Him & Me

I was actually working on a homeschooling post for today but while editing the pictures from our recent camping trip, I came across these.

I could not resist sharing them.

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I asked my eight year old to take some pictures of Nick and I while on a nature walk.

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He then proceeded to do a spin and shoot move.

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It cracked me up.

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I treasure these.

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This man is pretty special.

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I feel like marriage is a daily choice to choose kindness.

So many things could be said that would not be kind but life is so much better when you choose kindness.

A tone of voice can say so much.

I am so blessed to be with someone who chooses kindness.

Black Fork Mountain Trail, Ouachita National Forest ~Day 3

After three nights at the non-electric site we moved to one with electricity.

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It was kind of crazy that we had the whole area to ourselves!

Have you ever stayed in an empty campground?

It is odd.

And a bit creepy.

But also nice.

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We did the Black Fork Mountain Trail on our third day.

It is a pretty difficult trail for about two miles but then you are hiking along a ridge and it has a lot of nice views.

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The wind here was crazy!

It tried to blow us off many times.

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The boys loved it!

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This man makes me so happy.

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30!

I told Nick to take pictures of me on my last day of being 30.

For some reason I feel like the day before my birthday is a bigger deal than my actual birthday.

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We cooked everything on this little stove.

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It is nice because it only needs little sticks to burn.

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creek

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I went down to the creek near the campground to take pictures.

And skip rocks…

Is it odd that I felt like it was a great day before my birthday because I successfully skipped multiple rocks?

I was pretty excited.

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I am usually a horrible rock skipper.

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This tree was begging for a photo shoot.

This kid cracks me up.

He was humming and swinging his hips the whole time…

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