Jennifer Lambert

A Sacred Balance

Visit Us On FacebookVisit Us On TwitterVisit Us On PinterestVisit Us On InstagramVisit Us On LinkedinCheck Our FeedVisit Us On Youtube
  • About Me
    • Favorite Resources
    • Advertising and Sponsorship
    • Copyright and Terms of Use
    • Disclosure Policy
    • Privacy Policy
  • Travel
    • Europe
      • Benelux
      • France
      • Germany
      • Greece
      • Ireland
      • Italy
      • London
      • Porto
      • Prague
    • USA
      • Chicago
      • Georgia
      • Hawaii
      • Ohio
      • Utah
      • Yellowstone and Teton
  • Homeschool
    • Book Lists
    • How Do We Do That?
    • Notebooking
    • Subjects and Styles
    • Unit Studies
  • Military
    • Deployment
    • PCS
  • Health
    • Recipes
    • Essential Oils
    • Fitness
    • Mental Health
    • Natural Living
    • Natural Beauty
  • Family
    • Frugal
  • Faith
  • Reviews

© 2021 Jennifer Lambert · Copyright · Disclosure · Privacy · Ad

Nature Center Day

The blog may contain affiliate links: disclosure. Also see my suggested resources.

May 16, 2013 By Jennifer Lambert Leave a Comment

Mother’s Day weekend is seldom a holiday. For me, it’s race weekend and Kate’s birthday.

On Saturday, we all piled in the van to go up to Ogden Nature Center. Way too early.

Tori ran a 5K with her dad. She’s our athlete.

runners.jpg

It’s a statue. Honestly, I stared at it waiting for it to move. sigh.

heron statue.jpg

There’s a great bird sanctuary at the center.

These lovely ladies were cheering on the runners.

bald eagle.jpg
hawk.jpg

My big boy!

big boy.jpg

Kate turned 6 years old!

6th birthday.jpg

Liz’s attitude has improved tremendously lately. Prayer really works. And we just don’t fall for that whole western tween/teen mentality at all. More on that later.

big sister.jpg

Tori was hurting and didn’t want to finish the second lap.

tired runner.jpg

Perseverance paid off. She was the youngest female in the 5K and got 3rd place for her age group of 1-12 {after two 10 year olds}!

youngest participant 5K medal.jpg

And she got the coolest raffle prize – this little binocular, magnifier, compass thing. I was in the gift shop looking at these to buy one for her when I heard her name called for the raffle. God cares even about the little things.

bino set prize.jpg

In the nature center, they have a new teaching beehive. Super cool. Scroll really quick if you don’t want to see them up close.

beehive.jpg

Pretty shiny golden darlings. Making yummy honey.

honeybees.jpg

The coolest nature sensory evarrrr! I want it. I want Aaron to make me one. Imbedded with mirrors and magnifiers.

sensory table.jpg
Alex thought the snake skins were cool.

snake skins.jpg

It was a lovely day.

and we grabbed a nature camp brochure. Alex is in from when he went last year. aw

ONC brochure
ProSchool Membership - Productive Homeschooling
Share
Tweet
Pin2
Share
2 Shares
You might also like:

Filed Under: Homeschool Tagged With: 5K, nature study, outdoors, race, running

Our First Camping Trip

The blog may contain affiliate links: disclosure. Also see my suggested resources.

July 31, 2012 By Jennifer Lambert Leave a Comment

We went on our first family camping trip with our church this past weekend.

Aaron didn’t grow up doing the camping fishing thing. I did. It’s taken me this long to get him to try it!

Our First Camping Trip was a huge success!

Nice clean and cute kiddos when we first arrived at the campground. Minutes later, they were muddy and wet. Super!
Clean Girl
Clean Boy

Queen of the rock:
Queen of the Rock

The kids found their own rock.

Kids on the Rock

Alex loved being outside all. the. time.

Outside Time

Our tent we rented from Outdoor Rec. on base

Our Tent

First morning:

Aaron went fishing in a boat with some guys at 0630. Liz disappeared from camp before the kids and I got up. Story: She banged on the neighbor’s camper before 0700 and got their kids up (ages 6 and 9) to go look for berries and/or deer. They walked down to the reservoir and “borrowed” a canoe and paddled out on the lake by themselves. At least they put on the 3 life jackets they found in the canoe (convenient!). It was the story of the week. Great.

First camp breakfast:

Dinosaur Eggs oatmeal and fruit punch!

I think Alex was yelling something at me. whoa, was it cold up in the mountains!

Camp Breakfast

Look at that view!

Pineview Reservoir

Dad set the girls up fishing at the reservoir.

Katie’s first fishing trip! We didn’t catch anything. Got to get up too early for all that. And we are not early risers.
Dad and Daughter Fishing
Girls Fishing

Tent meeting in our “Tabernacle.” Pastor and his son led us in worship. We also had communion with bread baked in a Dutch oven.

Camp Service

We brought our own chairs and sang songs and listened to Pastor preach.

Camp Meeting
Happy Boy

Camp pot luck dinner. Obviously, we need to get a Dutch oven. Seriously.

Camp Potluck Dinner

We went hiking and playing in the creek. That water is COLD! We borrowed kayaks and went paddling around on the lake. Tori and Katie could even manage the kayaks on their own! I was so proud. I seriously want a kayak now.

Alex was inseparable from Pastor’s granddaughter. She’s 5. He likes older women. And gingers.

By the River

Aaron got to have fun retrieving toys that Alex threw in the creek, before they floated away! Alex kinda wanted to see them float downstream, but I was worried that there would be tears if they disappeared in the current.

Fetching Toys

I love how our church practically rented out the whole campground. I felt the kids were safe running around and everyone helped watch out for all the kids. It was such a great experience for our family. We made some great friends over the weekend. We had no cell phone coverage. We really were isolated!

The kids are already asking if we can go next year. I guess that means they liked it.

ProSchool Membership - Productive Homeschooling
Share
Tweet
Pin1
Share
1 Shares
You might also like:

Filed Under: Utah Tagged With: camping, nature study, outdoors, summer, Utah

Suggested Resources

Archives

Popular Posts

10 DIY Gifts with Essential Oils10 DIY Gifts with Essential Oils
Natural Remedies for HeadacheNatural Remedies for Headache
10 Natural Remedies to Keep on Hand10 Natural Remedies to Keep on Hand
Homemade SunscreenHomemade Sunscreen
Henna Hands CraftHenna Hands Craft
This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish.Accept Reject Read More
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled

Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.

Non-necessary

Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.

SAVE & ACCEPT