Friday, July 11, 2008

Across the Miles: Camp Forest Springs part 2

The Mini-Farm

Camp Forest Springs offers a huge array of kid- and family-friendly options. We spent one afternoon at the waterfront, where the kiddos went paddleboating with Danny and Malachi sat with me, trying to eat sand. Rachel and I also got to go out in a kid version of a kayak, called a "funyak".

On Danny's evening off, we went to a pizza place in Rib Lake, about 5 miles from the camp, with another family, and then came back and hiked some of the trails until dusk. Thank goodness for jogging strollers!

There were several playgrounds at the camp - one I've already mentioned behind our building, and the other near the ministry center and cafeteria. I was grateful for both of these; the kiddos and I would hang out there while Danny was at a session and it helped the time to pass more quickly for all of us.

I think the sandbox contained more trucks than sand!
The play area behind our building
At the playground by the cafeteria


But the hit of the week was the mini-farm. We must have gone there at least 4-5 times during the week. The munchkins loved hanging out with the animals, feeding the lambs and riding on the burros. And I got to experience milking a goat! Good times . . .










TO BE CONTINUED . . .

9 comments:

Kati said...

My personal favorite:

It's a toss-up between Malachi on the donkey and you milking the goat!

Anonymous said...

So YOU got to do the milking for a change! :) mm

Anonymous said...

i have really been enjoying your blog Sue House

Anonymous said...

and all the animals survived Karis's loving? i think she deserves to have that kitty....

Anonymous said...

HAPPY 11th ANNIVERSARY Saturday!!! Lots of good memories!

Jessi said...

Love reading your post! It's really nice to see everything that's been going on with you guys the last 2 wks! Technology...what did we do before this?

Chris said...

Wow. Eleven years ago today. I think Danny was in seventh or eighth grade when your name first started coming up in conversations. Thanks for taking pity on him and finally saying yes. You are a wonderful part of our lives too. We love you.

Margaret said...

awwww...i loved all the pics with the animals & kids. surely, surely they will now get to have a dog or at least a kitty?

Charity said...

well, a kitty is out of the picture since just handling the kids' clothing after they held them made it difficult for me to breathe. i really want a dog, but i've heard they can be more work than kids - aaaggghhh!

thanks for the anniversary well wishes!! we're going out next friday to celebrate.