Camp + a beautiful sunrise

Last weekend we had a wonderful time at a family Bible camp in Oklahoma at the Robber's Cave State Park. We were so thankful to be able to go and for the time we had there! The messages, singing, and fellowship was a blessing. The hiking, climbing, and volleyball during the day; looking up at the stars at night; playing "catch phrase", "actionary", and singing around the campfire was all so fun. 

Looking out of our cabin we stayed in

Is it just me or is my brother getting more handsome everyday?! 

A full playground of happy children

We had so much fun climbing the rocks

Robber's Cave, where a long time ago, real robbers hid here. There was a place where they kept their horses as well. In the above picture Caden and Rylan were having fun sliding down that slippery rock to the bottom ... over and over again :)

Weeee!

Mom was a photo-bomber, haha

Rylan's face though .. :'D

VERY early Sunday morning Dylan, a friend, and I hiked to the top of the "mountain" to watch the sunrise. 

From when we first got to the top to when the sun rose.

"Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD'S name is to be praised."

-Psalm 113:2&3

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-Another little brother or sister on the way! :D

-The devotional "My Utmost for His Highest"

-Making this "adventure fund" jar

-Going to a cute little creation museum with my family

-Midnight, our 15 year old "little panther" and sweetest cat ever

-Paige's peanut butter cookies

-Sewing a burlap curtain for my room

-Lilliana joining me one morning to "help" me feed the animals :)

-The Miles family coming down and staying with us over labor day weekend! Thank you for visiting us! The picnic, hiking, volleyball, roasting s'mores, playing Balderdash, and all was so fun. :D

-Lilliana starting to call me "Ashee" <3

-A four wheeler ride in the dark with my brother

-PARASAILING!

-Running into old friends at places in town

-The adorable hummingbirds that came to our flower bush when it was blooming

-Time to journal at Flat Creek

-Swimming at a lake

-A lunch at Steak 'n' Shake with the whole family

-A friend doing this to my water bottle before giving it back to me (I'd forgotten it in their car), the inside was filled with smarties too

-Going to a sweet friend's wedding

-Joshua's new kitten, Fuzz Ball

-Getting to meet and hold my best friend's precious baby <3

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Wow! Sorry for the lack of posting everyone! I hope to do better this next month ... which starts tomorrow, whoa, I can't believe that!

"O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in Him."

-Psalm 34:8

NE/WY/CO

June 19th-26th Mom, Paige, Lilliana, and I went from MO to NE,WY,CO, WY, NE, quick stop in IA, and back to MO! Get ready for a bunch of pictures! =D

Colorado

Went to the beautiful Estes Park

Being goofy in the CO river =P

In NE we got my cousin, Cameron, to come with us...

...and I'm so glad we did, he added so much hilariousness to our trip! :))

Lilli enjoyed the backpack ride =)

Trying on each other's sunglasses

I love Estes Park, so beautiful!

Mom, Paige, and my cousin Cameron got to go on a trail ride at Sombrero Horse Ranch! I stayed behind with Lilliana because I decided I'd ride my friend's horse where we were staying in Wyoming. :)

Mom was glad she got this horse because he looks like my old horse, Sam

Paige and Cam on their horses

About to start off on an hour trail ride

Snow covered mountains in the distance

Wyoming

We had fun playing Foosball and ping pong 

It was great seeing my friend, Addison, again!

Love this picture, Cam had such a blast!

And Paige riding!

Rock climbing at Vedauwoo! It was awesome!

Beautiful Wyoming sunsets

Nebraska

Don't let that smile fool you, she was a bad traveler! =/ She loved the breaks though.

It was great getting to see a lot of family that we haven't seen in a long time!

My Mom and my Aunt Lisa

With Aunt Madeline and Aunt Lois =)

Mom and Grandma

My Grandma with Paige! We had a good visit with my aunt Tracy, Great Grandma, and Grandpa too.

Everyone loved getting to see Lilli-bug! ;)

And I love my crazy and cute cousins! =)

***3 things***

1. I'm sure y'all noticed that I re-designed my blog! What do you think about it??? =)

2. Finally updated the "About Me" and "Meet my Family" pages if you wanna check them out!

3. Coming up next will be our trip to Topeka, KS to see Clinton Anderson (who is and always will be my favorite horseman-he's the best)!!!