UPDATE AT LAST

Well, I am back from the land of slacker bloggers to update the youth blog.  Since I missed the update for Bible Study already I will go ahead and let you know that we are having a "random night" at youth this week.  Sunday night from 6-8 we will be doing a small service project, playing games, and probably eating junk food (and by probably I mean most likely). So come to the Taylorsville Campus for what we have in store.  =)

Now, on to some Winter Retreat ridiculousness.  The High School Youth spent the weekend at Camp Otterbein. There wasn't a whole lot of snow, even after all the ice and cold weather recently, crazy!  None the less, we are always able to find someplace to slide down a hill, so here's what we have!

Rachel slid down the hill in style...

This is a perfect example... the girls had a great time with lots of laughter, but you can tell from looking behind them there wasn't a whole lot of snow to be found.  Good times though.

Becky has never been able to figure out how to sled.  I'm just saying, year after year we see the Becky really just likes sledding because she likes to make a spectacular tumble at the end and stop Carly's heart with tricks that lead to broken bones!  (She hasn't broken anything yet, don't worry! YET!)

Jen also really likes to be spectacular when sledding... or maybe its just really dramatic.  =)

Ashley, well, Ashley is willing to sled on pretty much anything.  If you ask out loud "I wonder if we could sled on that", Ashley will head right over and let you know.  Enertaining.

This year's Winter Olympics came mostly in the form of Minute to Win it games.  Here, Taylor shows his skills with the snack cake stacking.  Wasted some perfectly good fudge rounds and oatmeal cream pies, but he was really good at it.  =)

Oh, we also studied a lot... about adventures, the road less traveled, being a disciple, and defending our faith.  We also spent time reflecting on the idea that waiting for God could be a time when God does work in our lives and that testing grows our faith.  Good discussions, lots of laughter.

We struggle to take a good group picture and of course, this one is a great example.  Group picture?  Let's start with dumping a whole bag of "hulless".  Hahahaha.

 Finally, a nice... almost composed picture.  =)

Winter Retreat 2011 now lives on in memories... good times had by all, and many more to come!