A recent law passed in the Washington State legislature, allowing foster families to camp in State Parks for free, was the only excuse the families at Forever Homes needed to plan the First Annual Forever Homes Camping Trip.

Families with a mixture of foster, adopted and biological children met on July 19th at Lewis and Clark Trail State Park for an afternoon of tubing down the Touchet River and other water fun. That evening the kids cooked over the fire, roasted s’mores, told campfire stories and sang songs before heading to their tents.

The parents of Forever Homes families work to provide many positive family experiences that kids from broken homes don’t generally get to experience.

For more pictures from the camping trip check out our flickr page. (Faces of some children have been blurred to protect their identity – Forever Homes parents can e-mailThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it us to request unedited versions)