camping

Went camping this weekend to St. Croix State Park, which is located about 15 miles east of Hinckley, with the young adults (singles) group from Eagle Brook Church. It was a great weekend, even if the weather wasnt perfect. Sara, Jen and I are kicking it low key at the camp fire. We spent most of our time at the campfire since it was cold most of the time. But, i will not complain...cuz it only rained for about 1/2 on saturday- otherwise the rain stayed away and we stayed dry!

here is one of my tent mates for the weekend. Heidi. Her and I were being silly (imgine girls being silly when it's late at night) and had out head lights on. Heidi's was actually her's, mine i stole from Sara so i could use the port-a-potty and actaully see what i was doing. they work great and i need to invest in one for sure. I hardly knew Heidi at the beginning of this outting, and know- we're pals. Jen and Jill also stayed in the same tent! it was fun times.

so for those of you that are aware of nature and the tiny little grose thing found in it will completely understand this. the tics are insane and probably will remian that way all summer long since there was no late freeze this year. When you go camping with a bunch of 'city it' tics become the thing to talk about. so...i thought i'd be extra stupid and collect all the tics people found on them. I did this all day saturday and had so many people bringing me tics. a couple of us went on a walk mid-afternoon and at one point i picked 26 tics off my jeans....yeah, 26~! i know you cant tell from the pics above, but there were A LOT of tics in my little sandwhich bag by the end of the day. caleb and kristin are both checking them out, telling me "that is so grose!" at the end of the day i burned them all...awaiting the noise tics make when you burn them.

heidi, ben, joe, joann and jay- enjoying the fire waiting for devotions to start. in this picture the thing you cant see is that we are sitting very close to the fire cuz it was butt cold out- and for some odd reason the wind really liked to blow the smoke directly into our eyes. at times...we had our hats, hoods and hands over our faces to prevent our eyes from burning from the smoke.

jason was one of the leaders for this little camping get away and he does not like to get his picture taken. i am not really sure why...he just doesnt. i spent many pics trying to check him off gaurd to get a good one of him and it never worked. finally i convinced him to take one with 3 of the coolest women around. jason is a tons of fun, and he did a great job leading this weekend. he made us all pancakes this morning for breakfast!

jill and i enjoying those pancakes that jason grilled up for us. jill and i mixed the batter...so we helped too. we mixed 4 boxes of pancake mix to feed everyone! holy pancakes.

just some more pics...it was a good time. a good trip. lots of laughs had. we all stayed dry. it only rained for about 1/2 hour. no one got sick. no one encourter any major animals. burned about $20 worth of fire wood. eat all day long. slept some. went on a nature hike. went on a bike ride. played some games. snuggled a bit. meat lots of new people. and am super tired!