Camp 2013

Getting settled at our house continues - slowly but surely. We spent two days last week shopping for furniture & were somewhat successful. We still need more (plus the cabinets in our bathroom & kitchen finished) so alot of our stuff is just sitting around. I spent a good amount of time this week preparing a slideshow from Camp in order to show it at church on Sunday morning, so I decided to post it here. Only I can't get it to load - it's probably too big a file. I'll try again later as I'd love for you to see it. So, since I can't get it to load, I'll do the next best thing and post pictures :)

Camp was great - I was counselor for the girls and I enjoyed every minute. This was our first year doing camp, so we naturally tried to keep it somewhat small. I had 6 girls - all of them great. The first night we went out for a walk & to take some pictures. (once again I'm having problems with blogger - I can only get one picture to go large - all the others stay small. Any suggestions? I'm really tired of this!)

 

After lessons the next day we went to a camel farm - everyone enjoyed it. The girls actually kissed a camel (gross!) and said it was the highlight of their week.

Besides camels, there were miniature donkeys, miniature horses, llamas, and alpacas.

That evening we took more pictures (a fun way to pass the time & the girls really seemed to enjoy it) And, we actually got a little more sleep than the first night. ;)

We held camp on the farm of one of our church members. The girls slept in the loft of their barn (fully finished inside) and the boys had the house. It was so peaceful there. And the tractors made for good pictures.

 

The last day of camp was Independence Day and we had lots planned.  After morning lessons we took a "hayless" ride out to a field on the farm. In this field are the remains of a dugout that the family lived in back in the 1890's when they first homesteaded their farm. It was so neat. Being the 4th, we took along flags & poppers and our driver made sure we had a wild ride. :)

Here Abby sits atop the dugout that her ancestors lived in.

 

Everyone joined in on croquet games

 



We went bowling in the afternoon

 

 

After bowling in the afternoon, we headed back to the church for an Independence Day Parade. It was small, but great fun.

Sitting around waiting for Parade time

On the float

Amelia decorated her bike to ride in the parade

More croquet

After the parade we had a cookout & fireworks. It was a great ending to a great week.

 We had lessons every morning & services every evening. We also had craft time, object lessons, singing & went swimming each day. Unfortunately, we didn't get any pictures during these times! We'll have to do better next year.  All in all, we really enjoyed it, and can't wait to do it again.