Back at it

We had an awesome time at Tar Hollow last week. Took Thursday and Friday off and drove up - traveling takes so much longer with 10 people. Tyler Swink went with us - thought he would enjoy himself and did he ever. Scott and Dawn + 3kids decided to go this year to and we traveled together. Lot's of bathroom stops but we got there.

Dad found Tar Hollow years ago and the congregation we were attending then (plus a few others) went for three straight years (I think 1991 was one of those years). Lot's of good memories. Last year, Ryan Wagner started putting together retreats but it was open to anyone and was more for keeping in touch and meeting new people. We played paintball, football, volley ball, and other activities, ate great food, and just enjoyed some time relaxing. Eric was there, but he did a lot of work with the activities and food prep. so we did not get to spend as much time as we would have liked to with him. We also go to see Paul and Andrea which was nice. Annette wound up being sick. Ryan and Jenny did a great job preparing the entire thing (with lots of help) and Albert and Cindy got lots of support in the kitchen to help with 2 large meals each day.

The Amusing Race was a blast - I never thought I would eat a live earth worm. And to top the race off, I spent some time in the lake trying to complete the final task. Not on top of the lake, in the lake. My first trip in a kayak was not very balanced so I jumped out. Then Britney dove in to save my life in 2 ft of water :) and then we tried to get the water out but after taking off again I realized that the kayak was still sinking and I tipped it over and swam to a boat that Chad Wolfe was paddling. Ended up swimming to shore where Rance Fetherolf was videoing our team performance and he carried the kayak to the dock. Now we are hoping that the camera and tape are not ruined as there must have been some water that got on the camera.













Did a little fishing with Chad - he had an extra Barbie fishing pole so I put it to good use and caught a couple fish. Look at the size of that catfish - it was really only about 6" long but this photo makes it look huge.







So we headed back home Sunday and what do you know, another potty break filled trip. Garrett really needs to learn bladder control. We stopped within 30 minutes to potty (bathrooms were cleaned and without paper when we left the park) and get drinks. Ten minutes later Garrett had to go again. We pulled over behind a small shed/barn and pulled out his potty seat! Note that he also had a diaper on but refuses to go in it.