LOTS & LOTS OF LOVE & MEMORIES

This photograph was taken a LLLOOONNNGGG time ago, when your parents were young. If you look closely you'll see either your mom or dad when she/he was young. We were on one of our family camping trips. Camping is one of the "recreational activities" (see the Family Proclamation) that we enjoyed.



In fact, family camping is one of my favorite memories, because it was time spent all together most of the time. We camped, hiked, fished, cooked on a camp fire or camp stove, and slept in sleeping bags.

At first we camped in tents, but then we bought a tent trailer. One summer we took a trip that required driving to a new camp site almost every day. Our kids got to be experts at putting the tent trailer up and down! They developed a system and got faster every time. They were pretty amazing.

Ask your mom or dad to tell you some of their favorite memories of these camping trips. Maybe it was the time that a tennis ball ended up in the spaghetti sauce. Maybe it was one of Grandpa's scary bedtime stories. Maybe it was one of the times we saw a bear. Maybe it was one of the times we got snowed on.

I hope you take pictures and write down your thoughts and feelings about the things your family does together so you will have great memories like I do.

I love you!