Ranger Camp 2009

It was that time of year again. Ranger Camp! I took Levi and Samuel to Spencer Lake for the annual camp. We had a great time. The boys had a great time with competitive games (they both earned medals), playing with friends, worshiping God during the evening services and spending time with dad.

Below you will find a link to an album with pictures and videos. I didn't post the slide show since there are quite a few pictures.

Enjoy

Chris

http://picasaweb.google.com/cmpayne2/RangerCamp2009?feat=directlink

Christmas Decorations and Ranger of the Year

The Payne family spent Saturday decorating the house for Christmas. I love being able to get the tree from the basement. When it's 2 degrees outside, you can't beat having an artificial tree. I'm sure that some of you are die hard "real tree" people, but for us the fake tree is the way to go. We will also continue the tradition of putting the Christmas presents under the tree about 30 minutes before we open them. This has nothing to do with making the kids think that Santa brought the presents. I has everything to do with our tradition of having an infant/toddler around that would go through all the presents in a flash. Maybe next year we'll be able to put presents under the tree a bit earlier, maybe. The photo album will show the steps of decorating the house.

Earlier in the week Levi received his medal for completing the requirement for Royal Ranger of the Year. To meet this accomplishment he had to earn a certain number of badges, memorize Scripture verses and participate in Outpost events. We are very proud of his achievement.


Preview of next weeks post: Children and Adult Christmas Musicals

Chris

Ranger Camp 2008

We had a great time at Ranger Camp. I'll be the first to admit that I was not very excited to take the boys since I had never really camped before. We had beautiful weather and we were able to meet some great kids and parents.
Throught the weekend all of the kids participated in different competitions. Levi and Samuel placed in a few of the competitions. We had great assemblies in the evening and saw many kids come the the altar for salvation, healing and other needs. Here is a link to the pictures that we took this weekend http://picasaweb.google.com/cmpayne2/RangerCamp2008?authkey=T-_1ATOGex
You may have to copy and paste the link into your web browser.

Chris