This picture was taken at the Chewelah Creek, next to the Lutheran Church. The kids participated in "Lutherhaven" a bible day camp there at the beginning of the week. It was from 9am to 3pm, with a preschool from 9am to noon. My kids went to the Catholic "VBS" bible daycamp a few years ago and really enjoyed it. I thought it was a good way for them to see their friends from school over the summer and make new friends. I thought we'd give it a try this year. I was surprised that Marianne went without too much of a fuss. She actually enjoyed it more than the older kids. I think it was just a long day for them. I really enjoyed my "week off" and got around to a lot of projects that are put off due to homeschooling and taking care of six children all the time.
Our ward campout was this weekend. We went on Thursday and returned on Saturday. The campground was on a lake and the kids enjoyed swimming. They went swimming three times on Friday.
We saw dozens of these little frogs. The kids had fun catching them. At night there were bullfrogs the size of a small fist. We weren't sure if these little frogs were just the bullfrogs babies, or another species all together. The bullfrogs only came out at night, so I didn't get a picture of them. They wimpered like little puppies when caught. We did hear normal croaking in the mornings, however.
Marianne holds a "miniature frog".
Mindy poses in the hole that they dug.
We camped 2 miles south of the ferry, so we went across for a fun outing. There is no bridge across, so you drive your cars on the ferry which runs on the half hour.
This is the ferry we went on. The other side has cellphone reception, but where we were camping we were "unplugged".
The ferry ride was about 5 minutes long.
Maddy read alot this weekend.
Digging the hole.
Marianne wrapped up to keep warm. It was a cool, overcast weekend. All in all, a successful campout.
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