Angie's Answer

Home From Camp Sandy Cove

Home From Camp Sandy Cove

Yes we are back from our family vacation.  It was a wonderful retreat and we should thank our friends who recommended it to us.  Set on a cove in Northeast, VA it was beautiful.  The only slight flaw would be the hotel accomendations which were just fine, but could use a little updating with wallpaper, linoleum, etc. to give the rooms a more polished, clean feel.  There was sooooo much for the kids to do and the best part was since it is a Christian camp (even when it is not homeschool week), it was safe enough for the kids to come and go as they pleased for the most part.  Here is a sample of what a day would look like:

MONDAY

8:00am Breakfast for all (eggs, bacon, bagels, hashbrowns, cereal, etc. )

9:45am Worhip for the families

10:00am Kids go to Cove Crib, Cove Kids, and the Crosswalk (teens and college)       Parents go stay for the talk wtih Todd Wilson if they want ... which we did because he was halarious!

11:00am parents have time alone to process the talk, take walks, or whatever till lunch when they go to get their kids.

12:15 Lunch for all (chicken tenders, potatoes, deli meats, bread, fruit, dessert, etc. )

1:00pm - 5:00 Free time for families (tubing, canoes, putt-putt, ping pong, rock wall, rip line, trapeze, craft room, etc.)

5:15 Dinner

7:00pm Special time (Monday the parents and the elementary kids made Rockets with their kids and they launched them. Tues we did something spec. with our teens, and Thurs. the parents got a kid-free dinner and concert with Michael Card (teens did join us for the concert)).

9pm-10:30pm Pool late swim (Thurs. night they put up a huge screen and you could watch Veggie Tales' Jonah while you swam).

We were concerned that our oldest was not going to enjoy himself, but he woke up the 2nd morning there and seemed to come back to life and his spirits lifted with his energy level.  I guess going to Church camp for a full week, returning on a Friday, doing an all day soccer camp on Sat. and leaving Sunday for Sandy Cove wasn't the smartest trick for his poor body. 

Our youngest 2 really had a blast.  Our Jojo loved the craft shop where he painted a ceramic hedgehog that he named Sylvian.  I was surprised that this was one of his favorite things he did.  Christoher made a rocket there also since he was not with us when we made air rockets with the younger kids on Monday night. His however, was a powered rocket and it went so far into the woods when it was launched that he did not get it back.

Well that was our week.  I am home now and it is time to get busy with my homebased business and with nailing down plans for the coming year of home-schooling. 

Untitled Comment

09:04, Sunday, July 6, 2008 .. Posted by M

Glad you are back.....and had a great time.
Wish I could see your pictures....