What an awesome weekend! We went on a family retreat that Highland does twice a year. We went to an HEB Encampment called Echo Valley in the Hill Country. It was soooo pretty. The weather was beautiful. Here are the highlights:
~ Getting there late on Friday night and watching Kaitlyn help James light the lantern.
~ Having our own HEATED cabin full of bunk beds for Kaitlyn to climb around on. We pushed 2 beds together and all slept long ways.
~ Waking up with the sun on Saturday and Sunday and looking out to a most gorgeous view of big trees and crystal clear water!
~ Watching all of the kids turn a sand volleyball court into one huge sand box. They had a blast.
~ Watching huge catfish swim around in the clear river.
~ Making sure Kaitlyn didn't jump in the river.
~ Going canoeing. Almost tipping the canoe over. Getting mad at James b/c I thought he was trying to tip the boat over on purpose.
~ Watching Kaitlyn and her new "boyfriend" Boston play together.
~ Playing tennis, volleyball, and basketball.
~James beating me in PIG. First time in 4 years.
~ Swing with Kaitlyn on a huge tree swing that went out almost to the river. Hanging on for dear life.
~ James being the MC for the Talent Show on Saturday night. (I'm sorry I didn't get any pictures of that)
~The Talent Show. Hilarious songs, skits, and just plain talent! I mean, who plays the harmonica without using their hands, or one of those things that straps around your head? Awesome.
~Church on Sunday morning. Serving communion to one another. Seeing an old man cry and about an 8 year old girl cross the room to go and hold his hand.
~Holding Kaitlyn as she slept on Sunday morning. She wasn't feeling well, but it's been awhile since I've held her like that.
~Getting to know more families at Highland. And spending quality time with mine.
~Yummy food.
~KP duty.
~Warm fires.
~Singing songs.
~Playing games.
~Getting away.
All in all it was a wonderful weekend. But we were ready to sleep in our soft bed last night! Here are a few of the pics. The rest are on the Flickr link.
9 comments:
It looks beautiful at your retreat! I'm so glad you guys had a great time. Cool shot in the canoe thing. Well, welcome back to the land of the living and responsibilities!
What a great getaway.......I'm relaxed just reading about it! Hope you guys have a great week- did you all perform in the talent show?!?!
That does look like a beautiful place. I can imagine James emceeing the talent show. Ha! Funny, funny guy.
I'm so glad ya'll had a great time. The pictures look beautiful! I hope Brandon and I can go on the next one! Cute picture of the family in the canoe!
It looks beautiful there and sounds like it was an awesome weekend. The perfect get-away...
so fun! oh how we all wish we could have witnessed mr. MC!
I am so glad you guys had a fun weekend! I, too, would have loved to have heard James..bet he was hilarious!
Once again...I'm so jealous of you b/c you get to go to Highland. Preston and I are sitting here saying that we should move to Abilene so we can go to church there. Get an engineering department at ACU and we might think about it. :)
I'm jealous! That looks like it was awesome!!
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