Family Camp at Inspiration Point

We had a great 4th of July week-end at Inspiration Point. Jeff is working as a counselor at I-Point this summer so our family traveled to camp to spend a four day week-end there and get a glimpse of what he has been doing. It was so much fun to see Jeff at work in various roles at camp. This ranged from playing a disciple at the Christ Hike, to singing in the staff choir, to being a part of gaslight theatre and the list goes on. Thanks Jeff for a chance to visit you. We had a wonderful time.
This is Jeff in a skit that he participated in.
The guys had been playing baseball so I asked them for a time-out to grab a quick picture.
Here are the cousins playing a very competitive game of foosball.
Camp is also a time for friends to reconnect. This is my friend Pam and I out on the kayaks.
Lindsay, Jeff and Sam ....Nick was still in Colorado.
Cousins working together at camp this summer.....Jeff and Alison.
There was even time for a little brother/sister bonding time.
This is in the recently remodeled auditorium. Mom, Dad and Jeff.
Some good carpetball competition. This picture is of Richard and Kimberly playing. Richard and Sam had a week-end long competition going. This is Jeff's good friend Darin who he first met at camp in 3rd grade when they were in the same cabin. These two have always enjoyed spending time together and now they are both counselors this summer at IPBC. Fortunately, they will move on to NDSU together this fall. More fun adventures and memories to be made for these two!

Dad and Mom's Mini-Vacation!

With Nick off to Crooked Creek for a week with the Young Life Crew, Jeff working at Inspiration Point Bible Camp this summer and Lindsay married and living in Bismarck, Richard and I found ourselves in an "empty nest" for a week. So, we decided to take a mini-vacation. We were headed to Family Camp at Inspiration Point later in the week (pictures to soon follow) so we decided to vacation the entire week. Our first stop was Bayfield , Wisconsin.
I had always heard about this pretty little town in northern Wisconsin and so we decided to go find it. This is the cabin we spent our first night in. It was very cozy with a fireplace and we used it!
This is the view you can catch of Bayfield as you leave the waterfront area.
This is the small ferry we took over to Madeline Island.
Once we arrived on the island we decided it was time to try out exploring the island via mopeds. This was a ton of fun!
We worked up an appetite riding around the island so we stopped in and enjoyed some very good pizza at Grandpa Tony's!
We never stay too long in one spot so the next few nights we spent north of Duluth in a beautiful lodge. All the rooms looked over Lake Superior. We enjoyed the view!
We thought these chairs were fun so we stopped for a picture.
Split Rock Lighthouse was a fun place to spend a morning. We did some hiking up in the goose berry falls area. I love to spend time on the water whenever I can. We enjoyed a little canoeing one morning. We came home just long enough to wash a few clothes and pack up for a week-end at Inspiration Point. It was a great week.

A "sample" of Nick's Crooked Creek Adventure.

This adventure is called called the "BLOB". You sit on the blown up trampoline and your buddy jumps from the tower sending you in orbit. The rule is no one can "BLOB" you that is over 60 pounds your weight. Well, unless Nick gained a few pounds his buddy Adam weighs more then 60 pounds over Nick's weight but I think that was part of the plan.

Nick's Adventure to Crooked Creek

Last week Nicholas spent a week at Crooked Creek Young Life Camp in Fraser, Colorado. Nick says it was one of the best weeks of his life. Here is a little glimpse of what he got to do. Who wouldn't have a good time with a week full of fun, friends, fellowship, and adventure? This camp had resort style accomodations, thrilling rides and exciting adventures everyday...... along with "chef-prepared family style all you can eat" meals which made for a great week.
Here is a group picture with the 50 juniors and seniors from the high school and their chaperones right before they left for Colorado.
Suitcase checks!
Here are the group's chaperones sharing in a word of prayer before leaving on the bus. Beach volleyball was one of the many activities these boys enjoyed playing teams from other states. Rumor has it they were undefeated. One morning they went on an early morning trail ride and then ended up somewhere in the mountains where breakfast had been made for them by some "wranglers.". Whitewater rafting was the first thing these guys did when they got to Colorado. Nick said it was awesome. In this picture is Will, Austin, Taylor, Nick, Adam, Lucas and their chaperone Josh Mohagen. Here is a picture of the guys in Nick's cabin.....or should we say luxury suite. Part of what Nick enjoyed was meeting new friends. This guy (a football player from a state in the south) became a very good friend. Having a little water fight. The building in the background was their housing for the week. The senior boys and some of the girls. Biking was another adventure. Nick was very impressed with the speaker that they had this week. There were also a number of other people who shared their testimonies on how Christ changed their lives.