Tuesday morning we utilized a magnificent thing called a “camper call.” A camper call is when you and your hubs get to leave your cabin at 6:45 a.m. The reason you get to leave is because two counselors come to your cabin door. They wait outside the door until your kids wake up (we told Jackson the night before what was going on so that he wasn’t freaked out to wake up and not have us there) and then come in and get them dressed and ready and take them to breakfast. That’s right-they do ALL of your morning work!
CRAZY AWESOME!
This vacation just kept getting better and better.
The reason that we had scheduled a camper call is that we were signed up to go on the morning trail ride and then have a special breakfast. I had been told by everyone who had gone to Pine Cove not to miss this. We showed up at 7 at the stables and were assigned to our horses. We went on about an hour ride enjoying a wonderful, cool (that’s right, God even gave us amazing weather this week) morning and some beautiful scenery.
Jay and I are in the middle in the picture below.
After our ride we went to an adorable little cabin for the most amazing breakfast EVER! Multiple people had talked about the bacon at this breakfast and it definitely lived up to the talk. The girl that cooks gets up and puts bacon (covered in maple syrup) in the oven to cook at 4 a.m. They also do eggs, fresh blueberry muffins, homemade biscuits and gravy, fruit, fresh squeezed orange juice, warm apple butter, etc. etc. etc. It was outstanding. And it was also such a luxury to have a nice, adults only breakfast getting to know other couples. Jay and I were seated near Swanee (the horse wrangler who had worked at Pine Cove for 30+ years) and really enjoyed getting to know him and hearing stories about his years working at camp. He remembered our sweet friends from Plano and was just such a neat guy to get to know and hear stories from.
After breakfast the counselors had our kids fed and ready for family devos (devotions). So, Jay led our devotions and then we took the boys to their classes. Jack and Bear were both so happy and had really enjoyed the camper call and asked if we could do it again during the week. . .um, yes, we said we’d try to oblige that request.
While they were in Cove Kids we went to our daily adult session. The speaker for the week was really great. God is so awesome and we were blessed by everything that we heard. All of his topics either really spoke to us about things we needed to change or implement in our lives or things that really encouraged us and validated the way that we were already doing things. We always walked out feeling refreshed and motivated.
When our speaker sessions ended we had lunch as a family and then had free time together. Bear wanted to go to the arts and crafts building with Mia and her best camp buddy Kaitlin. He had a ball painting a “pirate treasure box.”
That night the kids went with their counselors again for dinner and a fun night of skits and activities. Then all of the couples got a picnic basket and blanket and were instructed to go find a beautiful place to have dinner together.
We chose a spot by a pond and had a fabulous time just talking, laughing and eating. We also had a list of questions to go over and discuss during dinner which was kind of interesting. At the end of dinner Jay and I both commented on how much fun we have together. Some how with the chaos of the last year we’ve only had one dinner together without the kids and while we know we love each other tremendously, it’s also nice to be reminded of how much we like each other and what a great time we have together. I swear this was Jay’s happy place. My sweet guy was so relaxed, laid back and happy while we were at camp.
And for the professional pictures of the day. Looks like the kids were having a great time too!
By the end of day 3 we were already praying that the week would slow down!
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