We got the chance last weekend to head out with a lot of our friends to Lake Shetek. It was such a blessing b/c Heather and Seth had given us a free weekend of babysitting for Christmas last year, so they came up and took care of the girls while we were gone (visit thier blog to see the adventures the girls had while we were away!) Anyway, we had amazing meals, great weather and tons of laughs! On Saturday we even formed our own Olympic activities and lit a torch to kick it all off. Rob and I, being very new to the game Heartland Strategy, got off to a rough start when we got 5th out of 6 teams...but we came back to redeem ourselves when we won the Bag-It tourney! The rest of the activities kind of took a back row seat to the tubing that occurred int he afternoon! It was so fun and I have not laughed so hard in a long time. My cheeks hurt when we were done 1-because I took a knee to the jaw, 2-from smiling so much! It was fun to watch the boys too...they just had no inhibitions jumping from tube to tube...the pictures were hilarious and I hope to have them on snapfish soon!
We are just so blessed to have such great friends! We spent Saturday evening just asking each other challenging questions...What do you want your obituary to say, what is your passion, what drives you, what is the one thing you want to be remembered for....etc. I just love the way we are able to share the different things that God is teaching us and the different ways we are being challenged. The highlight of our friendships is definitely the spiritual connection that we are able to share! Thank God....thank god!
Lighting the torch and getting ready for the Olympic festivities!
Heading out to the boat for some tubing and the Heartland Strategy tourney on the water
The girls on the tube...still on before we started flying around
Preparing to get situated to switch tubes
The boys just flailed themselves around trying to move from tube to tube
Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't
Rob came up from a fall one time with his shorts on his head...tubing takes more from you than just your energy sometimes!
And they are spent!
"Hey we lost a guy back there a ways!"
Got to ski! Love to ski!
Rob started off the skiing and did an awesome job on some really wavy water!
"The man" who miracuously fixed the boat lift
The girls-minus Lori-Yay! I love these ladies!
An early morning pic of me...I was the first to head out that morning and kick off Day 2. It was so early but it was a beautiful morning! And I don't say that about many mornings ;)
Coming in at the almost half way point...strength is found in this lady in more than those guns she is flashing ;)
The girls did great! All three of them spent so much time in the car the past two days...and everytime we passed a biker, they would clap and cheer! So fun to watch them get so into it too!
A rest stop along the way...these places needed more shade ;)
Last stop before the finish...they both can still put on a smil and look good!
The first group at the starting line
The first rest stop...Everyone looks great!
Rob and I posing for a picture at a rest stop...we hadn't been riding too long at this point so we were still pretty energized. The wind would get us eventually!
Ok so it is definitely determined that I was not part of the age that knows how to take a good self portrait. I tried like three times and Megan got this cute one on the first try!
This was at the third rest stop...Megan, Rob, and I's 1st...
Mom, Meg, and I pulling into Beresford after just working ourselves up some massive hills, straight into a head wind. We were still smiling....
I just love the fact that they are still kissing in the middle of all of this! They really stuck by each other through this and encouraged each other along the way! So fun to watch ;)
I decided to do the pose Megan did all the time as a kid! So I got a little bit more into it than she did...I am always the one who looks dorky in these pics!
