Our Sweet Boys: Mt. Lebanon Baptist Encampment

Mt. Lebanon is home away from home for Doug and I. That is the place that we met in the summer of 1993. We both have spent many years out there working on summer staff as a lifeguard, food server, craft person, and nurse. My Sunday School class has a yearly camp out for anyone that is willing to go pitch a tent and rough it for one night. We were able to get an area of camp that was right next to a "flushable commode" which surprisingly isn't so important to me, but for the boys:) We had the time of our life! We arrived right before sunset on a Friday and got our tent up before it got to dark. The boys checked in periodically, but for the most part were totally on their own. We cooked out on propane hot plates and had a campfire to cook s'mores! We took a hike to Inspiration Point which is an area of camp that looks out over Dallas and Tarrant county and at night it is breathtaking. On the 1+ mile hike to the point the "Old Doug" came out...hehe. He took a shortcut along with two other men, Grant, and myself in order to scare the rest of the group when they got around a bend in the road. It didn't work as we had planned because someone spot lighted Grant hiding behind a tree and he totally acted like the light had taken him in and walked away from us and never looked back. We were trying to control the laughter. On the way back down Grant road my back and fell asleep...he slowly slid down my back which made it even harder to walk. Preston was carried down by Ms. Keri and at the end of the walk complained that his legs that he wasn't even using hurt so that is when Keri got tickled and put him down to walk the last 50 feet by himself. That is just one of many storied that I could go on and on about. We can't wait to go back next year!

Grant helping dad drive from the cafeteria to get ice back to camp.

These are the steps around the hotel at camp where Doug first kissed me in 1993:)

Connor cooking a marshmallow for Grant.

I don't think he liked his marshmallow at all!

Part of the group around the eating area.

The 30? something kids around the campfire at Inspiration Point.

My 3 sons at Inspiration Point

This is where Preston collapsed after the hike (on the dirt path in Doug's coat) and decided that he was fine sleeping there all night. Needless to say, He went to bed right after this pic!