Little Camper

Every summer of our childhood, Joe and I went camping with our family on Pymatuning Lake which gives a fabulous view of the Pennsylvania shoreline. In the early years we tent camped. Then we progressed to a pop-up camper and finally a hard-sided trailer with bunk beds! My dad still keeps the tradition alive, but now with a most impressive camper with all of the luxeries of home. That's my kinda camping. Asher and I decided to join him for a short trip last week and the little guy impressed us with his natural camping abilities. (Mainly he slept well in his Pack 'n Play and loved being outside all day long) Here's some video footage of our camping adventure. We can't wait to go back!

Asher's First Camping Trip from Sara Martin on Vimeo.

20 Weeks Today

Here's a pic of me and my girl, halfway through our prenatal adventure. I've always heard fuss about super bad morning sickness and yada yada when you're pregnant with a girl, but I've gotta say, I've never felt better! What a blessing to be able to enjoy this pregnancy and still be in full effect for my 10 month old buddy. Thanks Lord for taking care of us. Yet again...

10 Months

June 12th officially began 10 months for this little guy!

Intuitive Blog Readers

Well my dear blog-reading friends, seems like many of you (18 or 64% of you) were right on the money! We are having a GIRL! I am shocked and THRILLED. I was really thinking there was another little man in there. So thanks for your fun votes and speculations, accurate or not. We can't wait for our little girl. I'm gonna have a daughter.... :) :) :)

Time for a little fun

Okay, sorry, this just cracks me up...

Purposeful Motherhood

Some time ago I came across a wonderfully stirring blog: Inspired to Action. It's another one of those blogs by a mom who has the amazing ability to mother full time and come up with awe inspiring blog posts like everyday. What... Even though this mom seems to have it all together which is kind of obnoxious (I know a lot of people appear to be that way but then are really just messes, but this lady might be the real deal), she has some very, well, inspiring messages. One of them being about purposeful motherhood. I really needed to read this. Trust me, never have I enjoyed a job more than being a full time mama. But it's easy to lose that vision, purpose, whatever you want to call it amidst the everyday mundane. So I took "Kat's" advice and came up with a mission statement to keep coming back to monthly, weekly, daily even. Here's what I came up with. And friends, please feel free to hold me to this!

To give love and patience continually, to not just teach the Lord’s ways but also to live them, to foster a healthy lifestyle both physically and emotionally, to encourage my children to be sensitive to others, the earth and people around the world.

This is just one statement that's a part of a bigger mission statement in conjunction with other roles in my life: Christ follower, wife, homemaker. Here are the steps I followed if you're interested in gaining focus in all/any areas or your life through a mission statement. Please share if you decide to take the plunge!

Finding out

Everyone has their opinions about finding out or not finding out the sex of an unborn baby. With Asher we chose to keep it a surprise (even though most people thought he was gonna be a boy) and loved that experience. However, this time around we are going to find out. June 15th is the ultra sound. I've got my hunch as to what the peanut is. You've got 10 days to make your vote! (see above)