Our church decided to revive the long ago tradition of a Family Retreat. It was held at Henry Horton State Park and we were all really looking forward to it. The weekend was full of time with new friends and old. Singing our hearts out to God and worshiping with one another. I really hope the church decides to do it again.Unfortunately, the two cuties you see pictured below were the only ones from our family to attend. Christian was sick, so he and Jeffery stayed home. (Boo)
Saturday morning we went to breakfast to find Ashlyn and Baylor in the same outfit:)
The volleyball court was basically one big sand for the kids
Sweet Avery sliding down the pole
Heidi and I got to spend a lot of good time together. She was family-less on Friday evening, so she let Baylor and I stay in her room. I am so thankful for her sweet friendship.
Playground+ a good friend=tons of fun
There was a craft fair and old timey demonstration at the park also. Baylor rode a little train with Kobie and Lauren
Watching some horses with the Sandersons
To say that this picture has some of my favorite women is an understatement. We are missing a couple, but these are some of my bestest girls: Amy, Laura, Kara, me and Heidi
Baylor and Caroline found a tree they could "climb" (no more than a couple feet off the ground, but they sure were proud of themselves)
A little blurry, but we love our Macy
and sweet Lexi too!!
Baylor wasn't scared to play soccer with the big boys
Is he a heartthrob or what?!?!? Lucas, we think you are pretty special
The big boys wanted to play a game too. Scott had all of his flag football stuff in the car from Luke's team--so a game was born
Can you believe how many people were there???
Sweet girls: Harper, Avery, Macy, Baylor and Caroline
Love the Westermans
and the Graves
and what retreat would be complete w/o SMORES!!!
Baylor really only likes the chocolate
All the little girls piled in our van on the way to the pavilion. Baylor still talks about having all her friends in her car
Since Daddy and brother weren't with us we asked Macy to "sleepover". After playing all day they were pretty dusty and dirty...
and sleepy (after some girl talk, of course)
Sunday morning we were all pretty tired. Baylor was trying to make Caroline feel better
We had some yummy donuts from the Donut Den. Mr. Chris woke up at 3 or 4 in the morning and drove back to Nashville to bring them to us
We ended our time together with a great worship time. It is fun to watch the little ones worship and sing.
ALL the cars in the parking lot were pretty dirty too, so the youth group decided to adorn all the cars with their logo
