Camping weekend

This past weekend was our church campout at Loyd Park in Grand Prairie.  This is the 3rd year we've done this, but this is the first year we've had our camper...and the first year we've taken Rachel.  It was incredibly cold, incredibly well attended, and incredibly rejuvenating.  We spent Friday getting things set up, grilling hot dogs for dinner, sitting around the campfire, doing a lot of this...
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put the kids to bed and stayed up late playing games.  The kids are really getting the hang of the camping thing and slept great the entire weekend (I'm sure the nice warm beds next to the heater didn't hurt!). 

Saturday morning we woke up early and had an amazing breakfast, played football, rode our bikes, snacked (too much), etc.  Rachel found a little time to "color"...

...Ethan played games with Hannah...

...Clay did more of this...

...and apparently I walked around taking pictures of everyone since I have nothing to document that I was actually there.  We have the best spot there where everyone has their camper or tent set up in a huge circle with a pavilion in the middle and the kids literally just run around and play the entire time.  My kids were so stinking happy!  We sent around a potluck list for our dinner Saturday night and ate GOOD...
 
When it got dark we all sat around the campfire, snuggled up with our kids, and sang all of the church songs we had memorized (if you were raised Church of Christ then you know this went on for a while!).  I got a little choked up sitting there - outside in the cold - surrounded by my Christian family - holding my children - singing praises to God - being perfectly content.  I really needed that.  After we put the kids to bed Clay and Brandon went on a Starbucks run (seriously!) and we stayed up way too late (until our fingers were completely frozen) playing games.  Sunday morning we all ate breakfast together and then sat around the campfire for a church service...

I'm not sure where we'll go in March, but I'm already counting down the days!