My sister and I traveled to Florida with the girls last month. We got to tag along with our youth group's beach camp trip. Adam was there with the junior high & senior high students acting as interim youth pastor. (We didn't see him much that week actually).
It turned out to be a great week for us. My girls loved playing with the teenagers. They were all really sweet playing with them in the pool and on the beach. I loved the time with my sister. No joke, when we got back home...I went through Rachel withdrawals for a couple of days. It was a blast being roommates for 5 days.
Our friend, Bobby, was the retreat speaker. I really enjoyed the series he taught entitled Thirsty. You can listen to the series here. It was surreal going on the trip with Bobby & Amy because we went to beach camp with them many times when their kids were as young as ours. This summer all their kids were on the trip & in the youth group. It was such a visual to me of how fast these parenting years go!
One of our favorite memories from the trip...
Our 2 oldest girls got to go on a late night trip to a go-cart place with the teenagers (hanging with Dad a little in there too). Everyone had glow sticks that night. Our oldest daughter, the little entrepreneur, charms a bunch of the youth into giving her their bracelets. On the ride back she attempts to sell them back to their original owners - "for a penny, quarter or dollar," she says. She made over $3 in change...we were so proud. Ha,ha. She may be a bit of a swindler, but we praised her entrepreneurial sense.
Here is a glimpse of our trip. No oil in sight at that point...we were elated.
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