Camping Trip Number One

OKAY--whoever talked me into this camping thing seriously needs to repent. All of my friends, you know who you are, that told me about all of the fun and the memories and yadda yadda yadda........

LIES...ALL LIES! I darn near lost my religion going camping for five days with this crew. OH LAWDY! I have fully decided that I am not a great camping mom.

I did learn a few lessons on this past trip. Lesson number one is that I will NEVER forget my Progessence Plus oil at home EVER again! I packed all necessary essential oils ahead of time and completely forgot the one that I use every night to keep away the "mom crazies".

Second lesson is that I need to have a schedule of things for my kiddos to do that includes SCHEDULED times at the pool, playground, etc ahead of time. Then they MAY not beg to go in five different directions all at the same time.

Third lesson is that Mommy NEEDS down time. I didn't realize exactly how much! I am used to a 5am wake up where noone else gets up until closer to 6am. This gives me an hour for showering, reading, praying and journaling. When I miss this time I am NOT myself!

Lesson number four is that when my brain is being fed my heart is also. I am an education junkie. Constantly learning by means of videos, YouTube or books. When I do not get time to feed my brain's desire for education that I am passionate about--I get cranky!

Lesson number five and probably the MOST important that I learned is two fold. One part is that God is SO gracious and will get you through ANYTHING when you ask Him with a pure and sincere heart. Second part is that lessons one through four don't really matter as long as my kids make memories, I get to chat with God even if it's not quiet all around me, and He shows me things I wouldn't have seen in the peace and quiet moments. Chaos can open your eyes ;)

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