Camp Yamhill Church Retreat

The second weekend in September, the kids and I were able to attend our church's "family camp" at Camp Yamhill.  It was such a great weekend!  We had perfect weather, perfect company, and the kids ran and played all weekend long!  Matt was not able to attend with us until Sunday morning because he was working at the George Fox football game that Saturday afternoon-night.  But we had a ton of fun without him!  It was our first time spending the night and the kids are looking forward to going every year from here on out now!

 

We arrived Saturday after the girls' morning soccer games just in time for lunch.  That was possibly the best part of the weekend....I didn't have to cook at all!

There is a game called "ga-ga ball" which sounds totally made up with every changing rules, but the kids liked that it was in a dirt pit!

 

The best thing that happened was when Erika got to go on the zip line at camp.  She is so adventurous!  Laurel could have gone as well, but I told her she had to be 7....she is just so slight I didn't want her to fall out of the harness!

Shawn helping Erika get geared up

 

Erika and her friend, Elyse, ready to zip down!

Kyle and Jeremiah...two men from our church as well as our life group....were the facilitators, which helped Erika feel calm and relaxed since she knows them both quite well!

She was so very excited!!

I couldn't believe she actually wanted to climb that tall ladder to get to the top.  I freak out if I have to be more than two rungs up on a ladder.

So very tall!

The rock wall: the launching point

 

 

 

 

On Saturday night, there was a talent show.  All the kids got to go up front and help one of the men with an interpretive dance while he read some song lyrics. The kids loved it!

 

The best skit by far was "The Fountains".  Our ministers and their wives spitting water at each other!

 

We stayed in one room of the cabins.  The kids love spending the night in their sleeping bags!  Levi, however, slid out of his sleeping bag during the middle of the night and I found him trying to make his blanket cover the majority of his body!  Erika slipped almost all the way off her top bunk.  Laurel, my sleeping statue, was the only one who slept with no problems!

 

It was a great weekend and we are looking forward to attending every year!