Go 4th- Cardboard Regatta

The past couple of years we have missed our Go 4th celebration at Lake Sacagawea because we’ve been at Bible Camp. But this year we came home on the 1st…

Zack worked at the Young Republican’s booth, so Andy & Will and I decided to head down and check it out.

We happened to get there at the same time as the cardboard regatta was going on.

I had no idea what a big deal this thing is! Area businesses and groups make a boat entirely out of cardboard and duct tape and race them on the lake. There were 47 entries and over 5,000 spectators!

Some of the entries were built for buoyancy, some for speed, but some were just works of art.

Here are some pics of the races…

  

some never made it at all… :o(

But everyone had fun and it was neat to see all of the creative talent our community actually has!

I think our favorite part of the day was the food! Andy had Russian food and Will & I had hand-dipped corn dogs, fries, and deep-fried Twinkies. Yum!

Now that’s the way to kick off the 4th of July… :o)

Inside Look at Bible Camp

This year I didn’t take any pictures at Bible Camp, but Will and Zack took LOTS! We now have an inside view of what the boys do at Bible Camp… It looks messy and loud!

First a couple of gorgeous nature shots that Will took on the walking trail…

Slime Time…

   

I can’t believe people volunteer for this!

Talent Show…

this girl was very talented and flexible!

Some of the kids/adults were very talented! Other things I didn’t realize were talents??? ;o)

I’m not sure what this game is but I had a LOT of pictures of it to go through!

   Here’s an inside look at what the pastors’ wives did…

Notice how we’re all clean… and we still had fun! :o)

San Juan Senior Trip

The weekend following graduation (and finals at LCC), the parents sent the boys on a 3 day trip to the San Juan Islands with Walt and Dena on their boat.

I wasn’t there, so I don’t know exactly what they did. But they all came back alive and the van was unscathed, so they must have been fine.

I do know that they camped at Sequim Bay State Park. I know they went on the boat. I know they swam and jumped off a bridge on Orcas Island. Other than that???

Well, you’ll just have to look at the few pictures they took…

they saw a beautiful sunset

????

 

Zack drove

Ian, Dawson and Carol rode in the van (apparently they ditched Joel)

they drove down this road

Ian grew a beard

they found some wildlife

they saw lots of water

they walked on a trail

they saw an island with a big hill

Carl died on a bridge

Joel thought about stuff

they saw Bambi

they saw a mountain in the distance

they caught a crab

Ian tried to eat the crab

Carl kissed the crab

Hmmm??? Well, at least they had fun…