The Traveling Times of the Torri Family: Family Retreat!

This past weekend we joined our Church on a family retreat! This was our first camping trip. Well more "cabining" as I call it. I did however, completely over pack! I know this comes as a shock for people but I really felt that I would need everything and then some. Chris thought I had packed so much stuff he called our neighbor Laurent o come look at it. Since we were caravanning up to the site with them and they had been before she would know. I would just like to let everyone know it was given the okay! The drive was not that bad. The total drive time was about 2 hours. We did stop for a few minutes to give the boys a break. Liam and Lachlan were having a tuff time with the car seat confinement! I have been struggling with some car sickness over the past few months and it seems to always happen at the worse times. That trip was no different. By the time we arrived the boys were ready to play! Our first night was unstructured. We feed the boys dinner and got the cabins all set up. We were sharing a cabin with the Zimmer family. We finally put all the boys down around 830 that night. Liam however had other plans for us. It took us until 930 to get him to sleep. Then since all the kids were asleep, we had some much needed adult time. We stayed up way to late playing games. Chris and I truly had a wonderful time.

Liam playing

The next day, Saturday, was fantastic. We started the day nice and early at 645 am. The weather was perfect. Nice crisp air greeted us as we exited the cabin. Liam loved waking up and going straight outside. We spent the morning with some amazing people. We did some devotional activities in the morning. After our group activities, we did some more playing. Liam and Lachlan played with cars down by the river. The older boys rode bikes and went for canoe rides.

Playing with daddy

The River

Liam took a bike handle bar to the face. He is okay but still carries a bruise.

Playing cars!

Liam and Isaiah

Hugs! So sweet!

After a much needed nap for the boys and the adults, we took a nature walk. It was very nice. We all enjoyed the time outside. Liam enjoyed the view from the backpack!

Liam and Daddy

On our way!

They all wanted to hold hands. It was very cute!

Liam and Lachlan

We tried to pose the boys but they were not having it.

Liam in the tree

After our nature hike

On Sunday, we held Church and then cleaned up camp. They boys getting the last of the fresh air. It was a nice crisp morning again. They all just loved the outside.