Vacation Time!

It's family vacation planning time again at our house. Some folks enjoy new cars or houses or furniture- in my family, we enjoy life experiences- time together on vacations. So again this year we are looking for someplace new and fun to decend upon.

We are like decending locusts in a way. When I say family, I mean the whole family- as in grandma and grandpa (now recently great-gma and gpa), Sherri and I and our boys, Mark and his family including Kathy's brother and wife, and of course our newest additions- soon to attend their first family vacation, Luke and Logan.

Last year we rented a big million dollar house in Colorado Springs and had a blast. We went to the top of Pike's Peak where Jake promptly went to the edge, climbed a pole and did a gymnastic move that scared his mother half to death!
We played golf, went to the Air Force Academy, toured the Royal Gorge, visited Focus on the Family and went white water rafting- which as you can see was wet and cold!

In the past few years we've been all over, we took a giant motor home to Atlanta, did a resort in Brainard MN, loved the beaches in Los Angeles and Lake Las Vegas and jet skiied till we were exhausted at the Lake of the Ozarks.

This year we will return to Missouri to spend time on Table Rock Lake and finding things to do in Branson. Should be another fun trip. Now I know there is nothing more exciting than listening to others talk (or write) about their family vacations- so I really do have a point beyond listing our past summer experiences. Here it is- how would you like to take an all-expense paid eternal vacation?

And while maybe that sounds a bit goofy- or simplistic, how amazingly cool is our adventure in heaven really going to be? What new sites will we see, how many will there be, will we get to explore and enjoy for an eternity? Is that even long enough to discover all the wonders God has planned for us? It all starts with a giant banquet and then some praising and then, well, we can only imagine.

Start planning for this vacation today. Confirm your room reservation by spending time in the Word and prayer, by going to church and taking communion- a foretaste of the feast to come. The price has been paid for us by Jesus Himself! This is going to be one big family vacation you won't want to miss. In the meantime, a short week of vacation is on tap- and I can't wait.

Blest Regards,
kp