Bible Conference Vacation

We were on vacation last week with Kevin's side of the family at a Bible Conference. It was a great time ~ and we were busy doing lots of things and not taking pictures....but I ended up with a few that help show what we did all week! I, of course, did not take any pictures while we were listening to the speakers, but they were all very interesting and had great messages.

Swimming was one of our main activities....April lounged pool-side watching the action:

(yep! that's Chloe's head under the water!!)

One of the things that Chloe talked a lot about on the way to the Conference was "Noah" and "water"....and then! she got to go in the water with Noah! :)

Kevin spent 3 afternoons with Chloe at the pool ~ and got to show off on the diving board a little bit too:

We also spent some time in our room (which was very nice) but April thought the bedspread was a little frightening....

Chloe enjoyed using the baby-monitor as a telephone - she was always calling Aunt Laura :)

On Thursday we went for a family walk and stopped to see the motor-boat and hear the shrieks of the people riding on the tube! Chloe was very serious about watching:

and April could have cared less:

We were all pretty worn out by Friday!! This was taken past her normal wake-up time, with all the lights on in our room....

Thank you Mimi and Poppop - we had a wonderful time!! :)

Comments

Anonymous said…

The scary bedspread is a HOOT! Looks like a good time was had by all, glad you got to go.
ma-nuh

June 27, 2011 at 2:08 PM

Laura said…

April looks like she's going to punch my lights out! ;)
Glad to see the family had a good time!
p.s. Chloe - call me! ;)

June 27, 2011 at 4:34 PM

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