Witmer Family Retreat

It It was time for the Witmer family (I'm a Witmer) to meet at Refreshing Mountain Retreat this past weekend. It was a great time once again. I didn't take a lot of pictures but from those I took, it's plain to see that we did have FUN! 

Family came from PA, NH, GA, ID, VA, CA, MI, D.C., and Egypt! 

Group photo on Sunday afternoon....

Some came after this was taken, and some had to leave before! 

(Photo by Nancy W.)

Many challenging activities took place...

Pedal carts. Ellen enjoyed this....that's her in red.

Nephew Jeremy after he finished. He was trucking it around that track...said he was NOT letting Scott Smith (my SIL) pass him!!

Crazy brave people doing the ropes course and zip-line! That's my Kim walking across the bridge. 

Rock wall climbing. That's my grand, Paityn, bottom right, making it to the top! 

Some of us were content to just relax and visit :)

Mealtime....

Oh that Scott! I didn't realize till I saw the picture that he was being funny!! 

Pretty surroundings!

Cute kids!

My grand, Brinley, with sweet Eli. 

Grand, Aidan loves to read. 

My Grands, Zoe, Brinley, Aidan, Paityn, with Eli (niece's son) pose on back of the golf cart. 

This book was written and illustrated by my niece who lives in Sweden! It's really cute! 

 

My only brother has a picture in a magazine!

There he is doing his thing at a tractor pull, his hobby!

Sunday morning church service....

We sing, of course! There is always a story for the children, and then we share what's been happening in our lives. There was laughter and tears. Some have experienced some really hard stuff in the past two years. But, God is faithful and he is enough! We heard that truth over and over. 

A puzzle was started on Friday evening. Here they are on Sunday afternoon frantically trying to finish it before we had to be out of the conference room at 2! I do believe they finished :)

My siblings according to age. 

We miss Janet, our oldest sister, who lives in heaven since 2004. 

Love these people!!!

My family that was able to be there...

Love these people tremendously!!

We missed Greta and her family who was camping, Kim's hubby Manny, Grand Laurencia and her family. 

Already looking forward to the next time in two years!