A Week At Camp

I had the opportunity to spend last week as a family group leader at middle school youth camp. My brother is a middle school youth pastor in Knoxville and for the second year I went along to camp. It was so wonderful to watch a group of 220 middle schoolers worship the Lord. Sure they enjoyed all the recreation that camp has to offer, but it was the times of worship that they couldn't get enough of. What a blessing to be a part of such a wonderful event!!

The pictures need a bit of explanation...the first one is me in the the mud portion of the Adventure Race (which my team finished LAST!!!). I am wearing the mask because last year the smell made me gag. I thought the mask would help, but I ended up getting sick anyway!! The second picture is my group of girls after the race. And the third picture is Stan and I right before we did the zip line. This is definitely the most adventurous week of my year!!

Beach Boys!!

We took a quick trip to the beach over July 4th week. We were only there a couple of days, but enjoyed the time we had. The boys had not been to the beach since they were two so it was fun for them to be reintroduced. We went with David's mom and stepdad who have three young children of their own. David's brother and his daughter were also there, so there was no lack of entertainment for the boys. Neither of the boys just loved the ocean. They both got in for a very short time and tolerated jumping waves for a while. We spent most of the time at the pool, but it is always nice to have the option. I can't wait to go again!!

We LOVE ice cream!!!

One of our favorite things to do on hot Alabama summer days is get ice cream. Saturday after dinner we ended up at Ben and Jerry's and it was YUM!!! As you can see the boys enjoyed themselves. They may have made a mess, but they really did eat a majority of their cones!!