Blue Lake is neither Blue nor a Lake...
It's actually a Green Pond, but that does not sound near as good!
Does anyone remember that SNL skit? The 2 ladies would get Vaklempt and then give you a topic to discus amongst yourselves. Back in the day when I was a Blue Lake counselor for the summer we would tell the middle schoolers this little line and they would look at us like we had lost our minds. We probably had but by that point in the summer we thought it was hysterical!
Now fast forward 12+ years and I am taking my girls to Blue Lake for the first time. If you have known me for very long you will know that I have love for Blue Lake that runs deep and I want my girls to have the same love. So far so good. We headed up for Pensacola FUMC's family retreat for the weekend, I have been attending this October ritual since I was a little girl. The girls loved seeing the lake, the cross's lit up on the lake at night, carving pumpkins, running up and down the halls, pajama parade, bonfires, singing songs in the chapel and having communion by the lake Sunday morning. Margaret Anne was sad on Sunday when she relized this was "our go home day". Needless to say they are ready to go back.
Yeah for passing on memories and making our own as a family!
This picture just makes me laugh. We had the timer on and it started taking multiple pictures, the rest of the pictures are of us laughing at Patrick trying to make it stop taking pictures. (we are missing several of the families we hang out with in this picture but we will get a full group shot next time)
It's actually a Green Pond, but that does not sound near as good!
Does anyone remember that SNL skit? The 2 ladies would get Vaklempt and then give you a topic to discus amongst yourselves. Back in the day when I was a Blue Lake counselor for the summer we would tell the middle schoolers this little line and they would look at us like we had lost our minds. We probably had but by that point in the summer we thought it was hysterical!
Now fast forward 12+ years and I am taking my girls to Blue Lake for the first time. If you have known me for very long you will know that I have love for Blue Lake that runs deep and I want my girls to have the same love. So far so good. We headed up for Pensacola FUMC's family retreat for the weekend, I have been attending this October ritual since I was a little girl. The girls loved seeing the lake, the cross's lit up on the lake at night, carving pumpkins, running up and down the halls, pajama parade, bonfires, singing songs in the chapel and having communion by the lake Sunday morning. Margaret Anne was sad on Sunday when she relized this was "our go home day". Needless to say they are ready to go back.
Yeah for passing on memories and making our own as a family!
This picture just makes me laugh. We had the timer on and it started taking multiple pictures, the rest of the pictures are of us laughing at Patrick trying to make it stop taking pictures. (we are missing several of the families we hang out with in this picture but we will get a full group shot next time)
