Church Retreat Weekend

This past weekend we had our church retreat at Inspiration Hills. Was great fun we got up there at noon on Saturday and they had planned an Amazing Race. Mike and I were on a team, Marcus was on a team and my brother and sister-in-law both had teams. It was great fun and they had 10 different stations where you had to do different activities and get a puzzle piece when completed and then move on to the next one and so on and so forth until you were finished with them all and put the puzzle together and then you won. Mike and my team came in first, Marcus' second, Brad's(brother) third and Kerri's(sister-in-law) fourth. We had a great time - one station was Bible trivia, we did paint ball guns, blowing bubbles, balancing, sudoko, bobbing for apples, etc.
Since Marcus was such a professional apple bobber they asked him to do it at the talent show that night so he aggreed and got Brad and his buddies to join him on the demonstration. They were very funny and had a great time - Marcus didn't push the apple against the side and get it with his teeth - he dove in and pushed the apple to the bottom and came out with it in his mouth.

Getting ready to dive in again.

The guy in the back was getting too wet so he jumped off and the rest kept going - Marcus has the muscle shirt on and is the one that is the wettest!! :)

Jamie (in pink) and her friend Josie Kollis were also in the talent show - they sang the Mom's Song by William Tell Overture - it was awesome as well - it's a song about all the things a mom says during the day in under 3 minutes. Everyone got a big kick out of it and laughed and they were very clear and we were quite proud.

Saturday night the deacons grilled everyone burgers and hot hogs and on Sunday we had church outdoors and then had a potluck at noon. Was a very nice weekend, the weather was great and we all came home and took naps - sore from running the race and tired from all the activities of the weekend. Good fellowship with everyone and fun for the whole family.