Ward Camp

Camping! One of the mysteries of life I say. A mystery because for some reason, our family (with the exception of my husband), and the rest of our ward, find living outdoors just plain fun! I don't know what the appeal is of cooking over a campfire, showering in cold waters in front of people, sleeping on the ground in a sleeping bag while your tent is blown by gale force winds at night and pelted with rain, with sand everywhere. My only explanation for this phenomenon again is that it's just plain FUN!!!!!
We had to get rid of our 10 man masoleum of a tent last year. Fear not. We did replace it with something bigger and better. Sam's Club came through and provided us with a spacious 12 man tent. I won't lie, it is awesome!
Here's some pictures of our week long run of camp!

Micah and his best bud chowing down on some hot dogs ---- a camp staple.

Me with my camp face (no make-up at all) and Leigh. Tuesday night our ward had a "Journey through time" Talent Show. Each auxillary performed a dance from different eras. The YW did the 80's, so they danced to Thriller. The RS did the 70's. It was a lot of fun!!

Kara enjoying watching the Talent Show. It was followed by Otai. A Tongan drink made from watermelon and coconut milk. It is good to drink on a hot summer night. The ward also put on movies "Nacho Libre" and "Nanny McPhee". In the main tent, they had a big screen set up to watch the movies. You just had to bring your own chair.

Micah and his friend at the Penny Carnival the primary put on the next day.

Tyler waiting his turn at the next game. There is a hill here and the primary even put up a slip-n-slide. Again ----- more fun!

This was our game for the Penny Carnival.

My Cub Scouts preparing their foil dinners for themselves and their parents. It turned out great! Some of the boys had only made dinners for their parents, then ran back and asked if they could make one for themselves because it tasted so good. We started making them at 4:30pm and didn't get through till about 8:30pm. Boys just kept coming by every hour asking to make one. They boys seemed to have enjoyed doing that.

The kids up playing in the main area of the camp in their PJ's still.

Tyler fishing at the river that was by the camp. Kara, Micah and Tyler did A LOT of this. If I couldn't find them at the beach, they were by the river fishing. There was never nothing to do at camp.

The last night of camp. Kara and her friends playing before the start of our potluck luau.

Here's Randy's plate. The funny thing is is that he didn't get everything they were serving. His plate was a mountain of food. Polynesians don't mess around when it comes to potluck, it's serious business.

This lovely lady was our neighbor. Her family just moved but she came and hung out with us at camp. She is Micah's favorite babysitter. I thought it was sweet that she held him on her lap and wrapped him and he fell asleep in her arms. Aaaaaah.


What more can I say ------ so much fun!!!