Wednesday June 30th (3rd day of Family Camp)

Swimming

Getting ready for W.H.A.T (Will, Heart, Attitude, Tenacity)

It's a team game that takes several teams and whittles them down to a winner.

This first game has Sophie, Cousin 8yo and both our family helpers on a team.

Christian, Tom, Cousin 14yo and Rebecca's brother were on another team.

Game #1, use blocks to toss as stepping stones to get to the other side.

Then, all team members must be on the stand as you sling-shot down 2 tiles with your team name on them.

Our family helper was shooting for the girls, but they got out on the first game.

Game #2 has all team members holding on to an object that is ropes tied together with 4 balls on it.  Each member must touch at least one ball as it's being tossed out to a stand in the water. 

Game #3 had you with bungee cords strung together to pick up buckets (no hands touch bucket! but feet to tip the bucket back up if it knocks over) and take them to the other side to form a pyramid.  The guys got out on this game.  There were 2 more games but I didn't bother taking pictures of those. LOL

W.H.A.T games are different each  year.

Swimming

Each family gets a 30min speedboat ride!!  It's sooo fun!!!  You can, if you want, have a tube out the back to ride on or even skis.  We all stayed in the boat this year.

Wednesday's event is DATE NIGHT!!!!!  The adults have a NICE dinner without kids.  They have the kids for 4 hours while we eat and do whatever.  This year we took a walk with bro and sil and played a game till it was time to get the kids.  It was so fun!!

While we were at dinner the youth were playing a FUNNY game.  They grouped into teams.  They had a list of funny pictures they had to take of their group.  We happened to be walking by when Christian and cousin's group were taking a picture in a port-a-potty!!!!!!

The younger kids took a hay ride.  This was the older boys' wagon.  We didn't see the girl wagon.

Thursday July 1st (4th day of Family Camp)

Huh, Guess I only took one picture today!  It was kind of a resting day, and stay-out-of-the-sun day too.  We sat around all afternoon playing games.

The evening event was cookies-n-games but since we'd played games all afternoon we just ate the cookies and went back to the cabin.

Friday July 2nd (5th day of Family Camp)

Paddle-boating

OOPS! Christian ran in to Sophie nn bikes, she fell on the pavement and he fell on her.  He didn't get a bit hurt, but she did!  Her arm has a gouge and brusing 2" above and below it.  Her knee has a couple gouges, one I was thinking about stitches for (but decided against,) road rash on her entire shin, the deep scrape on her ankle and the entire top of her foot and all her toes have road rash.  Her left earring got ripped out too (it was a locking piercer!!!!) and left scrapes behind her ear.  Good thing she was wearing a helmet!!!!

Carpet ball tourney.  Can you say obsession?!?!

She got to the 2nd round this year.  She got beat 1st round last year so it was an improvement! LOL

Checking out Katie's shell/rock collection.

Tonight's evening event was s'mores around the campfire.  You actually used to cook them there, but with weather being what it is sometimes they just make them in the kitchen and leave them out now'a'days.

Saturday July 3rd, Good-Bye Family Camp (Day 6)

Well, this is all of us with Katie.  We had a blast!!!  But, we're sooo ready to hit the road and get back to our own beds.

Especially the 2yo.... LOL!

This is us with my brother's whole family:

Rick in the black t-shirt, Janet in front of him, Isaac (14yo) in the stripes, Grace (8yo) in the green shirt and blue skirt, Mary (5 1/2yo) in the center front and Levi (will be 3 in Sept.) in front of Janet.

Forgive our apperances, but hey, it was the END of a 6-day  vacation...

I won't show ya the 11 loads of laundry I came home with! LOL

Cousins playing with air-dry clay

Update on my poor garden

     

The poor cabbage,
it's getting eaten alive!!
















The lettuce is being drowned.
Storm after storm after storm.
I step in the garden and it squishes here.










The tomatoes look good tho.
No tomatoes yet, just flowers.







The parsley looks good tho!










Here's my garlic chive.
The purple flowers are drying up.










The yellow banana peppers are
doing VERY well!!  I have several.

FRIDAY!!!!

Jake's finally going to sub training in Groton, CT on FRIDAY!!!!
(well, I know nothing is for sure in the military until you're actually doing it, but he's packing and says his plane ticket will be issued Thursday)

Sub training is 2 months.  Then, he'll finally know where he'll be stationed.