Ward Camp-Out

Friday afternoon our ward gathered by the beach on the river and had a really nice camp-out. Everyone camped in tents except us. Mark, Isak and Elina slept in the van, of course. Not really 'roughing' it, mind you. In the van there is a full size electric bed that lays down and accordion style blinds for all the windows. Mark had removed the middle seats and slept on the floor on a foam mattress, and the kids watched Toy Story on the portable DVD player as they went to sleep. I have given up on imposing my 'standards' for camping. I am just happy they get to camp. I took the little girls home at 22.45 and slept at home with them. We learned over spring break that they are not the best sleepers when they don't have cribs to contain them.

But it was great. The kids dug in the sand, waded and splashed in the river, played 'capture the flag' in the dark, sang camp fire songs (the Hinckley brothers were amazing). Elina and Anja enjoyed poking in the fire for a long, long time until their faces were burning with heat. This morning the brethren cooked breakfast while the kids dug some more in the sand. They made a sand tunnel that Isak was excited about, among other things. The sand is so fine and perfect to dig in. This camping spot is on private land that is very near 'our' stretch of the river that we often walk to. The pictures are very grainy because I didn't take any until after it got dark.

 A budding pyromaniac?

 2nd Ward around camp fire.

 Elina and Anja spent over an hour here.

That's the river behind Elina.