The MacArthur Park Church of Christ Family Retreat at HEB Camp Blues

Well another family retreat has come and gone...The 2008 Family Retreat was a great relaxing weekend spent with my biological (except without my sweet Kristin :( , who was there in spirit!) as well as my spiritual family. I can't say that it started out smoothly. Quinn left at 1:30 to take the church trailer on up to the HEB Camp. Steve Swann graciously took Colton up in the afternoon. He also graciously brought him back to San Antonio in time for the football game on Saturday night. Cody, Cory, Melissa, and I, well let's just say, we kept getting detained. Long story short, (Cody's nasty leg infection had to be checked, we had to go by Walmart, had to get Whataburger, and I had to clean out my purse after dumping a 44 oz. diet coke in it) we were late getting started. Cody just happended to have talked to Charlie McComb about 9 and told him we were about to leave (not, more like 11) and Charlie was already on his way up. So finally we hit the road. About 30 minutes into the ride, Cory decided he was too tired to drive, so Melissa drove until we turned onto Highway 41. When we turned onto 41 a group of deer ran across the highway with a 8-point buck bringing up the rear. Melissa decided she would rather someone else drive, so Cody took the wheel. As we neared Highway 83, the gas light came on. Cody's reply was "Oh, there's a gas station right here at the turn off". I calmly asked him if he realized that we were out in the middle of nowhere and that the gas station would not be open at 12:30 AM. Of course, he had to see for himself...Yep, it's closed...he say's "That's ok, we'll drive to Leakey" Again, I asked if he realized that Leakey only has one gas station and it would not be open at this time. He began to see why I was so nervous. Drive on...that was my only advice. The closer you can get us there, the less we will have to walk. We turned into the camp and here comes a truck to meet us. It was Quinn and Charlie McComb, coming to the rescue. So we made it to camp and we would worry about gas in the morning.
Saturday we awoke to cool temps and a beautiful sunny start. Of course the day was filled with swimming, food, canoes,food, games, food, hiking, food and just plain fun. Then the Talent Show. I have the video to prove what great talent we have and I will try to get it on my blog as soon as I figure it out. We had a fantastic melodrama put on by a large number of our youngsters, a tremendous juggling act (Connor Smith), a family of musicians and singers (The McCauley's), excellent singers (Michael Pacheco, Sandi Peterson, Jessica Wallers,and Tamra Blankenship), a young audience participation song (Janae Smith) and of course, the "Band" - I don't know what they call themselves any more but they used to be the "Pot Luck Bellies". Anyway, it was fantastic!!
Sunday, again beautiful temperatures and sunny skies. We had a wonderful church service and communion time. Then, alas, it was time to return home. One of the "perks" of being on the committee, is that after final clean-up, there is usually just a little time to be "alone". Every year, I think I look forward to this few minutes alone with God. I have a few minutes where there are no phones, no TV, no washing machines, just glorious scenery and God.
Then the moment ends, we jump in the cars and head to Dairy Queen in Kerrville. Then as our energy is running out and the laundry calls, we fall into "The MacArthur Park Church of Christ Family Retreat at the HEB Camp Blues".