Camp Dwight 2014 Part 1.

After many summers of mishaps, we finally made it to Camp Dwight!  It was such an amazing experience as we spent three days with other like-minded Christians, listened to many talented musical families, fellowshipped, heard inspiring sermons, and enjoyed bring along two friends for the trip! 

 On the road with a full car!  It makes the drive go faster with all the talking and laughter we experienced.

 Rest stop.  

Yep, the topography is looking quite different from what I'm used to.

 Group picture by the water! 

 

Having a little fun!

 Judah is learning from his siblings about what it means to photobomb.

 Lindsey caught a frog in the pond!

 Judah and his new friend.

 Havilah held Mr. Frogy too!

And we made it to our "camp site".
I probably should explain... we aren't a camping family, so we stayed off campus in a house!  We're urban campers. 

Hm...

Yeah, if I were Kyle, I wouldn't touch it.  

We went exploring our first day at Camp Dwight and decided that checking out the knife throwing would be fun.

 Philip got three in!

 Lindsey throws.

 Yeah, don't mess with us girls...

 Knife caught in midair! 

I actually stuck my last one.  But it fell off so I have no proof.

I was able to convince the girls to go kayaking with me!  Although I told them that the seats were damp, we found out that sitting in them really turned out to be wet... and so we were wet for quite some time after that, but it was worth it! 

 For some reason I think Eden thinks this is all about style.   ;)

 I found out that those paddles are great for splashing others.

And you can even splash your fellow oarswoman.  ;)

 Lindsey ran us into the tree! 

 Shiloh and Havilah coming around!

 Bringing ourselves back to dry land!

On the way back, Emily L. threatened to capsize us!  Somehow I managed to put my persuasive speech training to the test... and it worked!

I found out the hard way that "dismounting" is more difficult than it looks.  However, I got more dirty than I did wet!  (I will leave it up to your imagination.)

Joining together in the meeting hall with about 900 other people!

Some happy and attentive listeners.  :)

More of the same!

The meetings were wonderful as we heard Dr. Jerry Benjamin talk about the Lord having the preeminence in our lives.  He covered some excellent points and brought many things into new light!

Shiloh, Jordan, and I were up early the next morning to do the 5K Fun Run!  (Because the rest of the family slept in, I had no one to take pictures... the credit for these pictures go to Mrs. B.  Thank you!)

 Valerie and I barely awake.  Just kidding!

Ready runners!

This was the best running group ever!

These lovely ladies are still smiling (it must be early in the race!).

Jordan coming down the home stretch!  He was really fast and finished within the top eight runners!

I was so excited to run it in 28 minutes (which was pretty good considering I only practiced three times, never actually running a full three miles!)... however, I found out how hard it is to run in a higher altitude.  Wow!

 Listening to another inspiring meeting!

This gorgeous mountain range had the Three Sisters, Broken Top, and Man Looks at Moon.  (Yeah, that last one is an inside joke.)

Elanee and Shiloh enjoying each others company.

Saturday was jam-packed with all sorts of fun actives!  We went down the amazing slip-n-slide, swam in the pond, rode the zipline, and then finished it all off with a concert!

 Shiloh playing carpet ball.

 This zipline was epic!

Judah getting ready for his ride!

Big brother took him down... The wind even blew his hat off.

Shiloh riding down with Benjamin.

Part 2. coming soon with all sorts of fun pictures!!!

Posted By:

~Bethany 

I Named You Hope Short Film

I am thrilled to release World Changing Production's newest short film, I Named You Hope!  This has been a big project that covers the topic of the sanctity of life.  The unique aspect of this movie is the fact that Jordan and Bethany wrote the theme song which has the same title of the movie.

Independence Day 2014

Obviously I have a hard time keeping up with both blogging and summer!  It's okay though... I am enjoying everything and will get around to posting sooner or later.

For the 4th of July, we went to the S. family's annual party.  They are seriously amazing and put together and fantastic event!  The fun was tripled when we were accompanied by two of our friends.  :)

One big happy family!  Or pretty close to that.  :)

 I had a wonderful time seeing my good friend, Melissa T. again!

There was one epic water balloon fight!  We went all out.  :)  

(Photo credits to Mrs. B.)

And thanks to Paul L. taking these fantastic pictures because I didn't get to take as many as I intended!

Who knew Jordan had a hidden soccer talent?

My daddy and I posing for the pictures while everyone else talks.

Announcing pie contest winners.

Look out, Sarah!  Someone just might steal your pie! 

In case you thought she was a perfect little angel...

And then there was this hilarious sign that mysteriously appeared on the B. family's trailer...

Who cares how it got there!  It sure looks nice on it!

And then this red car posed with a bunch of people...

Presentation time!

Mrs. S. and her granddaughter. 

We played Shenandoah. 

Shiloh and I accompanied Evan, Jordan, Elanee, and Eden as a vocal quartet while they sang The Star  Spangled Banner.

It was a blessed time celebrating America's freedom!  

"The land of the free begins in the homes of the brave." ~Kirk Cameron 

Posted By:

~Bethany 

Happy Birthday, Daddy!

Happy Birthday to our Wonderful Father!!

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Sadly, Daddy had to work today~ so we celebrated his birthday yesterday!!

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With some presents and a Gluten Free Cake!!

Are you hungry yet???  :)  We should have made two- this one went waaaay too fast!

In honor of our father's birthday- here's one of his favorite songs and also a song that we think describes him well too! :)

The Time Is Now

Happy Birthday, Daddy!!  We Love You!! Shiloh - Bethany - Jordan - Eden - Judah- Havilah - Ben!

OCEANetwork 2014

We always enjoy attending homeschool conferences, but this one was particularly fun because we spent the majority of the time volunteering!  We were super busy the whole time but still were able to visit with friends and have a wonderful time.  

Heading down to the conference center in our stylish volunteer "badges"!

 Judah and Benjamin enjoying the science fair.

 The little kids by a blue cow

It's very unusual, but I ended up not taking any pictures!  Thankfully Evan S. got some really good ones to share (he always does!).

Having a wonderful time with such special friends! 

Confession Time: I actually didn't make it to a single session I was so busy! 

 Okay, so I had to fit some violin playing into the schedule.

Which is totally fine.  :)

Wait.  Are they really working or just having fun???

I had the awesome job of duplicating CDs.  We named each of our machines based off their personalities: Moody, Disobedient, Granny, Super-Charged, and Racer.  Super-Charged was our fastest machines, so I kinda stuck around him.  ;)

Jordan taking a bite out of it! 

I'm selling my car!

But if it won't sell...

I'll push it into the water!

Looks like someone is shopping for someone else!

At the close of the conference, we went out to dinner with a few families.

It was such a blessing visiting with the H., S., and S. families!

Smiles all around!

Lots of laughter!

And even some photobombing.  You have to do some photobombing.  :)

Sarah and Eden share a morsel.

It lasted long into the night and we closed the wonderful weekend with a group photobomb!

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~Bethany