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August 31, 2007 - FIRE camp 2007

We have the blessed pleasure of attending a wonderful homeschool family camp each year that is organized by a dear friend. This year we were inspired by the wisdom of Mike Riddle from Answers in Genesis. Our whole family has learned so much about the glory of God's creation and also about the absurdity and deception of the evolutionist religion.

Some highlights from the week:

1) The Dino Dig at the beach! There were two versions and each had their own challenges. The one that took the longest was digging up several sets of wooden dinosaur bones that were set in plaster and then chipping the plaster away and finally piecing the bones together. JD worked on the pteranodon.

Here a couple of pictures.

Here they are trying to get this rather large piece of plaster out of the sand.

Here they are busily chipping away plaster from wood with mallet and chisel.

Here they are with the finished pteranadon and a couple others in the background.

The other version of the dig was digging up painted wooden piece not set in plaster. This was supposed to be quick and easy but a few of the spine pieces were never found! Oh well, it makes it more like a real dinosaur dig that way! lol

2) Meeting new friends and reuniting with old ones. It is always neat to see the families from previous years as the children grow up and new babies are added. I really consider the people at this camp as a part of my own extended Christ family. It was hard to leave knowing that we have a whole year to wait for the next camp!

3)Making beeswax candles and gleaning wisdom with Kathie from Turtlebee Honeytree farm. I just love to hear what God has to say through this woman of God, and I love the smell of pure beeswax!

4) The Talent Show. Last night was the very first fire camp talent show. JD got up to tell a few jokes he's learned recently. MD did a couple of hula hoop tricks. They both did great. There were also a few dance routines, singing, guitar playing, a ventriloquist, a bull whip trickster and more.

5) Canoeing and Paddleboating on the lake. We took the kids out in a canoe for the very first time. The lake there is full of wildlife and plants that are interesting to look at including a flock of swans.

    Those are the high points of the week. The only thing that went wrong for us was when MD fell off the top bunk in the middle of the night (on Tues I think it was). Thankfully, she only has one bruise on her cheek and she barely remembers it. It nearly gave me a heart attack!

    We are eagerly looking forward to next year when the theme will be Biblical Holidays and How They Point to Christ. This is a topic we've been interested in as a family for several years and it will be nice to learn more at camp. I'll post info on FIRE camp 2008 as it gets closer to time to register, which will probably be next spring some time.

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I am a Christian wife and mother of 3 in Michigan. This is where I will be sharing our experiences in homeschooling our children. I welcome comments and look forward to hearing from my readers!