Youth camp

I am one of the youth leaders for our church. We got to go to Big Bear, CA. Emma and Benjamin are both old enough so I got to spend the week with them and lots of friends. We have amazing leaders and such a fun group of kids. We had the best week up in the mountains. They shot bow and arrows, and threw axes. Emma and Benjamin were the first and only ones in their group to stick the ax. Go kids! 

They had a zip line across the camp that the kids loved. Their favorite was a rock climbing wall that went around a big area. They were tethered to it as they made their way around. 

I also can’t forget to mention that we had lots of car sickness and altitude sickness. Luckily the kids all made it through and no one got an actual bug. No fun in the car rides though. 

The first night we threw a big dance party. We had glow sticks everywhere and loud music as the kids jumped and danced around. We were at the park for the morning playing all sorts of games and card games. We spent a day at a Minecraft coaster and mini golf course. The coaster was self driven and so much fun. You control the brake and so how fast you go. I love loved it and loved watching the kids. Then it was mini golf time. The kids played kill ball all week. It is a mixture of volleyball and dodge ball and all of the guy youth leaders get so into it with the kids. We really have the best group!

We did an iron rod activity and had a great fireside on the last night. When we got back into town we had a testimony meeting and listened to kids stories. We watched a slide show of our week. It was a beautiful end to our week. Thanks to all of everyone’s hard work!