Okay, not really a camp out.  The first part of September, we were blessed to spend a long weekend with our church family.  Mosquitoes, bumpy lumpy beds, camp food and lots of faith and fellowship.  It was such a blessing!  The speaker was a minister who we knew from another church and was a huge part of guiding us Biblically in our parenting.

Bryant looks goofy here but I wasn’t trying to get him in the shot.  It’s Ceili Rain with one of the other girls from church, walking hand in hand. We were a bit concerned with how Emmie would handle things.  Aside from a fall the first night, she did amazingly well!Family Olympics.  One of the many highlights.
The boat race.  There was only one flipped over boat, surprisingly! Emmie showing off her family colors…atop her head. Malachi was super serious about running this race.

When the littles went to bed, Mark and I took turns trekking to the common area with Zoe and Ace to play games and visit. I love this.  This is our youth all crowded around checking out pictures and laughing.  They are a great group who do such an amazing job including everyone.  Since Zoe is now technically a “youth,”  she was all smiles the whole weekend.

Mark led the children’s time one morning.

This was our first experience with family camp and can’t wait to do it again.  It was a blessing to be out with our church worshiping, laughing, crying and enjoying the nature…even with the mosquitoes.