Vacation 2014 has Begun

The Sandidge Family vacation officially started today!  We're on our way to Blue Mountain Beach, Florida, but stopped for the night in Hoover, Alabama.  The kids think staying in a hotel is the greatest thing ever.  And tonight, they got to swim in a hotel pool - Life Is Good!

1st picture of vacation week!

 the hotel staff brought out ice cream for all the patrons

 Cooper was happy to partake!

 Reagan said it was delicious

 Jumping in!

 hiding underwater from mom's camera

 she can't stay under forever!!!

Read about last year's hotel stay here.

Another One Lost

Cooper pulled another tooth this morning...now he's all gums on the uppers!!

 

still a cute smile!

Return of the Camper

The campers returned home early this evening from a fun-filled week of camp.  They rode back to the church on luxury buses, Reagan thought that was the coolest thing...ever!

my sweet girl - back home

 Reagan's group for the week with their counselor, Ms Pam

 daddy and his girl

 Mom & Reagan (thanks dad for the bunny ears!)

 Reagan was chosen to help lead worship for the evening

 The principles they learned for the week

 The theme:  Living Inside Out

Reagan had a great time and said she's ready to go back again! 

Last year, we picked the campers up at the camp.



Scenes From Camp

I'm lucky enough to have a friend "on the inside" at fpKids camp.  She sent me a couple of pictures of Reagan having fun on the slip-n-slide.

fpKids Camp 2014

Today was drop off day for summer camp.  Reagan has been so excited to go back to camp~she couldn't hardly sleep for the past few nights.

Luggage - check

 send off rally for the 2nd - 5th graders of fpKids

 Reagan and her friend Ava - they were bunkmates last year

 dancing

 playing "gorilla, man, gun"

 Reagan made it to the semi-final round and had to go to the front of the auditorium

 Reagan's counselor and cabin-mates (Ms Pam was her counselor last year, and 4 of the girls were in her group last year)

 boarding the bus

 Bye Mom!

Check out scenes from last year's send off here.

Skating Sunday

Time for weekly ice skating lessons.  Reagan has improved so much in the past few weeks.  We are very proud of her and the confidence she's gaining is amazing.

 learning to glide

 this is her concentration/learning a new skill face!

 Ginger came to skate with Reagan during the open skate time

 Reagan's new skill this week was learning to spin 

Reagan wanted to teach Ginger how to spin

Sevierville Saturday



This week, instead of Bible Study, our small group decided to have a day of adventure!  We started the morning off with a delicious breakfast cooked by our hosts for the day, Becky & Bob.

on our way to FUN!

 after breakfast, we went Zip Lining!!

Greg went first!

 my turn

 our group for the day (7 are from our small group; we had 3 that didn't zip line and 2 that couldn't make it)

 on this line, we went tandum

 Next, we went on a 4-mile hike in Smoky Mountains National Park and had a picnic at the half way point.

Then, we went down the Alpine Coaster.  It was so fast, and so much fun.

Finally, we ended our day with dinner and a milkshake!