August 21, 2008

The Grand Retreat

For the second year in a row my parents held the annual "Grand Retreat". It is a day of learning and fun with grandparents and grandkids. This year was a little different cause Grandma Naegle ended up taking a trip to the hospital so Grandpa took the kids up and did his activities with them one day and the next day Grandma taught the lessons. The kids loved all of it. Wednesday they went up to Silver Lake in American Fork canyon.
They caught bugs, and swam in the lake.
They practiced shooting targets with 22's.

They BBQ'd pizza's ate a yummy chicken and rice dish, and then later that night roasted marshmallows and made s'mores around a campfire. Then on Thursday, Grandma taught them lessons on developing Christlike attributes. Each grandkiddo was assigned an attribute to give a short little lesson on. They all did a great job. They were each given a statue of Christ to help them remember the things that they learned and who they want to be like. What a treasure the whole experience was. Thanks so much Grandma and Grandpa for the amazing lessons and fantastic Memories.

1 comment:

Kelly said...

Heather.. those photos are PRICELESS! I need you to email me those ones of Grandpa helping the kids shoot and all of them in the back of the truck. LOVE THEM!
What a fun tradition! We are so Blessed! I loved cooking in the kitchen with you while we peeked in on the kids. We are so lucky to have such sweet kids. I sure love being your Sister and Friend!