I'm not sure this will work, but here is the video of one of our guys at the snowboarding park at Trollhaugen. No way would I ever try something like this! These guys are amazing.
Monday, February 18, 2008
Waterbrooke Ski Trip 2008
The Waterbrooke Youth met at the church at 4 p.m . on Friday, Feb. 15 and headed off the Trollhaugen for a weekend of skiing. We stayed at a retreat center Friday and Saturday night and skiied all day Saturday. The evenings were full of games, snacks, music videos and devotions - plus a little sleep.
The weather was absolutely beautiful - thanks, God.
The gal on the right had never skied before, so I gave her some lessons on the bunny hill and left her to practice while Paul and I checked out what hill was the best to take her on next. Meanwhile, she headed off for the blue square "more difficult" slopes while we were gone with a couple of friends!!! As you can see, she survived, and actually did very well. Paul and I decided we'd always ski behind her after we found out she would just shut her eyes and go. Yowie! She didn't fall, get hurt, or hurt anyone else! Another successful student launched into the world of extreme sports.
Now these guys really do belong to the world of extreme. They spend several days a week at the snowboard park at Hyland. I was very impressed! I had a little videa, but it wasn't the right format to download here. Oh well, you get the idea.
Emery hurt his ribs two weeks ago, but that didn't stop him from trying every trick in the book. He actually came in third or fourth at a competition here a few weeks back.
This is Paul - what do you think about that form? He has only skied about 4 times now - all on Waterbrooke Youth Events. I think he is ready for the "pipe" over in the snowboard park, or maybe Lake Placid at the least! Keep reading for tidbits from the retreat center.
The weather was absolutely beautiful - thanks, God.
The gal on the right had never skied before, so I gave her some lessons on the bunny hill and left her to practice while Paul and I checked out what hill was the best to take her on next. Meanwhile, she headed off for the blue square "more difficult" slopes while we were gone with a couple of friends!!! As you can see, she survived, and actually did very well. Paul and I decided we'd always ski behind her after we found out she would just shut her eyes and go. Yowie! She didn't fall, get hurt, or hurt anyone else! Another successful student launched into the world of extreme sports.
Now these guys really do belong to the world of extreme. They spend several days a week at the snowboard park at Hyland. I was very impressed! I had a little videa, but it wasn't the right format to download here. Oh well, you get the idea.
Emery hurt his ribs two weeks ago, but that didn't stop him from trying every trick in the book. He actually came in third or fourth at a competition here a few weeks back.
This is Paul - what do you think about that form? He has only skied about 4 times now - all on Waterbrooke Youth Events. I think he is ready for the "pipe" over in the snowboard park, or maybe Lake Placid at the least! Keep reading for tidbits from the retreat center.
Crazy Olympics II
We arrived at Skonewood Retreat Center in Cushing, Wisconsin on Friday night . I organized all the "games" for the weekend, seeing as I have a mammoth file of activites lodged in my brain from 20 summers of summer ministries! We had two teams compete in the "Crazy Olympics" for the second year in a row. This is the winning team - aren't they a handsome bunch?
There were a variety of non-athletic events totally planned to make each team equal in ability. We did a little floor hockey competition - but the players had to skate on newspaper.
The penalty box protected the viewers rather than competitors!
We had a few budding architects for the "build an igloo" contest. They used sugar cubes, frosting, and their fingers! Check out the results below!
They put their creations outside to firm up, and I think we forgot them there! Some hungry squirrel is going to get a treat!
Try shooting q-tips at a cup balanced on your partners head. First team to get ten hits was the winner.
Good plan, Kari - keep your eyes closed at all times!
The Flamingo Pillow fights almost ended in a trip to the ER when Maddie slipped on the concrete floor and banged her elbow. A bag of cold carrots soon made the swelling go down.
The above event was the "Marshmallow Slurp" where contestants had to basically eat the string (without swallowing) until the marshmallow landed in their mouth. Sarah - second from the left - left them all in the dust!
One of the final events was a version of the old telephone game - only the person in the back of the line had to draw the object I told them to draw on the back of the person in front of them in line. Eventually, the person in the very front had to really draw, on paper, the object they felt drawn on their back. We came to the conclusion we have no future artists in the group! A great time was had by all - really! They can't wait until next year when I pullsome more carzy stunts out of my bag of tricks.
There were a variety of non-athletic events totally planned to make each team equal in ability. We did a little floor hockey competition - but the players had to skate on newspaper.
The penalty box protected the viewers rather than competitors!
We had a few budding architects for the "build an igloo" contest. They used sugar cubes, frosting, and their fingers! Check out the results below!
They put their creations outside to firm up, and I think we forgot them there! Some hungry squirrel is going to get a treat!
Try shooting q-tips at a cup balanced on your partners head. First team to get ten hits was the winner.
Good plan, Kari - keep your eyes closed at all times!
The Flamingo Pillow fights almost ended in a trip to the ER when Maddie slipped on the concrete floor and banged her elbow. A bag of cold carrots soon made the swelling go down.
The above event was the "Marshmallow Slurp" where contestants had to basically eat the string (without swallowing) until the marshmallow landed in their mouth. Sarah - second from the left - left them all in the dust!
One of the final events was a version of the old telephone game - only the person in the back of the line had to draw the object I told them to draw on the back of the person in front of them in line. Eventually, the person in the very front had to really draw, on paper, the object they felt drawn on their back. We came to the conclusion we have no future artists in the group! A great time was had by all - really! They can't wait until next year when I pullsome more carzy stunts out of my bag of tricks.
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