Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Family Camp!

Last Spring Daddy signed us up for Family Camp in Iowa??! Our dear friends the Bontragers have hosted
this wonderful week for years now, and we were truly blessed to join their family and many others for fellowship,
Bible teaching, loads of music, and a lot of FUN. 
The camp is also hosted by the incredibly gifted Wissmann Family.
Happy horserides in the afternoon.....
and lots of great stories kept things verrrrry interesting!
Crockett negotiating for the bike?
Best conversations start at 2 am. :)
Bullseye!
Scruffy and dusty. :)
Father/Son hike and lunch by the lake.
Got to sing a few favorites
Daddy shared on the importance of purposeful family life.

Loved kayaking on the lake!
Chich heading down the hill...fast!!
Waaaaay too many laughs with this crew.
Family devotions
Sweet Allison...always so good to catch up.
 Mr. Wissman....very fun object lessons. This one had to do with jars, shaking and eggs! :)
  Kayak trip down the Mississippi River! 
Charlie rowing away
The boys having the time of their lives. Ramming speed!
 One of our very, very favorite singing families....  the Bontragers 
Not sure we would have ever had the nerve to start traveling if these dear folks hadn't shown
us the way (or at least the inside of their bus!)
Campbell working out Carver's kinks during an evening session
Crosby with her new friend, Priscilla
One of our favorite parts was Momma's fantastic talk on expectations, peace and joy.
She included one of our best bus stories ever....coming soon in vivid detail. Next post?
Story time with the cutest bunch of little girls
Christian..... skeet shooting!
Blessed by the unique stories of so many families 
Momma also did a VERY FUN vocal performance workshop. :)
Early risers hiking up the mountain for the.... fourth time. :)
Midnight!? All star game of Family Feud: Bowers vs. Sugarbush



VICTORY!!! WAHOOO!!!
 God was so good to give us time away from film stuff, computer stuff and STRESS (!!!) to enjoy
His glorious creation, wonderful conversations and abundant memories with sweet friends.
Home now to finish several last minor details before our official release date.
Blessed, blessed, blessed!!!

2 comments:

Rachael said...

Ah, this brings back such memories from camp! I SO enjoyed meeting y'all and getting to know you! Hopefully our families' paths will cross again in the future! I was encouraged+challenged by your family's ministry. {We've also been enjoying your Cd's:}
Blessings!

Bontrager Family Singers said...

Could we redo that blessed week of camp? I feel like I was missing in action in that picture of the Mr. and Mrs. Paul, your parents, and my husband. Where was I????? And I REALLY wanted to be in your mother's voice class. She has a lovely voice!
Seriously, we are so glad that you joined us for camp. It was so rich, so edifying, and so fun. Blessings!! Becky