"camp is my favorite place to be" mei

who would have guessed it? 1 year ago she had never seen snow, this year she is skiing, sledding, having snow ball fights... and loving every minute of it!

building snow forts

she put those skis on and took off and skied all over camp

cousin fun

we watched the broom ball from up in the "sky deck"

except for the championship game me and jackson went down to see our team take the trophy for the 3rd year in a row, yeah Jesus freaks!

some of our favorite camp things,Chuck and pizza no surprise liv is right there

mei was really happy to have courtney there, I do think its a little confusing to her still that every time we come back there are different people here. she was sad when she found out the whole family wouldn't be there this time so the Stroms were a welcome sight.

a little snow volley ball

sledding every spare moment

I really like this one it's so U P

some ice bowling

these are the biathlon participates. The winner you ask? my man #1 oh yeah it was a winning week for the rills. No picture but we also had a kids biathlon and Gray was the first to cross the finish line. That was really fun for the kids good idea kyle.

roller skating musical chairs a camp bonus

the #1 Jesus freak team, once again

this was cute, her first time real bowling. She used to be a little embarrassed when we would tell people about her so we told her it's because everyone is excited that you are here and what to hear how you love our family. So when we were at the bowling alley she said "mama tell the bowling man it's my first time bowling I'm from China" so as we turned in our shoes I told the bowling man and felt confirmation that she is no longer embarrassed people know she is from China.
I don't have many pic's of the boys so I included this one

same hats

blogger has a mind of its own and it decided this pic would not be turned. YES it is true she did polar bear! It is a last day of the year tradition and with NO coaxing she put her suit on with her snow pants over with the other kids (who did it too) and headed down to the lake non need to say another first.

we got back to the cabin just before midnight in time to welcome 2010 with our family and friends the way we always do with smarties and poppers, Happy New Year!

a great start to the new year a group picture. before camp new year was kind of a bummer you stood on your porch banging pots and pans kissed each other and well went to bed feeling less than excited but since we have celebrated at camp they have been the most fun new years we have ever had! Truly a wonderful beginning to the new year!