Thursday, November 19, 2009



What a bunch... warm, caring, cooperative, happy, good looking.
This is at the very end of the weekend, so I'd say it was a great retreat!

Our Halloween topic was "Facing the Spiritual Realm".
We had some good discussion and journaling/man carving time.

It's lunchtime at the cabin, and we're excited about
blackened cajun hot dogs... or maybe we're excited in spite of them!


Looks like a hug, it's actually a tackle...
or more accurately, an attempted tackle!



Quarterback Joel takes his time...Not much of a pass rush today!



John jukes Cameron, but Ben has the angle on him...


There's nothin' like...


...a homemade fort to hang out in.


This must be Christian Monopoly- they all look way too happy...


It's Saturday afternoon, but there's a traffic jam on the pond!


Full speed ahead on a collision course with the bank...
good thing that they're wearing air bags!



Whether you call it Nuk'em...


...or Volleyball Explosion...


It's a lot of fun!


For a great pizza dinner, we traveled to Genoa (IL, not Italy).


We made a banquet out of it...


...and had more than our fill...


...of food and fun!


The only explanation for this... it's Halloween!


God provided great weather for a good campfire sing...


And the s'mores were spectacular!


No, Tom's not giving a lecture, it's a game we call "Mafia"
(lots of sleeping, no actual killing)

When it's raining candy, and you turn it into a game
called Milky Way 500, you know it must be after midnight!


The Prank... the boys cabin was sealed with saran wrap.
Somehow (brute strength, I believe),
the boys escaped in time for breakfast!


A walking stick becomes an instant celebrity
(click on the picture- it's beneath the "B")


Say "Arrrrggghhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!". We're ready to go home!