And we're back...

Well, we have returned from Oklahoma. What a great week. For those who don't know, the Davis/Snider families have been camping at Lake Tenkiller in OK for 45 years now. I myself have been there every summer of my life except for a few in the late 90's. This was Travis' second year to come and his family came for a few days, too. We had a great time. Some highlights of the week include: Travis learned to pull up on slalom. He had been dropping a ski since last year but after lots and lots of work he got the deep water start. My little brother pulled up on one as well. Travis also wakeboarded for the first time. Travis' little brother learned to ski for the first time. I slalomed and wakeboarded and doubled with Travis and quadrupled with Travis, my brother, and my sister-in-law. What fun it was! We all were so tired by the end of the week...from skiing and also because the weather kept us up some nights. It was a pretty stormy week at the Lake, but luckily the storms were mostly at night, and not during the day as to ruin our skiing weather.

So I guess we kinda got a taste of the quiet life. No TV, no cell phone, no Internet. We even used our headlights at night to help light our path and the Mexican Train dominoes that we were playing. Those lights are very helpful.

Best of all was the family time. Without all the distractions, you really get to spend quality time with family. We had so much fun goofing off, skiing, and playing games. I did have to say goodbye to some people...my grandfather and step-grandmother, my brother and sister-in-law, and my dad. I'm lucky that my two sisters, my other brother, my mom and my niece will be coming down to Lake Charles to see us off when we leave.

Some things we know will be difficult when we get to East Timor. It will be hard not to have water at the ready. I wear a mouthguard at night, and have to soak it in warm water every day. I didn't wear it all at the Lake, b/c I would have had to heat water on the stove. I know I will have to keep up with that in East Timor, because I have to wear it and clean it everyday.

On our way home from OK, we stopped in Shreveport for a friend's wedding. We got to see a lot of people we went to college with, and that was great. Everyone seems to be doing well. It's so interesting to see what paths people's lives take.

We will continue to post in these last days.

Happy Father's Day to our dads!!