When Lamon and I were first married we were advised by many peo
ple to take time before we had kids to just enjoy eachother . . . to "have fun." We decided we had better do that and we decided that we would wait a year before we had our first child. Well we both were looking forward to starting a family and the whole waiting a year thing didn't so much happen. After three months we decided, "Hey. Let's have a baby!" So we did. To say that people thought we were crazy is an understatement. I don't know how many times when speaking about having kids we heard people say, "We want to wait to have kids because we want to have fun first"
as if implying that all fun would end after the children arrive. Not that I think that it is wrong for people to have fun first together before they have kids . . . that's great. But if there is anything that we try to do well it is to have fun . . . and believe it or not we do it "with" kids. One of our favorite things to do as a family is go to National Parks. We love to camp and hike and we just enjoy seeing the beautiful Earth that God has created. At each place that we go we try to bring home a magnet to put on our fridge. Some day we hope to cover the whole fridge with magnets just to r
emind us of how much fun we've had and how unboring we are! :)We've had a lot of fun. Is it always easy to go on adventures with kids? No. But is it impossible? No way! It's worth the effort.
ple to take time before we had kids to just enjoy eachother . . . to "have fun." We decided we had better do that and we decided that we would wait a year before we had our first child. Well we both were looking forward to starting a family and the whole waiting a year thing didn't so much happen. After three months we decided, "Hey. Let's have a baby!" So we did. To say that people thought we were crazy is an understatement. I don't know how many times when speaking about having kids we heard people say, "We want to wait to have kids because we want to have fun first" 
as if implying that all fun would end after the children arrive. Not that I think that it is wrong for people to have fun first together before they have kids . . . that's great. But if there is anything that we try to do well it is to have fun . . . and believe it or not we do it "with" kids. One of our favorite things to do as a family is go to National Parks. We love to camp and hike and we just enjoy seeing the beautiful Earth that God has created. At each place that we go we try to bring home a magnet to put on our fridge. Some day we hope to cover the whole fridge with magnets just to r
emind us of how much fun we've had and how unboring we are! :)We've had a lot of fun. Is it always easy to go on adventures with kids? No. But is it impossible? No way! It's worth the effort.
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