Blessings When You Least Expect It

So blessings can come when you least expect it and from people that you least expect. One of my favorite blessing this summer came on a Tuesday when I decided to take the 3 boys to the lake with Eagle's Nest kids. We headed up to the lake and played at the beach, went canoeing, and I (Erin) took a trip down the zip line. We had lunch and I started to pack us up because Landon and Levi were done and tired. I had Levi in the stroller who was starting to cry and I was changing Landon out of his swimsuit into his clothes. I just had to let Levi cry so that I could get Landon situated. Before I knew it there was a group of kids (mostly boys) gathered around the stroller and singing to Levi to calm him down and it worked. I don't think it was in any key, but it was the sweetest sound that I had heard all day long. The last thing I expected was to be blessed by a group of 7-8 year olds in the middle of two of my children melting. I learned not to under estimate kids and how they can bless your life when you least expect it.

The Torture of Swim Lessons

The last two weeks we have attended swimming lessons for Logan every morning at 9:00. Torture is the word that comes to mind everytime I think of swim lessons. Let me just give you a picture of how our morning goes. The first lesson, we get dressed, which for our family takes a good hour when you include sunscreen. We make it on time to the first lesson and I warn the teacher that Logan is scared to go underwater and that this will probably not go well. So I hand him off and he screams for me the entire 30 minutes. Fun, right? No, torture. So the next morning we get ready again and he does just a little better. By day 3 Logan has figured out that when he wakes up the torture is going to begin. So now the crying starts as he wakes up, but I have decided for safety reasons I will win this fight. We have now finished two weeks and I finally won!!!!! Logan passed level one which means he can blow bubbles and go underwater 10 times this is called relaxed bobs (yes, the teacher is holding him). Not only did he pass, but he was smiling while he was doing it. Yeh Logan. Not to mention Landon and Levi also have had to endure the torture as they sit and watch from the grass!

What A Summer

Welcome to our new blog! Our hope for this blog is to keep all of our family and friends updated on our lives and our ministry. So make sure to check it often! Wow, have we had an awesome summer so far. We can hardly believe that it is almost over. We have been blessed with a great summer staff that truely loves the Lord and are dedicated to the campers. We have had a number of kids come to Christ and many grow in their relationship with Christ.


This last week Tim Arrington from our home church in Tucson was able to visit camp. It was really great to show him what camp is all about and the ropes (literally)! Tim got to Mountain Bike with the kids, join the group Bible study, a small group, archery, Leap of Faith (as pictured), the Zip Line, and more. The counselors were also able to spend time with Tim getting to know him over dinner and ice cream (a true treat for the counselors). We really had a great time and loved showing Tim and the church what we do! We hope he will be able to come back again!


Logan also loved that Tim was here due to the fact he got to do some ropes! Logan was able to be hooked up to the the high ropes. The counselors hoisted him up in the air and he got to fly just like Superman. Every 4 year old's dream!!!!



Looking Good and Being Superman!