The Overton Family: Camp

The kids and I headed off to Word of Life camp with other kids from church. Marie got the girls matching shirts for the big first day.

Ethan in his cabin. Aubrey and I stayed in the conference center with the other chaperones. The kids had counselors that stayed in their cabins

Aubrey sat with the girls the first night, until she got scared by the pretend guns. It was a wild west theme this year.

The climbing wall was a big hit with the kids and I did it on the second day. I made it to the top but is was not easy at all. My legs were shaking by the time on got to the top.

Coming down the zip line.

Aubrey got to got to a little class during the Bible times and many other times throughout the day. She loved it! Here she is in the one skirt I packed her. She was sad I did not pack more skirts and dresses and I told her it was camp, she should wear shorts...silly girl.

She had a dinousar theme.

Aubrey's little group walking to the pool, they were so cute.

Night time swim

and all you can eat pizza for $5. Ethan ate 6 slices, minus the crust.

The snack shack is always a hit.

This was a team building activity and they were told to stand by one of the holes in the rope. Ethan chose one of the biggest ones because he said he saw another group doing it and knew they had to get through their hole without touching the rope. He had one of the easiest ones, smart kid.

Paint ball

Aubrey on the water slide with the big girls from our church. She loved it!

Ethan doing his devotions in his cabin.

Derek got me this Angry Bird shirt since I would not be able to play it on his phone while I was at camp. It was a big hit with the kids...I felt very cool!

Aubrey swimming with one of her friends she made in her class. She also learned to swim without her floaties while at camp. See the video at the end of this very long post.

Aubrey made his hat in the craft area with some money Nana sent her in a card.

She loves a good pose

Ethan playing with one of the counselors in the pool.

Ethan's cabin finally had their turn at the climbing wall the last day of camp. He was all ready to go and they had to shut it down due to lightning. We did get a really bad storm, but it was the only one all week. Ethan and his two buddies, Gage and Tate were sad that they closed the climbing wall, but the guy in charge of it took their names and told them they could be the first ones to climb after the evening session. Right after the session was over, we ran to the wall, only to find out they were not going to open it because it was too late. The boys were devestated. His friends dad and myself tried to console them and tell them it would be okay and we managed to get them to be somewhat optimistic. We were heading down to their cabin for the pizza party they won for being the cleanest cabin of the week, when the guy in charge came and found us. He told us that he would open it just for the boys since he promised them and he was going to stick to his word. It was an awesome example to the boys about staying true to your word. They were beyond thrilled!