Erickson WeekendIPBC

September 5-7, 2008

by Rachel A. Erickson

“Moooooommmmmyyyyyy!” (Mommy was rock climbing.)

Not a happy camper (literally)!

And this is what Mommy was doing.

She made it! (This, however, wasn’t the worst part, according to Caristy….)

……this was!

Martha

He loved being on the grass, especially, I’m guessing, because he had a ball!

“Mmm, I wonder if I can eat this….”

“Looks tasty enough to me….”

(He did try it, by the way. Didn’t seem to mind it, either! Mean old Daddy took it away from him!)

Don’t think he even knew I got him!

Joanne

Mom & Kristine decided to try climbing up by using the rope first.

It didn’t work too well. (This is Mom. If you look closely you can probably see her laughing.)

But she did get it.

And she made it to the top!

As did Kris.

Kris (though I only just noticed how much this facial profile also looks like Mom!)

Just missing Gerry.

Joanne got ‘punching balloons’ for the bigger kids, but Nikolas really liked it, too – so did Reagan.

Whew, what a busy day! Running, playing, climbing Inspiration Peak, pontoon (I think), and no nap – enough to wear any kid

out!

Being the monkey he is, Daniel climbed up during the slideshow presentations. Joanne was holding him up to make sure he didn’t fall off! (Notice he

still has a grip on the balloon, though!)

Unfortunately, that’s all the pictures I have. Check out Caristy’s blog for more (I think). We always have fun together, but being able to spend an entire weekend (and at IPBC, no less) is really something special for our family. My kids didn’t want to leave and are already asking when we’re “going to camp” again.