The Father and Daughter Retreat - 2010

Sabrina and I were very thankful to be able to go to the Vision Forum Father and Daughter retreat last month with Daddy.  We had a wonderful time together and were greatly blessed and encouraged.  Here are some pictures from our trip.

The retreat was held at the beautiful Callaway Gardens in GA.

We drove straight through on Thursday which worked out very well because we had time to explore on Friday before the retreat started.  We went bike riding!!!

In the woods.

The following pictures are some different views of the lake.

Then, we went to a "Birds of Prey" show. It was very interesting!

 

The birds flew right over our heads!

Time For Lunch!

We ate lunch at "Sages" - a neat old-style soda fountain.  

The chicken salad and fruit was very good!

The Ocker's ate there with us too.

Watching the man fix our drinks.

Sabrina and I had our first-ever root beer floats.  They were delicious!!!

A closer look.

Sarah and I

A look at the inside.

And the Retreat Officially Began!

Croquet

The Four-Legged race (Sabrina and I were each on one side).

It was difficult, but went pretty good until our legs came untied! :)

Then, we did it backwards (which was actually easier!)

We were almost to the end, got tangled up, and fell down!  It was fun though!

(Thank you, Emily for the pictures! :)

The Obstacle Course.

Sabrina, Daddy and I.

The picnic.

We had an enjoyable time visiting with friends.

Listening to the messages.

Saturday

The Tea Table

A look at the place settings.

A closer look at the table.

Us and the Ocker's sitting down to tea (we enjoyed meeting others who joined us as well.)

Isn't that pretty?!

The girls of our table

Saturday afternoon, we had some time before the evening sessions.  So, we decided to drive up to 

La Grange, which was named for Lafayette's residence in France.

In front of the statue of Lafayette. 

The plaque.

We had a nice time looking around and we got ice cream too!  This sign caught our attention.  I wonder why? :)  It wasn't open yet though, so we couldn't look inside.

After that, we went back to Callaway.

We went to the butterfly exhibit.

Here are some hatching and also a few that were newly hatched.

Sunday

Sunday on our way home, we were so thankful to be able to see the Hardy's!  We had a wonderful time of fellowship over breakfast.  

Breaking News - Hot off the Press!!!

We Have Baby Goats... and They Are All BOYS!!!

Can you believe it?!  Everyone just got home from church a little while ago and three baby goats were waiting for us.  They had just been born.  We were not expecting all boys (and needless to say, we would have liked at least SOME girls.  Our mama has had 2 girls and 1 boy each of the other times she has kidded).  But, providentially, this is the way it was meant to be!!!  They are awful cute though and have some very pretty (or rather, handsome :) markings on them.  Our mama goat and the kids all seem to be doing well.  I'll post some other pictures of the goat kids as well as their names here in a few days.

First time with the babies.

Pansy and..

two of our other goats were curious onlookers.

Seth and one of the kids.

Another one of the kids.