Family Camp 2015

The kids were singing a psalter to us.  J's up there in the camoflauge.   Click on the picture to enlarge

We headed to our church's family camp this year after missing last year to go to Ludington instead.  We love Ludington too, but at church camp, we don't have to worry about meals and we stay in a cabin instead of tents.  This is the 8th year that our church has done family camp and our kids look forward to it all year long.  They have grown up with it and it's a great time for the kids and adults to fellowship together over an extended time.
Our topics came from the Israelite's exodus from Egypt.  Pastor Martin's speech title was "Everyone is a Slave" and the question he ended with was, "Who's slave are you?"  While he was speaking, the idea of being a slave for Christ reminded me of the HC where it says, "That I with body and soul, both in life and death, am not my own, but belong unto my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ."

I am not my own, ¹

but belong with body and soul,

both in life and in death, ²

to my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ.

- See more at: http://www.heidelberg-catechism.com/en/lords-days/1.html#sthash.hQ88ljbF.dpuf

I am not my own, ¹

but belong with body and soul,

both in life and in death, ²

to my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ.

- See more at: http://www.heidelberg-catechism.com/en/lords-days/1.html#sthash.hQ88ljbF.dpuf

I am not my own, ¹

but belong with body and soul,

both in life and in death, ²

to my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ.

- See more at: http://www.heidelberg-catechism.com/en/lords-days/1.html#sthash.hQ88ljbF.dpuf

I am not my own, ¹

but belong with body and soul,

both in life and in death, ²

to my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ.

- See more at: http://www.heidelberg-catechism.com/en/lords-days/1.html#sthash.hQ88ljbF.dpuf

I am not my own, ¹

but belong with body and soul,

both in life and in death, ²

to my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ.

- See more at: http://www.heidelberg-catechism.com/en/lords-days/1.html#sthash.hQ88ljbF.dpuf

 
Mabel at breakfast.  She was a pretty happy camper!


She had many doting admirers!  These girls took turns feeding her a jar of baby food.






The boys loved playing mini golf.  I have no pictures of Noah and Joel because we hardly saw them, they were with their friends the whole time.

 
Andrew tried rock climbing for the first time.  They also offer archery, skeet shooting, zip line, and a high ropes course.  One year they had a giant slip and slide.




 He made it to the top!




Someone REALLY likes ice cream!  She put her tongue way out every time the cone came near her mouth.