We arrived!!!! Everyone is happy to be at Bearskin Lodge in Grand Marais MN. My siblings and cousins look forward to this trip all year. This is my first time up here and since I can't ski or snowshoe or sled or skate or snowmobile, I'm not really sure what everyone is so excited about. But tonight after we got unpacked we all met in the lodge for a very yummy dinner and then listed to a musher give a fireside talk about sled dogs and mushing. Some of my siblings and cousins have ridden in a sled pulled by dogs before, I guess they might go again this weekend. After that mommy and I went back to our lodge room, but most everyone else went out for a 10pm sleigh ride and hot cocoa
It happens so quick! One day they are born, so tiny and new ... we are priviledged to watch as they learn and they grow ... and one day we'll watch as they take flight all on their own. Its beautiful really, but it happens so quick. We want to cherish and remember and never forget the blessings we are living today. Some journal, some scrapbook, and some of us blog ... its all about cherishing the memories God gives us today.
Our family began taking photos of our baby girl everyday in 2008, hoping to watch and see as she grows. Being our 5th child we were worried we might miss something. Then we relized that if we put them all on a blog, our friends and family could watch her grow, too.
We did get a picture almost everyday for her first year. Enjoy her photos and stories here:
http://www.myfirstdaysoflife.blogspot.com/