10 men, 24 children, 1 weekend. What an outstanding mix! Check out the pictures, realized what you missed, then make sure you register for next year's event! We saw 24 children make fast friends with each other, and 10 men getting along like brothers. It is hard to believe that so much could happen in a weekend - but it did. It was incredible how we seemed like a 34-unit family, especially when one of our little boys (mine) got lost for almost half an hour, children played with other fathers, fathers treated other children like their own, and some special times were had.

From playing "Tickle Monster" with about 15 kids, to swimming at the beach, seeing a HUGE spider, a skunk and a fawn, great talks around the campfire until the wee hours of the morning, lots of games, we ended it with a wonderful church service on Sunday morning where each father said something they loved and appreciated about each of their children, and then blessed them. We finished by having communion together as a family. That is my (very) brief summary of what happened. check out the pictures below for more fun times.

We all want to return next year, maybe with even more people!

Eric and Dan trying to make life more comfortable

Jamie getting set up

Herman's impressive set up!

Kevin decided this wasn't worth setting up after all

Finally all set up

Fun around the fire

Don't even ask how many s'mores were consumed!

They DID get to bed...eventually

Benefits of camping with Dad - late nights and junk food

Ryan serving breakfast

Even the young can cook

Enjoying breakfast

Cooking in jammies!

Lots of time spent at the beach

Greg being a good Daddy

Boys will climb

Girls will climb, too...

...but they will also pose!

Peter, Jamie and Hank with lots of children!

Playing some catch

Smile!

That's a BIG frisbee!

Pyramid goes up...

...pyramid goes down

There seemed to be a lot of climbing on Dads...

Herman and Eric relaxing by the fire

Kids enjoying the fire

Herman and his boy (late at night)

Dan and his boy

We got a LOT of mileage out of this BOP-IT game

Loving the fire

Think she is happy?

This is much bigger than it might look right now

Take it easy, Peter

Fast friends

Good night!

Ohh! The water is cold!!

Discovering marine life

Dan and Herman teaching the fine art of s'mores making

Dan works for that perfect toastiness