Prayer and Purpose

I love camping, and I love my kids, but let me tell you, those two things don't always go well together. This summer for camping my kids were ages 3, 2, and 9 months. Those are hard ages for getting them to fall asleep when everyone is together. So, we try to go to bed in our one room tent and the youngest, Phoebe, needs it quiet, otherwise she wonders what is going on and wants to be involved. My older two are chasing each other and wrestling, being altogether too loud for anyone within about 50 feet to get any rest. We tried movies utilizing our "entertainment center," which is just a pouch for a tablet, and sometimes it was successful. Mostly, though, Jason and I spent around an hour or more every night trying not to go crazy as our children tried their best to resist the sleep they, and we, desperately needed after long and tiring days. If we got upset with them for being loud and tried to discipline them by talking to them or giving them a spanking, it only made it w...