Family Camp 2010!

This weekend our church went to Family Camp, an annual tradition at Nehalem Bay State Park. There were 35 of us from our Bible study group sharing one big site for meals and campfires, and then we each had our own sites for our tents. Friday was the hottest day that we have ever spent at the beach - it was in the 80's! We spent hours on the beach skim boarding, building sandcastles, burying each other, playing with the dogs, watching everyone's feet sink deep into the sand as the waves went out, etc.! We did lots of bike riding, playing games, running down the dunes, and watching the airplanes land right above our heads. It almost seemed like you could reach out and touch the planes as they landed. It was fun riding into Manzanita and exploring the neighborhoods. We saw deer, and Conner saw elk while on a bike ride with his friends. Friday night we went onto the beach and the moon was brightly shining onto the ocean, and there were millions of stars - we have never seen anything like it at the coast. It is so wonderful to be away from computers and our cell phones during vacation - the kids have been having a blast just playing all together. It was quite a shock to go to bed not needing to be inside our sleeping bags and then to wake up Saturday morning to weather 30 degrees cooler than the day before! The clouds never burned off, but we still had a great day, just much cooler than we expected. We decided to pack it up and head out after campfire Saturday night so that we didn't have to wake up to a cold morning. It's never fun packing up damp camping gear. We got home at 12:30 a.m., jumped into our comfortable beds, and slept in until 8:00 :)