Breathing Deep... Welcoming Spring!

Sometimes you just need to get away and recenter...

First the fun!  A trip to iFly to try a little indoor skydiving.  So. Much. Fun...

Then some rest and breathing deep!  A week at Lake Mineral Wells State Park with friends.

The stress rolled off the minute we parked our camper and put the kayak in!

Great hiking... Beautiful Days...

Perfect Spring Moments

Amazing Strength... this tree splitting through solid rock!

Then there's this Delicate Beauty...

Fragile flowers belie their determined perseverance
in the face of  such harsh conditions!

Welcoming Spring in Texas!
Sweet Bluebonnets make us smile...

Breathing Deep of Simple Joys

May your week be filled with moments that bring rest for soul and body...

My Love, Always,

                       Jane

Another Camping Trip in the Bag!

So if you've been around the blog for the last few years, you know how much we look forward to our camping trips... and you've probably heard about some of our famously YUCky camping trips... heart be still... they are so very much fun and relaxing and uplifting and absolutely NECESSARY for my sanity!

And the past week was no exception!

Time spent with a group of cherished friends who love us like family

There was a kayak trip or two...

And maybe some crazy hot games of volleyball...

And of course there was food... delicious, get-in-my-belly, camping food!

And bonfires...

And hikes... (on camp roads this year... cuz, well, strollers ya'll)

And smiles... beautiful, sweet smiles and crazy fun moments to fill hearts...

And such beauty for my soul...

It has been a God-gift to celebrate treasured friends this week past.

Is camping work?  Oh my yes...

And messy?  Ummmm, yes!!

Would it be easier to stay home in our comfortable, air-conditioned,

digitally-connected world?

  YES!

But oh what we would be missing!

These friends have held us up when our world was crashing around us...

and have spent time sharing their hearts in beautiful ways.

We.  Are.  Blessed.

Knees bend in gratitude for such a gift.

No matter the heartaches that attend this life, it is worth every messy, hard minute to pack up for this camping trip and re-connect...

Praying you are graced this night with a love and a "family" that is worth every messy, hard minute it takes to share your heart.

Graced, and Blessed and looking for a hot shower!

Always,

               Jane

Sometimes it's Hard...

... but mostly it's Good!  Friendship... 

I was reminded again this week past what a treasure our friends are.  It was our annual camping trip extraordinaire!  With friends.  5 days.  Fun.  Fellowship.  Delightful Grace Break!

 

Some of my favorite people...

22 years of together, ups and downs, smiles and "frowns",

woven into one big beautiful family.

 

Y.U.C. stands for "You Ugly Camping" - don't ask, long story :-)

but we wouldn't trade a minute of this journey together...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The work of friendship in our lives is an undeniable labor of love.  To have kindred spirits who understand your joy and your grief... who get your kind of funny... who welcome you into their messy, crazy lives...

 

that's the love that keeps us going through the valleys,

that puts the smile in our hearts.

 

Praying your weekend finds you all knee-deep in joyful fellowship with one of God's sweetest gifts...

 

Friends!