Community Camp '10

We just spent a week at our church's Community Camp down at La Foret, near Colorado Springs. It was our fourth year doing this camp (that doesn't seem possible), but the first time with two kids, which is its own brand of crazy. Below are tons and tons of photos from the week.

Dancing with mama at the square dance.

Just being sweet.

Amos often ended up in mama's bunk, and occasionally toppled over the edge.

The meadow.

Eli won a medal for his bottle rocket, "Eli's Wild Ride." He won Most Suspenseful Launch.

Eli spent most of the week cornering adults and holding them captive. Here, Eli chats with Dave during the bottle rocket launches.

Amos eating something.

Amos chowed down during the bottle rocket launch.

He somehow lost his shirt.

Friday afternoon and night it rained a lot, and so Eli decided to play in this huge puddle.

Happy in the trees, with his tie-dyed shirt.

Crashed out.

Amos insisted on eating dirt and sticks and pine needles, and eventually we stopped trying to stop him.

Eric and Jessa both played in the camp tennis tournament, but not together. Maybe next year....

Amos at the chapel at this morning's closing service.

Eli at the Chapel.

Eli looking out over the ravine behind the chapel.

The closest I could get to a pose. He doesn't like to pose these days.

The front-facing option on the iPhone is handy in situations like these.

Amos is asleep in his car seat in his pack 'n play (see his feet?).

Zzzzzzzzz.

At the Dining Hall.

At the pool.

Sharing a shopping cart on a Target run.

This was the view each morning,
as Amos' pack n play was right between our bunks.

At the Dining Hall.

Eli as a wookie at Star Wars night.

Playing with Brian in the woods.

Just hanging out on the back porch.

Amos got an official camp name tag!

The post-pool towel look.

Swimming.

Amos' bottle rocket: Mouse in Space.

Father and son.

Either going to or coming from the pool.

Dining Hall again.

Camp is exhausting.

Camp Part II

We're almost halfway through the laundry from last week's time at camp, so it must be time to post some more pictures!

Most evenings when we had big events in the big camp Hall, Eli and one of us ended up on the back porch, which was thickly populated with all the toddlers and infants at camp. Eli had a great time with pine cones and various sticks, as seen here.
Tyler, Eli, and Isabella, left to right, were all in the same cabin, along with Hillary and Jack. They had a great time. The three pictured above are all within about 2 months of each other in age.
Running through the meadow.
Close-up.
Eli and dad on the back porch.
Watching bottle rocket launches on the meadow.
Eli and mama on the way to breakfast one morning.
This is a photo of a squabbit, which are seen all around Colorado but particularly at camp. They're a type of squirrel that's black with rabbit ears...quite freaky in person. Nobody ever believes us that these exist, so here's proof for all the doubters.

Don't forget to vote in the poll in the previous post! My (Eric's) prediction is August 25th.

Camp Fun

Brusha brusha brusha...
Snoozin' in Mama's bed.
Hanging at the Dining Hall.

Zzzzzz.
Bedtime snack. Gnight!