Wednesday, July 6, 2011

baby's first camping trip

the week of june 19th-25th i had the privilege of joining 2 other leaders and close to 30 kids from tosa young life at summer camp. for a whole week, we were at castaway club in minnesota. i was able to go to 2 different young life camps when i was in high school and absolutely loved them. they really helped established my path to really seeing who Jesus and God are. (to learn more about young life, you can visit here). yl camp is something you truly have to experience to understand. so i thought i'd give you all a little glimpse of our crazy week and many more "baby's firsts."






the whole young life gang from milwaukee







the all-star leader team from tosa & white fish bay








our amazing cabin - love love love you ladies!!


our cabin of girls... oh how i love them. first off, erin is the other female leader who came along to camp with tosa. she is an amazing woman - such an example & encouragement for not only me, but also the 9 high school girls we had the honor of taking to camp. you would think 9 girls, 1 cabin, 3 showers and 3 toilets would equal a lot of drama. oh but not this group. we quickly bonded within the first day. though our cabin was a mess 98% of the time, we made it work. we shared clothes. laughed. ate lots of animal crackers & puppy chow. we turned into beauty queens for a volleyball tournament and jumped in a freezing cold lake together during a crazy obstacle course. these girls are real, they are beautiful, and i loved watching God move in each and every one of their lives that week. erin, averi, jenny, jessie, katrina, kyleigh, laurel, leah, mariella, and rosalie - i love you girls. thanks for one amazing week. and thank you for taking care of baby too. love, baby mama :)





cabin parasailing trip!




baby's first parasail ride!! with erin, too :)








baby's first giant swing ride with kyleigh







you basically free fall from what felt like a million feet in the air. (i think baby & i will stick to normal swings from here on out :) )









baby's first rock climbing! (i'm pretty sure i made it a whole 2 feet up!)







beauty queens playing volleyball







baby's first obstacle course (the girls did such a good job protecting baby!)









love you erin!







love you girls!!




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