Lakeside...Part1

The children's choir from our church was asked to provide music for a worship service at the West Ohio Annual Conference.  Annual Conference is held at Lakeside.  So Cassidy, Carter and I boarded a charter bus this past Tuesday and traveled north.  It was not possible to find accommodations for 40 kids and almost as many chaperons at Lakeside so we stayed at Kalahari, a water park in Sandusky.  We arrived at our hotel, checked in and explored a little before having dinner.  Then we headed to Lakeside for rehearsal.  Hoover Auditorium holds 2,600 people...a little different than performing at church!  The kids did a great job considering rehearsal lasted about 2 hours.  Fortunately, ice cream followed:)


Wednesday morning we woke up early, ate breakfast on the bus and arrived at Lakeside around 7:30.  The worship service began at 8:30.  It was an amazing service.  The choir was awesome and well received by the conference.  We even had the Bishop dancing with us by the end. What an incredible experience for everyone involved!


Following the worship service, we headed to Kalahari for an afternoon of fun in the water!  I've decided that water parks must be attended by two parents.  Trying to balance one brave with one not-so-brave was a little tricky!  We still had fun though as no one wanted to leave when it was time to board the bus once again:) A whirlwind trip but one that will not soon be forgotten!