Andrew!!

Happy Birthday Andrew!

Time flies way too quickly!

How did it happen that my cute baby boy with the chubby cheeks is growing into a handsome young man??

As if our camping weekend couldn't get any better, Andrew's birthday fell right in the middle of our camping weekend!  He was able to enjoy his birthday with many friends around.  The night of his birthday we had cake with all the families that were on our camping trip in honor of Andrew.  He loved it!

Before we left to go camping my parents came by to celebrate Andrew's birthday with us!  It's always fun to celebrate my kids birthdays with my parents.  We missed Taylor being with us :( 

For months prior to Andrew's birthday he had asked for one thing, an eno hammock!

We gave it to him our first night camping so he could enjoy it the whole time we were camping!

He loves it and slept in it all four nights we were camping!

Now it is hanging in his bedroom. :)

Enjoying the view!

Happy Birthday sweet young man!  We love you much!  You are such a blessing to us and we are honored that God choose us to be your family!  Follow Him, honor Him, He has great plans for you!

CAMPING!!

A new tradition has started!  Each fall we go camping in the mountains with our home school group!  It is a weekend that the kids had counted down to for months.  We actually extended our stay and went a day early and stayed a day late as did many other families.  From the time my children would wake in the morning they were with friends until their heads hit the pillow at night, they were in heaven.  It truly is a sweet group of Christian friends that I feel blessed to have in our lives.

I took very few pictures this weekend, I am thankful for the photographers in our group that willingly shared their photos!

Here's the whole gang:

 They loved hanging out with sweet friends for 4 days.

 A great group of teens!

Perfecting his whistle!

 Kayaking fun!

 A highlight of the weekend is our worship service.  This year the teens lead the entire service, including leading music and bringing the devotional.  They did a fantastic job!  

What a beautiful back drop for our worship service!

 They also played some pretty intense, yet fun, games of street hockey!

Score!!

A great weekend with friends in the beautiful mountains!