Is She Really Big Enough?

That’s right!  Our little girl just keep continuing to amaze us!  The other day we decided it might be time for her to give skiing a try.  After all she is almost 3 and VERY independent!  So, we headed over to camp, bundled the kids up and rented some skis for her.

To sum up the experience, SHE LOVED IT!!  You can’t really teach someone who is barely over 3 feet tall, too many practical skiing techniques but what Jesse did teach her she caught on to very well.  It was fun to see our little girl growing up before our eyes once again.  Seems like that has been happening a lot lately.  The weather was beautiful and Jack enjoyed being outside in the sled with us all.

Here are a few pictures and videos to share with you!

Winter Family Camp 2010

It’s that time of year! Winter Family Camp 2010 is upon us and this year God has blessed us with terrific weather!  If I recall correctly, last year we had weather in the 40’s which turned everything to a snowy soup! And, the year before was frigidly cold.

I’ve been out shooting some pictures of the kids and families as they enjoy spending time together in the beautiful outdoors.  Here they are:

April and I continue to be grateful for how God has used so many of you to provide for our financial needs as we serve here at camp.  Families are being impacted by your gifts!

A day in the life of a CFS Staff Wife

Today I left the kids home with Jesse and headed out to camp.  Several times a year camp has mailings that go out for various reasons.  Today I was scheduled to help get over 15,000 letters stuffed, labeled, sealed and mailed!  Wow, how’s that for a days work.    It is always a great time to get together with the other staff ladies and I do look forward to that time whenever I go and help.

I thought I would post a few pictures for those of you that wonder what it looks like to do a mailing with that many letters.  So, I will let the pictures do the talking.  What would I do without a camera? 

Here I am working on “Arthur” our sealing machine.  We just named him today.  I guess that is what happens when you send over 15,000 envelopes through.  You have lots of time to stand and look at the machine, and think of good names.  I was actually surprised to learn that for as long as Arthur has been around, today was the first time he has ever been given a name.  So, glad I accomplished this important task!

A few ladies labeling the envelopes.

Here is a picture of just half the room.  The other half of the room had just as many if not more people.  Those that you see here are either stuffing the envelopes, or labeling them.

So, as you can see it is quite the process.  We worked from 9 in the morning until about 2:30 in the afternoon.  And actually we got done earlier than anticipated.  That is always nice when that happens.

When I came home Lauren told me all about her day.  It included a trip to the hardware store with daddy, the coffee shop, and the library.  And then she ended by saying that she went on a nice adventure.  Sounds like they were well taken care of in my absence.  Here are a few pictures of the kiddos, mostly for the grandma’s! 

Lauren sporing daddy’s new winter hat!

It’s funny what kids mimic.  Guess Jack has seen me on the phone a time or two!