun Night this week our goal was to learn a little bit about India. We've been following Sonlight's My Passport to India video series about a man named Chris and his 10 day journey to India to find more about the work that Mission India is doing in the country.

***Dum Ka Keem in process

Tonight we enjoyed a recipe for Dum Ka Keem recommended by a friend and learned how to make Roti (flat bread) complements of Manjula's You tube video. Try as we may we couldn't get them to puff up quite like she did but our finished products were tasty when wrapped around the meat.

Our evening finished with an inspiring Torchlighter's animated version of the story of Amy Carmichael. This missionary to India is best known for rescuing children. Her heart's desire was summed up in this quote:

Give me the Love that leads the way
The Faith that nothing can dismay
The Hope no disappointments tire
The Passion that'll burn like fire
Let me not sink to be a clod
Make me Thy fuel, Flame of God

Fiona Flats Bring Great Joy

October 20, 2010

No one in here knows how pretty my shoes are, A- giggled as she made the observation after surveying the hurrying customers at our local grocery store. She had seen these particular shoes, Leopard Fiona Flats, in the store the day before and exclaimed, "These are so awesome!" And she would like everyone to know it.

The Journey Home

October 18, 2010

Location: Heading back to GA along the long lonely road of I-16.

Lunch Stop: L & I are reading aloud Eat More Chikin: Inspire More People in preparation for a field trip to the corporate office of Chick-fil-A, so she begged to stop at Chick-fil-A in Beaufort for lunch. This trip we finally read the chapter as to how Chick-fil-A began. On the wall was one of his quotes, Food is essential for life, therefore make it good. Our food was enjoyed by all.

Our sunrise excursion gave us a good start to the day so we actually had the camper packed up and were off the site by 10:30. We headed over to the nature center hoping to have them identify some of our photographed creatures only to find they were closed. After a stroll on the fishing pier enjoying the company of some animated asian ladies fishing for crabs, a fisherman that had his line snapped by a very large and fast fish, and a couple pointing out frolicking dolphins, we were on the road by 11:30 a.m.

  

We had a fairly uneventful ride chatting with K as she was getting ready for bed on the ship in Malta.

One diversion was a gas stop off of 16 at a BP gas station that also has a "petting" zoo. For $1 per person we got to see a menagerie of creatures bending the wire fencing straining to get at the meager bag of food we carefully tossed their way. Perhaps the most entertaining, and sad, creature was the huge toothless bull that opened his mouth giving the clue that we were to throw the food onto his tongue. A far cry from the natural habitat that we had been experiencing for the past week.

7 p.m. We pulled into our familiar cul-de-sac ready for dinner, ready to rejoin J&E and to get ready to head back to Konos in the morning.

Watching the Sunrise

October 18, 2010

 

It was E's idea to watch the sunrise with her dad one of the mornings. They enjoyed their time so much, we decided to do the same the last morning in the campground. Waking everyone at 7 a.m. was a chore when we had grown accustomed to sleeping in. But with the birds singing all around us we made the jaunt to the beach in time to watch the sun rise above the horizon. How Great Thou Art rang through my head as I gazed at the beauty and enjoyed one last walk on the beach.

 

 

Exploring the Island by Bike

October 13-18, 2010

***Picnicking at the Nature Center overlooking the inlet

 

The hardy headed out one morning to tackle the bike trails going the length of the island from the campground past the lighthouse and on to the nature center. The first trail zips up and down rolling hills through tight dirt and root filled paths lined with saw palmettos leaving even the fittest a bit winded. Around the middle of the island the paths become more level and are wider.

 

E&L were separated from the others for a bit and look what slithered across their path!

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Another fun place that everyone enjoyed was biking by the sea. Our campsite was close to the walkway to the beach so often times the kids would take their bikes instead of walking.

Also at low tide the ride from the lighthouse to the campground is beautiful.

Part of the coast is covered with this driftwood forest.