Geiger Island

Three weeks ago Noah and I came home from Geiger Island located in Dale Hollow Lake in Tenn. It was a GREAT time of fellowship with old and new friends. This was my 20th year at family camp and most of the folks there are the ones that helped raise me. It was so refreshing to be in "my village" again. Noah had a blast running around everywhere playing ball, catching lightning bugs for the first time, fishing, tubing, driving boats, paddle boating and experiencing thunderstorms for the first time. He did great. He decided that any time there was thunder it was snuggle time. I liked that! A storm came through camp every day but one. By the time we left one family was on their 3rd tent because the other ones blew over or got holes! At least there was some sun/no rain each day. We played volleyball, skied, swam, had campfires and great food.

One of the best parts was that I got to see my good friends Anna, Joanna and Amanda (all bridesmaids) for the first time in 6 years. Our wedding was the last time we were all together. Only 1 is not married and the rest of us have kids. It was soo good to finally meet their kids! We stayed up late talking, laughing and praying for each other.


At the end of the trip Noah and I went to the Opreland hotel to look around before our flight back home. Noah needed to get some exercise before sitting for the next 7.5 hrs or so. Our 2.5 hr layover was in Denver and my other bridesmaid Sarah met us there with her kids who I had never met. I got to see all my bridesmaids (except the one from OR) in one day!! The last time I saw Sarah was in Prague 4 yrs ago. It was so very hard to say goodbye to everyone but good to see Jon again who stayed home to keep Bree company and work. What a wonderful husband I have!!!!

We went to the high school down the street to see fireworks for the 4th. To say Noah was excited would be an understatement. There was joy and excitement etched on his face most of the day. It was so much fun to share even the little ones we got with him. He went to bed at 11:30pm and went down so nicely. Sigh…if only he’d do that at an earlier time.
This week is the Sandy Mt Festival with parades, shows and LOTS of booths with food and crafts at the park down the street. We’re thinking we might go camping this weekend or maybe next. The weather has cooled down this week which actually is nice after August type weather here the last few weeks. I’m cooking again and cleaning the house.

That's the up-date for now. We went to Salt Lake City to see Kevin, Megan and Dane and that all went well. We have some really fun pictures of the boys together that we'll have to post sometime. They look so much alike!