FC: Saturday

We had breakfast, a musical performance by the kids, saw the video of our week and then it was time to pack up and go home. Miss Courtney again stepped in to help us by taking the kids to play while David and I stuffed everything into garbage bags and crammed it into the car. All week long I'd been so impressed with how everyone was incredibly friendly and helpful and this especially showed itself on Saturday. Our neighbors in the lodge helped carry things down to the car which made light work of clearing out our room. "Is there anything else? No? Then let me put away this vacuum for you..." Wow!

I have to admit that before family camp, I pictured going to camp and hanging out with my family, smiling and saying hi to the other families but mostly just doing our own thing. We didn't know any of these people. Sure, they're from our church but we didn't KNOW them, they weren't our friends, we just all happened to be going to the same place for a week. I didn't realize how many opportunities we'd have to really connect with them, make new friends and get to know more about their families. And I didn't expect people to be so genuinely interested in getting to know us and begin new friendships. It was a pleasant surprise. I felt sad to be leaving the great place where we'd met all these people and venture back into the world where, who knows if we'll see them again? It was time to go and I expected the kids to reflect my feelings on leaving but they didn't seem too upset, it was just on to the next adventure for them! We said our goodbyes and drove away, down the gravel road, over the scary bridge in Lansing (EVERYONE thought this bridge was scary, not just me!) and on our way home. Goodbye Village Creek, hope to see you again sometime!

On our way home we met Grandma and Grandpa for lunch and it was so nice to see them. The kids managed to behave themselves in the restaurant long enough for us to visit and an added bonus was eating a meal in a room NOT filled with 200 noisy family campers. Peaceful!

We finally got home around 6:30 p.m. We emptied out the car and pretty much crashed after that. We were dead-tired, so glad to be home, and so thankful that we'd had the chance to go on the amazing trip to Family Camp.