2009 Annual Family Camping Trip

Average July temps for MN/WI - 90's
Temp for our camping trip (average) 50's !

Yikes it was a cold one, but yet another great time. Funny how great company, family, food, and a little firewood (okay lots of firewood) can turn your mind from the cold weather into a great weekend!
This year we camped at the same place as 2007, which is an Army Corp of Engineers campground just 60 mins east of the cities. We had the pleasure of being joined by our usual suspects and for her 2nd Johnson family camping, a returnee, my friend Nicole from NM and her son Joshua (age 4). I think Joshua had the best time ever!

We ate great food, pretty much 24/7 and played lots of games (you are looking at the 2009 cribbage champion), searched for the 2nd annual Yule bucket (found by my Samantha) and talked and talked. We even got my dad's iteranary for his 2010 hike along the Applacian Trail.

I didn't get any pictures, but there were people in the group lurking with cameras so I hope we can get a few copies of that and I will post.

It was fun to get our minds of the stresses of adoption and tell family and friends of our new daughter who will be joining us on 2010's annual family camping trip!

Still paperchasing

Just so you don't think we fell off the face of the earth. Right now I am scrambling to gather paperwork from far and wide. I actually do sit down with my SW and go over everything we have collected so far, make sure we have it all and it will pass (notaries signatures, dates, etc...). If it is all good and I can send it off for state sealing and then off to the main Bethany office for final approval and then off to Ethiopia! It sounds so far away but the next couple of weeks lots of things will be determined.

The summer is going much faster than I would like, but loving July so far.

Prayer requests: I can't be specific, but we have a major hurdle to overcome please keep us in your prayers while we try to handle it with the Lords grace and timing.