For the last 5 years, Jared and I have been attempting to balance our family life with ministry. It becomes difficult when we don't go to an office from 9-5 every day. So, our latest attempt at carving out family time as come in the form of Family Fun Saturdays. In spite of the relentless teasing and mockery we receive from our teammates (in love and possibly jealousy), this has turned out to be one of the best things we have done for our family. We don't answer cell phones or e-mails and for the most part we don't even discuss work. We just do something fun together as a family. We live in a pretty small town, so our options are a bit limited, but we try and get creative every now and then. This last Saturday, we decided to head down to one of the rivers near our house. It is about a 40 minute drive but definitely worth it. Caleb got to play in the sand and the water (although the water was pretty cold!). He had a great time and I enjoyed watching him and Jared play together on the shore. We took a picnic lunch and just enjoyed the afternoon as a family. Here are a few pictures from our Family Fun Saturday.
This is my favorite shot of the day! He was so cute and filthy with sand and loving every minute of it.
He is such a curious little boy. He stood for long periods of time just watching nature.
We brought one of his trucks. He took it with him everywhere and gave it several baths in the river.
He kept pushing over the chair Jared was trying to build for him.
He didn't sit for long at all that day, but I did manage to get a picture of him sitting in the sand.
Mothers please tell me that your kids liked to throw sand too. And even if they didn't, fib and tell me they did so I feel better about his penchant for throwing sand!
Jared dug a hole for Caleb to play in while he was making a chair for him. Of course...Caleb wanted to see what was IN the hole. I am sure you can see where this is going.
He slid down into the hole. You can see Jared tried to rescue him but he went in pretty fast!
After that he decided it was best to sit on the edge of the hole rather than stand!
Here is a short video of Caleb in the water with his Dad. Watch closely at the end as he blows you kisses! It is priceless!
4 comments:
MORE!! Loved it all. How wise of you both to make sure that family time is carved out. Yes, all children like to throw sand. No one knows why, I'm sure!!
That's a great idea! Family Fun Saturdays is a great idea ;) Awesome! Great pics too!!
As they get older, it gets harder and harder to carve out family time so enjoy it now!!! This is why I love dinner time at the table (which doesn't happen much during baseball season!). And yes, Jason did about anything (throw, slide into, roll around in,...) with dirt so I assume that it's the same idea. Now he still slides around in it when he's playing baseball...he just has to refrain from throwing it. The umpires would probably frown on that.
Loved the video. I actually laughed out loud.
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