One of the joys of this summer is getting out and enjoying nature. Braylie, the girls cousins, came to visit for a week and we enjoyed the great outdoors. The girls are enjoying their new found freedom of staying up late and sleeping in. This is hard for Bruce to understand coming from a farming family with the motto of early to bed, early to rise. He has learned that he can go to bed and still get up at the crack of dawn while his sweet girls slumber in their beds. Their new found pleasure continued while we were camping. Bruce and I enjoyed sitting by the fire while the girlies played games in the camper. We went to bed while they continued to talk to all hours. Bruce and I arose early, went for a morning walk in the woods and returned back to camp without even a stir from the girls. We started breakfast, or so called brunch and they started to move.Welcome to the wonderful world of teenagers. I believe this is preparing us for the next phase of life...empty-nesters.
