Sharing the road... with a TANK.

Oh wait. Make that FIVE tanks.

The drive to church this morning was a little more than eventful.

Also, Sarah and I discovered how to gauge the level of disaster in your province: 

figure out how much of the Canadian Army is sharing the road with you!

Sobey's Sundre, ftw!!!

In a last minute order, Sobey's came through to save our 50th anniversary weekend!!

AB Flood Part 2

Cort, Tay, Steph, and I decided to get out of camp for a while, and go to the city. 

After reading up on all the affected areas, we decided to give it a shot. 

If we didn't make it off Bergen Road, well then, at least we tried, right?

Yup. That's water on the road up there.

Driving through said water. It should also be said that there are fence posts under that water.

It was kind of deep.

AB Flood - Camp Evergreen Edition

Cort, Tay, Steph, Koda, and I were the only ones who stayed behind during the mandatory evacuation this weekend. Saturday morning, we all decided to go for a jaunt to explore just how much damage the creek had caused to the site. This is also the trip that Cort and I discovered our mutual earworm: The Log Driver's Waltz.

The water here is about ankle deep. Nothing too scary.
About three steps ahead however, we all thought we were going to flood our boots.

It's normally such a peaceful creek! When did it get so angry?!

Photo op!!
(That's Steph, by the way. She later admitted to actually flexing for the pic, too. What a peach!)

The new Canoeing Obstacle Course!!

The almost Lake-Front property for the mini lodge.

Another shot of the magnificent Lower Playing Lake.

Sooooo... that strip of grass from the bottom left corner to the middle of the picture
 is normally the berm that divides the creek and the canoe pond.
Notice how there's no separation there anymore? Yup, we did, too.

In addition to these fun pictures, we have named Mother Nature's newest additions (renovations?) to the property: The Upper Playing Lakes (formally the Playing Field), the Lower Playing Lake with the installation of Canoeing Obstacle Course (formally the Lower Playing Field aka - Mountain Biking Course), the North Hay Creek (formally the North Hay Field), and The Stupid Power Pole That's No Longer Attached To Anything or *curse words* That Power Pole Isn't Attached To Anything, depending on who you ask (formally The Stupid Power Pole That's Only Semi Attached To The Ground).

Happiness in a pot!

Isn't it pretty?!

Same ol' same ol'...

As yet another spring comes into full bloom, here I sit in the conference room of a place that's both haunted me and yet blessed me beyond my imagination over the course of the nearly 7 years since I first stepped foot on the property. I still remember being that 18 year old girl, having completed my final high school exam only 5 hours prior, and being scared and excited and completely overwhelmed all at the same time. I remember the first moments of my time here, and I remember quite a few of the things that happened and friendships that formed over that first week that completely changed my outlook on my time here, and that absolutely overturned my faith (a few times over, if I remember correctly).

All of that comes to mind, and yet I sit here in utter peace contemplating the past 7 years of my life; all the things I've regretted doing, and all the things I've accomplished, and all the friends with whom I've grown (those I've kept close and those I haven't), and even those friends I've lost along the way and who are now hopefully all partying it up with Jesus in heaven. I think about it all and I am completely at peace about my life, because God's got this mess under control.

As I've said before, and as I will continue saying as long as I have breath:

God is good. All the time. God is good.