Camping
Another school year is in the books, and while it always goes by fast, this one felt like the fastest yet. And now the oldest has only one more year of high school ahead of him...the middle is thriving in high school and ready to take on his second year...and my baby is ready to begin a new chapter in middle school. All of which seems hard for my mama heart to comprehend, but at the same time loving this stage of life we're in. For the past several years the boys and I (and Chad when he can get away from the farm) have gone camping at the beach right after school is out to celebrate the end of another year. I booked this year's trip not knowing how many other things were going to be happening over that same time...and honestly, I wanted to cancel...it was the easier thing to do considering all the coming and going we would need to do. But when I talked about it with the boys, I realized how much they wanted to go...that they look forward to that time,...