campin' out

What a beautiful weekend! After a crazy week with keeping over 200 kids all going in the right direction, we headed for the hills. We have started a tradition of camping over Father's Day weekend with our good friends, the Straits. We camped near Leadville at Turquoise Lake, over 10,000 feet high! It was amazingly beautiful, bright blue sky, white capped mountains, green trees... and breathing in the fresh scent of pine. We were surprised at the amount of snow still hanging around. What fun to have a snowball fight in June! The kids loved spending time canoing on the lake in a canoe we borrowed from other great friends. N is now saving money to buy a kayak.... Hmmmm..... We are blessed to have the friendship of Rob and Leona, and their kids, Noelle and Hayden. We have been camping with them every year since Maddie was 2-years-old! We are so excited to kick off the camping season!