the paquettes

Here are more pictures of our afternoon at the lake on Saturday! We went to Decker Lake which is only 10 minutes away from us!

James and Ella

me and Rilyn

James

air borne

love this pic!

all good things must come to an end!

water skiing

Me water skiing after 12 years!  I was really surprised that I could still get up!  It is such hard work on your arm muscles!

Friday was our last full day of camp.  We took it easy because well, we were tired!  James and the girls played frisbee golf during free time.

frisbee golf

interesting form Ella…  😉

That evening, Wild Kids (Rilyn’s program), had a “Character Quality” ceremony. Her counselor, “Half Asleep” presented her with her certificate.

Half Asleep reading it to Rilyn

It read: “Rilyn is a good listener and is thoughtful of others. She is insightful, making it easy for her to understand those around her. She is generous of her possessions and time.”
That night we prayed with “Spirit Fingers” and thanked her for such a wonderful week with us!

Ella, Spirit Fingers, and Rilyn

We thank God for blessing us with the chance to attend Pine Cove family camp last week!

mommy and her girls

Thursday was all about banana boating!  I’m so glad Jen took pictures of our family because Ella’s expressions are priceless!  (Once again, Ella was scared, but asked God for courage to ride!)

banana boating time!

Rilyn can barely keep her helmet on!

Ella is screaming!

Jen said she made this face the whole time!

ella:  terrified

Rilyn being a little daring!

After we went, we decided it would be fun(ny) to have a ‘kids only’ banana boat ride. We were definitely the mean parents, making the boat driver go faster even though the kids would put their thumbs down to slow down. We were laughing so hard at their expense!

Cole had his thumb down pretty much the whole time!

I’m sad this next picture isn’t clearer, but I had to post to show these bff’s and their personalities! Anna is holding her thumb up to go faster and Ella is holding her thumb down to slow down! 😉

anna and ella

At one point, the boat started sinking because of the speed and it was hilarious!

sinking

they were so scared but we were dying laughing!!

After banana boating, we went to the pool where we all took turns going down the slide! 

Rilyn

Always following the rules!  Her arms are crossed perfectly!

The second time Rilyn went down, she didn’t enter as graceful!

Wednesday morning started out with a 7 a.m. trail ride.  (We had a counselor come to our cabin and take our girls to breakfast for us!)

James and I in the stable

James

After the trail ride, we had a southern breakfast at a little cabin overlooking the lake. So yummy and relaxing!

relaxing

In the afternoon, during free time, the Richardsons and our family took the kids tubing!

Love this picture of Rilyn and Cole!

Go Rilyn!

Ella was very nervous about tubing. Once again, we took her fear to the Lord and asked Him for courage!

Ella scared before her turn

Ella going very slow!

looks like she had fun!

After tubing we headed to the pool so Rilyn could go on the Blob. Unfortunately she landed wrong and slid off quickly and was too scared to try again.

Rilyn jumping off the board to the blob

That night was the talent show! James and Rilyn did the Father/Daughter dance to Jai Ho with Dave and Anna Barrett that they did in their dance recital in May.

Rilyn almost hit her head on the beam above.  The                                               whole audience gasped, but James had no clue how                                              close she came!

They got a standing ovation and if there was a prize for first place, I’m confident they deserved it!