This is Alpha, the first-born, when he was 2YO.
This is Beta, the second-born, when he was about 2YO.
This is Gamma, the third-born, when he was about 18MO.
A Trip to the Beach
Aug
5
2010
At the risk of alienating my remaining readers with yet another recap of my family’s vacation, I am writing a recap of yet another family vacation. But don’t worry, this is a different kind of recap: little text and many photos.
About halfway between now and the last trip, we visited Lake Michigan for a week. The part of Lake Michigan we visited just happened to be connected to Maranatha.
Background Note (for those unfamiliar with Maranatha): The full name is Maranatha Bible and Missionary Conference. The way I usually describe it is that it is somewhere between a resort and a campground. Or VBS for adults.
Now on to the recap:
We went to the beach
and dug holes
and chased seagulls
and went for long walks on the beach.
Beta and I played shuffleboard
while Alpha painted some crafts
There were sunsets over the lake.
And we finished out the week with the kids’ program, where they recited the verse they learned that week and performed the song (with motions of course) that they also learned that week.
Oh, and here is the view out our front door, over the balcony.
And here are the views to the left and right on the balcony. No, I did not make a panorama shot.
And there was a lot of preaching. Ron Zappia was a good speaker to have that week. Or any week, for that matter. But I don’t have pictures of any of the sessions because that would be a little rude to be taking pictures during what is essentially a church service.
Conclusion: Everyone had fun (and plenty of ice cream) and no one ever wants to leave Maranatha. But leave we did. Of course, as we did after our trips to Boise and to Wisconsin, we stopped at Bob Evans for lunch on the way home. Now it’s tradition.
The end.
(Well, almost the end. There are two more smaller blog posts planned. Stay tuned.)
Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
Colossians 3:16
This little article thingy was written by Some Guy sometime around 6:33 am and has been carefully placed in the Travel category.
August 5th, 2010 at 2:52 pm
VBS for adults: description WIN. You should send that along to Maranatha — it’d be a great line to include in their marketing.
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