Malibu Club Military Camp

Last winter/spring I filled out an application for a special Family Strengthening Camp

then promptly forgot about it. Then back in May we got the letter saying we had been selected to go.

I was not 100% excited because we had to ride a BUS! 

I really, really Hate Busses!

But I sucked it up and we did it, and I survived the bus. 

Im so glad I did, because in doing so we had a great weak.

No great doesn't even come close... Amazing gets a bit closer! 

We spent the time, growing closer

 as a family and growing closer to God.

It was one of the biggest blessings we have ever received. 

All of the funds for camp were raised by donors 

and all the volunteers pay to go there and serve.

*This is a mixture of my phone, Jareds phone, & my good camera.

so some pictures are better than others*

We have arrived! (At our departure point)

Midnight Train.... I mean Bus

Waiting on the bus.

Canadian Boarder

Ferry from Horseshoe Bay to Langdale

Got myself a Canada Mug

Our Ferry is here!!!! 

7 am Ferry - 45 min ride

Ferry Breakfast

Then we got off the ferry and rode another hour and a half to Malibu Landing.

Made it to Malibu Landing in Egmont BC Canada

On the ferry! 

 3 hour passenger Ferry ride from Egmont to Malibu Club 

Our room - 7 bunk beds - A bathroom with 3 showers, 3 sinks & 3 toilets, LOL  

Captain Ding Dong & Twinky Boy

Living the life

Ping Pong

One of our favorite afternoon activities.

Ice Cream/Snack Shop: Totem Inn

Evening Comedy Show that released us to go to a carnival

Carnival

10 pull ups!!! 

Jared (they got me too)

So the point of the carnival was- to earn tokens 

5 tokens got you:

Cotton Candy

Throw a water balloon at your parent

Throw a pie at your parent

10 Tokens got you:

Dunk tank your parent

Water Balloon Toss

Starting Each day with Hot Coffee - YES! 

Jared and I would go for a walk every morning while the kids slept in.

We would drink our coffee and look for seals off the dock then usually end up by the pool.

Sitting by the pool

One Morning we had a pool olympics.

Gunner doing the Chicken Jump - you had to whack the chicken with your hand. 

Caden doing Pool Jousting with her friend.

Caden went down first

Gunner doing a log cross relay race

This was called "Take out the speaker" 

Kent Williams - Our speaker for the week - what a good sport! 

I hear he really didn't want to do this game! 

Day 3 Schedule

We taught Caden & Gunner the basics of pool - Gunner had a great time, he spent a lot of his free time down there playing. 

Mommy Beating everyone! ;) (only sometimes!) 

Gunners Lunch Art

The Buoy - The point was to climb up and rock it back 

and forth and see if you could touch the water.

So close 

He did it! 

All the way in~ then he decided to jump out. 

Another breakfast! 

So for the morning event we had "Harbor Games"

Jared Got selected for the Chicken Race..... 

hmmmmm....

Can we say Blackmail Photos???

Hahahahaha 

Dont tell him I blogged this! 

getting geared up-

Jarred being Tarred (syrup)

And Feathered 

Plume

Ready Set Go!!! 

Then they all jumped in the Harbor. 

No worries the feathers are all natural segal feathers - nothing that isn't already there.

Somehow I was volunteered for the Swing - I'm not really a hights and adrenalin person....

took me a few min to talk myself off the platform and I "may" have screamed. 

Boat Races

Caden did the water balloon launch game! 

Then they had a Snow storm of Foam 

And a fire hose rinse

This Gigantic boat passed by The Elisa ~ So cool! 

Jared Wakeboarding 

Jared on the rope swing

All of us on the Banana Boat

Jared Skiing Slalom 

Up by the glacier 

Caden at the pool 

Rock Climbing

Malibu Frape Made By Kent our Speaker! They were Awesome! 

Afternoon Coffee

Leaving our room

Pirate Party!!! 

I think Face tattos are a NO on an AFI somewhere! 

Gunners ready for battle!

Who's going to save Twinkie Boy??? 

Pirate Captain Ding Dong will!

Dont Touch this guys orange juice! 

My Pirate Men! 

Its a Pirate Party! 

Walking down Main Street

Main Street

Office

Gift Shop

Squirel

Cotton Candy! 

Outer Dock 

Out on the main waterway doing some kayaking 

It was a tough Paddle - The wind had picked up and going back was against the tide. 

But I got to see a waterfall! Not the big famous one I wanted to see - 

but they cant do that tour anymore due to passage fees.

Zip Line path

Bridge out to platform

Platform - Then you zipline out into the water 

This is the cabin we stayed in

The next few photos are of different cabins and stuff around the camp

Canadian Canadian Goose 

This is where we stayed.

View of the Rapids from our deck. 

I may have drank a lot of coffee... 

Gym

Ropes Course

The hardest part was the 30 ft drop off at the end where you could chose to jump to the trapeze and then let go and be lowered down or hold on to your rope and be lowered down - Jared jumped, Caden and I were lowered down. Still a huge leap of faith to step off the platform to be lowered to the ground. 

I loved the tribal art 

Malibu Red Carpet Event 

its just so Beautiful!!

The boys are conspiring for the photo...

and this is what they came up with... 

Our event hall.

Cool Canoe 

Someones tired~ I took all her sheets off and she didn't wake up on our last day! LOL 

Last day! 

Last day and it is RAINING!!! 

Good Bye Malibu

It was fun!