Nathan and I celebrated our 10th anniversary in November. Yes, I said 10! In no way do I feel old enough to have been married for 10 years already!

He asked me to marry him on November 3, 2000 on top of Mt. Hosmer overlooking the town of Lansing, Iowa and the Mississippi River Valley. So every year, we attempt to make it back to Lansing to celebrate.

This year, we added a visit to Sugar Creek Bible Camp in Ferryville, WI. A beautiful camp located in a beautiful valley.

I was a camp counselor there the summers of 1999 and 2000.

This is where I spent most of my nights for those two summers…back then they didn’t have electricity. Now, they do. Back then, they had mice. Now I hear they have flying squirrels. I wouldn’t trade it though. Oh, sure, it was always a gamble. You never quite knew what you’d come “home” to in those cabins…but they kind of taught you what you were made of.

To the left is Dick, the executive director of the camp, and on the right is Jake. We were counselors together, and he is now the program director there.

Jake gave us the best tour. Showing us all of the new things that the past 11 years have brought to the camp, all while playing a round of disc golf while walking down the valley and back.

I even got to visit with Gene in the kitchen for a bit, and talk about some Minnesota Viking football.

It had been way too long…and i’ve vowed to make it back there before another 11 years pass by…