Our families are blessed when we find common ground in doing things that inspire us all. Of course we will each have our own interests, but in every way possible we seek things to do together as a family. Rather than driving the kids to their activities and then leaving them so that we can go do ours, we desire to intentionally break down some of these barriers and focus more time on things we enjoy doing together as a family.
In our family, Tim was raised to love hunting. When I met Tim, I had never done anything more than shoot a gun with my Grandpa in North Dakota a couple of times. But I was raised to love wildlife and the outdoors, so right there we had some perfect common ground! I started tagging along with Tim on his hunting trips and really enjoyed the experience of being out in nature. It wasn't until years later that I decided to become a hunter myself, and now it is a privilege to raise our children with this heritage.
There is something thrilling about sharing our passions with our children. I enjoy wake boarding, and remember when our girls were about 4, I had my wakeboard sitting in the bow of the boat. They stood up on it with both arms out and the wind in their hair, pretending they were wake boarding like Mommy as we were cruising around. My heart was overflowing! (I'm still trying to get Tim to share this joy of mine, but so far he only enjoys driving the boat :))
We are on this journey together.