Fall adventures

As a team we came to  a collective decision that this year we wanted to make our weekend trips with the kids about experiencing new things, appreciating the simple things and enjoy the people and things around us without spending a lot of money. Each other of our team members is an active adventurer and hard core nature enthusiast. And so our first trip this weekend was one to a park for a picnic and to slack line.
In the end only two boys were able to come of the 5 we invited and so we decided to make it interesting and try to find a back entrance into the park. This brought us to jumping fences, falling down hills, walking along the Humber river, trying to find a way to cross and finding out way to the park. Side note the whole thing was done while carrying lunch and a bike!
We finally arrived at our destination and clasped in a heap for lunch. One of my young man prayed, he prayed for safety in our crazy travels, for us to have a good time and for us to have double the amount of fun on the way home.
The rest of the day was spent tossing a football around, climbing trees, slack lining, catching a frog (and bring it home), observing deer, teaching/learning how to bike and lots of laughter.
Never before had either of these boys hiked through a forest, slack lined or climbed a tree. One of the boys for the first time learned "how" to ride a bike and never had they ever had a pet frog named jumpy or been so close to deer.
It was a day of new experiences and enjoying the things God has created so beautifully. It was for them a Saturday they didn't spend in front of their TV playing video games. It was a day of adventure. One that I hoped taught they how much there is to enjoy in this world if you just look around.