Wow - I apologize as I'm sure this is in the running for one of the longest posts but I don't have time to make a slide show! An amazing weekend was had, so much to do up there, it's really magical and the kids still talk about it! The list is endless but really, we: enjoyed campfires, rock climbing walls, zip lines during the day and at night, horseback riding, face painting, swimming, tubing, jumping on the orbit, FISHING, kayaking, amazing food, incredible worship music, amazing fireworks, thankfully only one thunderstorm, water fights, rides on the people mover, new playground equipment, wonderful kids camp games and crafts, CANDY, an awesome speaker, and finally time with family and friends! Thanks to everyone for making it really one of the best!
These are actually in reverse order, sorry that time thing again, so maybe start at the bottom? These are just a couple group shots we were able to sneak in just as campers were pulling out to leave. Teared up a bit when we pulled out and saw all the sites empty, they were calling out "come back, don't leave, it's awesome here!"
Nana, Papa and all those
grand kids!
Jagow's!
Face painting side one
Side two!
Water fight!!! Hard to say who had the most fun, the young soaking the elders or the elders reverting back to their childhood and taking no mercy on anyone!
Notice the concentration on Jenna's face!
Uncle Bill, watch out, he has great aim!
Conner chasing down the pack
Set, pump, aim and shoot! Go Brie!
Horseback riding time -
Soren and
Ayden ready to go!
Beautiful Boo riding Dakota I think!
Precious Brie riding Lucy solo this year - very good job peanut!
Conner's first ride on "Happy" how
appropriate!
Yep - the tradition of skipping chapel to fish was passed onto my son this year by none other than his infamous father. Conner is officially "hooked" and I can't think of a better place for that to have happened. What a special time Daddy had with his little boy!
Daddy's happy he'll have a helper in taking fish off hooks, while the gals of this family LOVE fishing, we don't love handling them!
Uncle Bill made little time scaling that climbing wall!
This is actually the result of what you'll see below, yes, Conner blew out his little shorts for all his efforts!
Those amazingly beautiful Steele gals!
Jared and Ash made it up!
Jared on his way
Ashley making this look easy!
The happy newly engaged couple
Typical of the newly engaged couple!
Watching them
zip line off the tower - Conner
lovin' being loved on by Ashley!
Some of the
jumpin' &
climbin' crew
BBB - Beautiful Brie and Boo
Jenna stealthily climbing the wall
Ayden was so hysterical, love, love, love that his analytical mind logically calculated that his first year he made it 1/4 of the way up, then half way, then 3/4 of the way so this year it was ALL THE WAY! He did it and wow are we proud of you
Ayden!
Brie, oh pumpkin, why do you grow so fast! You conquered that wall and took no time at all in flying down on that
zip line! Although my favorite was when we took you and Jenna up late Friday night for night
zip line! You said that was the best because you can't see how far up you are! I'll take your word for it this year but will join you for night zip line in 2011!
Arik superman diving off the tower, he did this Friday night in the dark too - very impressive!!!!! Teach my son how to do that in a couple years will ya?
Conner started out strong up that wall, and bless his little heart, he didn't mind peeking at his silly Mom who wanted this shot! A couple stalls along the way up and a few boosts from the staff and he was on top of that wall! We did our best to get Amanda to shove him off it and
zip line down (great parents huh?) but his little body said no way and he happily was lowered down. We're
sooooo proud of you! Next year Mommy will help you off the
zip line :)! A lot of
firsts for our little man this weekend, climbing wall, tubing, horseback riding, and now his parents trying to throw him off a really tall tower.
Mitch, Em, Scott,
Solveig and
Soren! It was so fun really meeting the Newberg's this weekend!
Up goes Amanda!
Brie and Boo getting their gear on!
The boys waiting patiently! We were the first group Saturday morning and boy are we glad because it was a hot day! (
Ayden,
Arik, Thomas & Cody)
Breakfast in the camper!
Everyone had their "buddies" to cuddle with at night!
Jenna hanging out in the hammock, snoozing or reading?
Beach Girls!
Ashley, Buffy, and Don taking in some beachtime!
Steve prepping for the real thing
Not sure if Brie's helping keep the slide wet like a good helper or just trying to squirt Ayden on the way down...
Love the facial expression Ayden!
Brie, Ashley and Conner dockside!
Girl chats at the beach
Totally sisters!!!!! Aren't they pretty?
Seth had both his awesome remote control boat and airplane up at LBBC this year, definitely a hit with my little man!
Alex enjoying the shade with us, it was beyond awesome to watch him fly by the beach and see the his outline in the front of that tube! Buffy thought for sure we'd see the whites from his massive grins from inland. He also got to take a dip in the water at the beach too, he's an amazing swimmer! I swear he can hold his breath longer than anyone!
Downtime in the hammock!
He shoots, he scores!
Wait for it.....
Best buds and LOTS of giggles
Happy Birthday Erick - what a treat we had! Carrie made the best ever carrot cake, of which Steve and Erick had half of......
The rinse cycle....
Notice how much more grass and dirt is covering my kids...
Liv was smart, she's rinsing off!
Kailey, Brienna & Katelyn, what pretty girls!
What you don't see and hear is Kailey's Mom in the background saying, "don't you dare do snow angels in the mud!"
Conner after his first slide down the hill into the grass/water puddles
Not your typical slip n slide, Kailey, Brie and Katelyn....
One water pumper on that side of the field......
Another on this side of the field....
A very tentative start to this whole soaking process, just wait, it gets better!
Conner waiting very patiently with Daddy while the trucks are being filled with water....
What cute kids, Liv, Conner, and Brie touring the engines....
Brienna on her way, last game of the season! She passes for a superbly executed assist!
Brienna running down field, what a great season she had!
