Stronghold Castle Part 3

Saturday morning after breakfast, we all headed over to the secret chapel for morning devotions. Because I didn't get any pictures of the secret passage-way, I borrowed these next two photos from another family's blog.

It was a bit crowded, but we all found a spot to sit. We had a few extra visitors that morning. Freddie and Engelbert Humperdink joined us for chapel. Don't ask why. It's a long story!

Jason led us in It Is Well with My Soul and Amazing Grace. Dad gave a short devotional on "strongholds."

Mel by the chapel window

We were so glad Kyle and Gretchen were able to come up for this event!

We were especially excited to see little Alaina in person for the first time!

She was probably the most popular person there! I just had to chuckle when I saw this picture--typical guy poses. I think they were waiting for our next game to begin.

We split everyone into teams, and they went around the castle playing a variation of Bocci ball. We used bean bags instead of balls. I think the tower was a favorite place to play. The players would throw the lead bag up a level or onto the stairs, and it was quite a challenge to follow it with the other bean bags. If you didn't throw it far enough, your bean bag dropped down through the open area in the middle to the lowest floor!

Breakfast and lunch were provided by a couple from our church. Marge and Mourey did a great job preparing the food, and it was so nice to have that job taken care of by such capable friends!

In addition to the lunch desserts, we had some goodies left over from the previous evening along with the donuts from breakfast. We weren't lacking in the area of sweets!

After lunch, everyone packed up their rooms, and we started a little bit of clean up. Melody and Crystal took down all the room signs.

It was suggested by a few people that we sing in the tower.

We all stood on different levels, and it was really neat to hear the sound coming from all around us. The 4-part harmony was beautiful!

Here's a short video clip of one of the songs.

It was such a fun place to take pictures. Crystal, Mel, and I went outside that day to take a few more photos in the sunlight.

One more castle post to come tomorrow.