IHH Heart Family Camp

This weekend Jeff, Mr. C, Gracelyn and I were able to attend a camp-out with a bunch of other heart families. It was great! The board for the Intermountain Healing Hearts committee is amazing. They did such a great job at helping us feel welcome and went out of their way to make it an enjoyable time. Camp was held at Camp Wapiti. There are 17 individual cabins available. We registered early enough that we were able to get one. When we arrived we each got name tags, a bag of goodies including water bottles and a flashlight and Mr. C got a Camp Wapiti shirt. They took us up to our cabin and the door was decorated so cute. It had a Welcome Sanders Family sign hanging from it.

They feed us every meal and the food was great. Friday day after we got settled we ate dinner, played on the playground and met other families. Once it was dark they set up a big screen outside and we watched Astro Boy. They had a HUGE snack bar for us...Popcorn, root beer floats, sundaes and nachos. YUM!!

We went back to our cabin, piled the mattresses on the floor and got settled in for the night.

They next morning after we ate breakfast we had a big day scheduled for us. Parents went to a two hour symposium where we had some great speakers. Linda, one of our favorite NP was there to talk about nutrition. She gave us helpful tips on how to put weight on our heart babies. Really?!? Did she happen to notice the cheeks on my little one? :) During that time the kids were entertained by a Mad Scientist. Each of them were able to make their own slime. They also set up a big bouncy toy for the kids to play on.

After lunch the kids went on a treasure hunt. The treasure at the end was a pinata. Mr. C did a great job trying to break it open.

We had a great time and were able to make some great new friends. Mr. C made a new buddy Alex. He loved to play with him. (He is a sweet little three year old waiting for his fontan.) It is nice to be able to be surrounded by these families who truly understand just what we have been through. They have been there too. We are so grateful to the Intermountain Healing Hearts organization and what they do to help make such a difficult thing a little easier.(This is Becca and Ellie, one of the great families we have come to know.)