Team Camp Out

Cat's soccer team had a game in a small town a couple of weeks ago so the coach proposed that everybody camp out at a friend's house in the area.  We brought the whole family and had fun hanging out with the team and getting to know the girls and their families better.

That night we set up camp, had a picnic dinner, roasted marshmallows and Starburst around a campfire, and I led the group in a little singalong.

In the morning, those of us who didn't freeze to death revived as much as we could by the fire, with the help of some hot chocolate.  Then it was breakfast and taking down camp, followed by cleaning up the host's yard and doing all the girls' hair.  We played a getting-to-know-you game, then drove a local business to do a service project before going to the game.

It was a fun weekend with everybody!  We were gone 24 hours - almost to the minute - so it was a bit crazy, but we're glad we went.  Oh yeah, and the game went well, too.  Cat's team won 9-0 and Cat scored two goals.

I didn't take this picture.  I grabbed it from the internet.
But the area we were in was so rural that the sky really did look like this.