Return to Blogging

Well, after a long hiatus, I am returning to blogging.  May, June, July, and August were so blissful with no commitments other than the plans we made each day or week. For our family, September brings with it cooler weather, new routines, practice schedules, and hunting.  

Before jumping right into our current life-learning, I want to savor and deep-dive into the experiences gleaned from our no-commitment summer.

After a super fast trip to Texas for a wedding, we settled into a relaxed routine of reading and playing games in the morning and swimming in the afternoon.  Each of us loved this time of slower mornings, even though often bubba and I would go mountain biking early before everyone else woke.  We tend to be the early birds here.    

Daily activities included hiking, catching crawfish at the river, creating rope swings in trees, floating the river, boating, paddle boarding, and swimming.  

Of course, being an avid hunting family, there were some hunting experiences mixed in our summer.  Bubba got his first turkey.  What a wonderful  way to learn patience!  My husband also shot his first black bear after hunting this bear for 3 years! Another practice in patience. 

GM brought a new addition to our family with Pepper the Rabbit.  She is a Neverland Dwarf and weighs-in towards the heavy end for her breed at 3 lbs.  Pepper is sweet and with a desire to cuddle just like GM wanted, wrapped in a small package of fur.  

One more fun outing to note was our family trip to pick cherries a town over.  Everyone enjoyed climbing ladders to find the juiciest cherries.  Before we knew it, we were taking home 30 lbs of cherries to bake into cobblers, pies, and just enjoy. 

Even though our summer was "commitment free," you can clearly see that it was rich with experiences, learning, love, and life.  Many people believe in order to have a productive summer (or life for that matter), you must adhere to a schedule, be busy, set lots of goals.  I believe there is a time and place for a schedule, being busy, and setting lots of goals.  I just don't believe childhood, especially a childhood summer,  is the time.  Enjoy the experiences!