Home from Camp!

Ohhhhh my goodness...was getting packed and off to camp ever an ordeal! It was great though, a fabulous time was had by all. The services were great, the activities were a blast, and the friendships that were made are priceless.

Here is Elyse with her friends Chelsea and Natalie!

Ava was able to go with me and stay in the girls dorm as well as her BFF Bethany who went with her Aunt Lynette who was also a counselor.

Can you tell they adore each other?

Chandler and Caeden stayed in the same area in their dorm, which I was really glad about.

They made lots of friends too. They both really enjoyed the sports activities.

Here is a photo of Chandler's team.

Here is Caeden waiting to "steal the bacon" or something like that...

Here's Chandler and Caeden in the cafeteria...aren't they so handsome?

When we were shopping for our camp necessities, Caeden spotted a box of cliff bars and made it clear he needed to have some for "extra energy". So of course we bought him a box! Crunchy Peanut Butter!

There were classes every morning for all the kids...

here's Chandler and Caeden being best buds during their class.

Elyse with more of her friends...

Chandler playing flag football...

Ava enjoyed visiting the snack bar...

Here are my buddies in their dorm...ummmmm....I must interject that I was a bit surprised when I went to pick their things up on the last day...they informed me they hadnt needed their towels at all. Nor their extra pairs of undies. I guess it's nothing to worry about, every time I hugged them during the week I wasn't blown over by poochie smells so I suppose I can't gripe at them too much!!!

The best part of camp was when the kids all prayed together. This melted my heart when Ava put her hands around Bethany's shoulders to pray for her.

My sweet girl was so very sincere in her worship to God.

After camp was over, we stopped at Pismo Beach for some sand castle fun. We had a blast!

Ava buried alive!!!

When I asked the kids what time we should leave Pismo, one said "TOMORROW!" and the other said, "NEVER!". We ended up staying about 3 hours longer than I'd planned and I nearly fell asleep on the drive home but it was worth it!!!

Now, we are debating whether to go back this week as a family and do some camping out...

will update soon!!!