Uphill idealist

As I'd mentioned, I've been loving and living in the sun as much a possible the last few weeks - including spending last week at LCLC working with Confirmation Camp. What a great week! This week, I'll be on vacation and spending some much needed time resting and being "with" my family. We may even take in a museum or two as well. Have a great week, hope your 4th weekend was wonderful and see you soon. Tara Lamont PS> We just got a new digital camera, so I hope to show you the further tan development of Summer 2010! (Don't fret all, I still am using sunscreen!)

Nutter Butter Cookies remind me of summers camping with my Mother and Father in law in a 1975 Winnebago. The cookies are in red plastic wrapping, in a plastic tray and the cookies are shaped like Mr. Peanut and filled with peanut butter. These cookies travel well. My daughter was a little over one the first trip and the summer after that a little over two. It was always an adventure. One summer we drove up to Maine in the Winnebago. I read the book Certain Women by Madeline L'Engle on the fourteen hour drive. I remember it being the first long book I'd read since my daughter had been born. I could read because she sat content being co-pilot in her car seat, sipping bunny apple juice boxes, and smiling at her Grandfather as he smiled back at her. I remember at the time wondering how I could pack up my baby for a week each summer and simply take off for a Winnebago adventure with no clock and no control of the plans. When I looked at the Nutter Butter Cookies yesterday, I was r...