Soaking Up His Marvelous Creation!

In January, Bry and I, and the littles enjoyed an overnight camping trip to Guadalupe State Park.  It was beautiful.  It amazes me that you can drive just a bit north of this crazy big city we live in--head into the Texas Hill Country and soon be wrapped up in some of God's sweetest handiwork!

See for yourself . . .

We had the most glorious sunshiny day . . .

perfect for a nice long hike . . .

with a short stop to swing on some vines,

as we headed toward the river!

I started to take a picture and noticed

my shadow on the tree--

so I summoned everyone to join me.

Aren't we tall?

Teddi finds a vine . . .

and then we find the river!

Breathtaking reflections!

Littles meet big . . .

a Texas sized tree, for sure!

So peaceful . . .

make that peaceful with a side of Teddi giggles.

Isn't God's attention to detail amazing?

I asked for a volunteer to hug the tree

so you could see how chunky it was!

(The littles were already two steps ahead!)

So much to explore . . .

a little boy doing what little boys do!

Look how clear the water is!

More reflections . . .

and then another . . . with ripples--

courtesy of Brogan!

We decided we liked the ripples!

Blue skies make me happy.

We heard some scurrying and found

ourselves being visited by an armadillo . . .

(look to Ted's left), he wasn't nearly as excited about us

as we were about him!

As the sun began to sink low 

it warmed the rock wall on the 

opposite side of the river . . .

 golden.

Pods dangling and

dancing in the breeze . . .

An old man tree wearing a large moustache .  . .

Creation at its finest.

A tenacious cactus thriving on the face of the rock.

Brogan makes a splash . . .

and Teddi adds her own.

So fun.  So simple.

So grateful to be absolutely surrounded,

 by beauty.

Like an all you eat . . .

nature buffet --

 feast for the eyes!

Our campsite was splendid and huge . . .

with some crazy big rocks

(and a cutie patootie lil' camper girl).

Bry + Camping = HAPPY, HAPPY man

The kids were excited to find this tree

with a secret hiding place--it 

reminded us of a Hershey's Kiss!

Cute baby cacti . . .

and the littles preparing the breakfast sausage.

Faithful companions

 to the boy (love the camping smudges) . . .

and the girl.

Life  . . .

in the slow lane . . .

at its finest.

Blessings from my nest~

Tina