Well it was another great year at Family Camp. Tiring, but great. Honestly, it was WAY harder this year with three kiddos. I know this was probably the hardest year ever, and it will only get better from here, but man, we were wiped out when we got home. And all week. But it was still fun to be there and to spend time with great people and hear great lessons (not that we got to pay much attention them, with rascally kiddos...but what we did hear was fantastic.)
And now, for an overload of camp pictures. Woo hoo!
Goo enjoying some taco salad in one of the camp high chairs that Jim and I picked out. I think we chose well.
After two days of camp, we realized we hadn't brought anything like a bouncer where we could set Clementine down for a few minutes. So when Jim went into town on Monday to get the tire fixed (we got a flat on the way in), he bought this! Clementine enjoyed kicking the little toys, but wasn't interested in sleeping in it.
On Grace's birthday, I was trying to get a good picture of the girls. Geezer came down the path singing Happy Birthday to Grace, and they both lit up.
Clementine!
There were a bunch of these little caterpillars all over camp, and Lily just had to have one as a pet. So we found her a container, and she carried "Leafy" around with her wherever she went. Leafy would occasionally crawl out, but we'd just find one of his cousins to replace him.
We opened a few presents on Grace's birthday.
Yay for books!
Jim's turn holding Clementine...
Geezer's turn...
(because someone fell asleep)
And finally Gramby gets a turn!
It was a very HOT day, so the girls decided they wanted to soak their feet in the irrigation canal. The water was COLD and I could only stand having my feet in there for a bout 5 seconds. I don't know how the girls played in that water for so long!
Lily got some good fishing in with Geezer.
At some point Goo decided the pants had to go.
Soaking her feet with Gramby.
Me and my sweet little birthday girl!
Eventually the shirt went as well, as did Lily's pants.
Some friends of ours (the Kings) had some frozen cherries that the girls munched on. Oh, this reminds me of a funny story! Some camp friends of ours are Mitch and Holly King. Lily met Holly the first day, and from then on started calling her Aunt Holly. We were all stumped as to why she was so attached to Holly, when finally I realized that Lily
has an Aunt Holly, and Lily must have thought that Holly King was
her Aunt Holly. Either way, it was cute and endearing.
Grace also enjoyed some frozen cherries, but we never got her to understand that you
spit out the pits.
Cherry face!
Lily took this picture of Clementine on the 4t of July.
Lily and Jim playing Guess Who.
Gramby holding Clementine.
Geezer and Grace playing with Play-Doh.
Geezer put a little piece of Play-Doh on his nose and said it was a wart, so Goo had to do the same. When I took a picture of Geezer's "wart", it barely showed up...
...so he went with a more dramatic wart. :)
Three silly girls on the 4th of July, wearing their matching outfits from Gramby and Geezer.
On our day off, we went to nearby Chico Hot Springs again, and let the girls swim. And swim they did!
Clementine and I ready for some sun and water!
Wow, I almost thought this was Lily in this picture. Goo is getting to be a big girl!
The whole family (minus Geezer).
I don't know what Lily was doing, to be honest.
Clementine all wrapped up in a towel.
This, my friends, is where Lily and Grace (especially Grace) spent 98% of her time at camp. Oh my goodness, were they dirty! But they had so much fun!
Grace also refused to take off her sweatshirt, no matter how warm it got. Sigh.
Lily building a sand castle.
Clementine ready for bed!
This was our cozy room!
On Thursday night, it had been rainy, and we were staying in the barn with several other families, who were hanging out in the common area when we brought the girls in for bed. Instead of making everyone be quiet so that they didn't disturb the girls, we gave in and let them watch videos on the touch for a while before bed. Anyway, we were all sitting out in the hallway chatting, when I heard one of the girls trying to turn the doorknob on our room. I opened the door, and there stood Grace BUTT NAKED. I have no idea why (or how!) but Grace took off her pajamas and her diaper, and came out grinning from ear to ear. We all had a pretty good laugh as well!
Lily and her buddy, Callie. They were bff's all week. When Callie would finish eating, she would run and see if Lily was done so she could come out and play.
Clementine's buddy was Doran. He's about a month and a half older than her, and look, he's trying to hold her hand!
Grace and Lily trying out Chase's new hammock.
Getting to ring the bell for supper!
Someone was making Clementine giggle.
Geezer doing his magic for talent night. (See look, Dad, I took a picture just like you told me to!)
Grace decided to sit on Lily's lap. Weird.
Grace wearing Geezer's magic hat.
Like I said, it was tiring, but fun. The girls had a blast, and it was all worth it to see how much fun they had!
