baby life vest, glow sticks, and tim tams= summer vacation

I feel like I had been mentally preparing myself for our Delta houseboat trip nearly all summer… and the anxiety I felt was completely unwarranted as the excursion was absolutely spectacular. Caesar, Carolyn, Eli, and I left early on Friday morning and made the long trek through the Grape Vine towards Sac-town. After a quick stop off the freeway (one of stops with the “World Famous Cheese Factory” as the only building within miles) to feed the baby we made it about three quarters of the way to Merced. Lunch ensued… at non other than In N Out… which always tastes good after multiple hours sitting cross-legged trying to remember the translation of the Itsy Bitsy Spider in Spanish. A short while later we arrived at Paradise Point where we joined the other leaders who were already unloading food and goodies onto the awaiting houseboats. Within the next two hours, about 60 people joined us (college students from Beachpoint, a handful from Wilshire, and multiple leaders who were surprisingly more giddy and rambunctious than the kids). We drove to our spot and spent the next three days enjoying the beautiful weather, crazy water sports, delicious food (thank you Plummer fam), and great conversations about what God is doing in our lives. It was extremely refreshing to get away and spend some quality with some very quality people. Eli was loved on by all of the college kids and thoroughly enjoyed drooling on everyone in the “Pink” boat. We were blessed that Jer, Care, and Kel were around to keep an eye out on our little one so Caesar and I could both enjoy some tubing and wakeboarding (we’re both still recovering from our sore-ness). Here are a few pictures (videos to be added soon) highlighting our little adventure. Hope everyone is getting the most out of the last few weeks of summer… blessings!