Camp Ozark!

So there is this place in the mountains of Arkansas called Camp Ozark. I went there, once upon a time, (1997 to be exact)

to work there, with my brothers, as a summer camp counselor.

I completely fell in love with the place.

I made the greatest friends,

did so many fun things,

hopefully was used to impact kids lives,

I even met my man there....

So, you can only imagine how excited I was that they were having a 60th Anniversary Reunion last weekend, and we got to go!! We loaded up the kids (along with the rest of the family - Mom & Dad, Jeff & Chandra, Bryan & Eraina, Preston & Katherine came too, (we really missed having Erik & Yuriko there!)), and we had the best time!

They have these very cool new bumper boats that both Larson & Secily were huge fans of

My Dad did the monster pamper pole....yes, that tiny yellow speck is him, standing on a pole 60 feet off the ground, about to jump to catch the bar.....

Larson had a private archery lesson with the one-and-only SuperDave (a highlight of Larson's weekend)

We played tribal comp...well, I didn't actually play, Ryan played tribal comp.

And, of course, what's a weekend at Camp Ozark without some time at the waterfront,

and...the blob!

I couldn't not believe it, but Preston got Larson to blob! I was so proud of him!

We had Western Night, where we did some calf roping...

pig chasing,

and dancing.

We also had Red, White and Blue Day, with a picnic, tug-of-war, egg toss, fireworks...

I wish I had taken more pictures.

It was such a fun weekend. If you ever want to send your kids to a summer camp, this is it. They will have the time of their lives, just like we did!