Slime and Camping

Decided to go ahead and blog for the first time in a while. I said last time I planned on getting back into a regular routine and it didn't happen. So I am not going to say that this time and just hope for the best.

The last couple weekend have been pretty busy in this household. A couple weekends ago we had a water party at church for the kids. The kids had earned the party over the last few months. The kids had a blast and I am pretty sure so did all the adults that helped out with the party. We used a huge tarp and it became a giant slip 'n slide. Add water balloons and water guns to that as well to see how much fun they had. After the second service was over though was when the big payoff happened for the kids. Not only did they earn a party but they got to slime Mr. Kyle who is the director of family ministries. While the kids played in the water my wonderful wife prepared 6 different colors of slime. After church Mr. Kyle and one lucky kid was seated surrounded by kids and as the church watched 6 adult volunteers poured slime all over them. I have to admit I was glad neither of my kids had their name drawn out of the bucket.

This last weekend was a family camping trip with families of girl scouts in my daughter's troop. This was the first every camping trip as a troop for the girls. We arrived late of course as it seems that is how we roll in this family. There was some hiking done and some time spent in and out of the lake. The girls did learn a lot and earned some badges. They also got to do all the cooking and cleaning up(mostly anyway). Saturday was a good time around campfire as the leaders, girls, and families all did skits or lead the group in song. Great experience for everyone but I think we all agree next trip in cooler weather. And we also learned to start fire to make coffee much earlier in the morning or the adults get cranky and start plotting leaving camp to find a Starbucks.

Enough for now. I have more to post about but I will save for another day. Later gators.