Friday, July 25, 2008

Memories Made At Camp Gramma 2008...

I let Raegan have a red popsicle and she enjoyed every second of it!
Ethan and Molly having their own "meeting" during devotional time
buddies forever!
Avery just received her t-shirt and visor
crazy cousins!
signaling for the trucks to honk and we got plenty of honks!
the tradition has begun to walk over the bridge across the highway and see how many trucks the kids can get to honk. They look so forward to this. This year we has a lot more than just trucks honking and the kids were sure it was because they were famous from being in the paper the day before.
our campfire meeting on the final night of Camp Gramma, all of the older kids share their testimonies of when they were saved
group picture that was taken for the Hutchinson News
watching the horses
I tried to put this picture last, but didn't turn out that way- this is how i found Raegan yesterday afternoon when i was unpacking from the trip. Even though she wasn't a camper, i think Camp Gramma wore her out!
Trey feeding the goats
i'm not sure just what the temp was during the day when we went to the zoo (felt like 110!) but when we were heading to the bridge at 6:45 that night it said 102 degrees so it had to have gotten pretty hot!
Avery and Ethan looking oh so thrilled with the ape
Avery's favorite part of the zoo was the rainforest/jungle, she especially thought it was the coolest that mommy remembered going there when i was a little girl and that was my favorite part of the zoo!


The kids had a great week and didn't want Camp Gramma to end! My parents have an annual tradition called "Camp Gramma". It started Monday night and went through breakfast on Thursday. All of the cousins stayed in tents in the backyard with Gramma and Grandpa. They had plenty to keep them busy- the pool, air-conditioned playhouse, zip-line, swing sets and fort, and the newest addition- a trampoline! Ethan was not officially a camper yet but got in on most of the action except for sleeping in the tent. The activities were fishing, water spray park, free time (which included all of the yard activities), the Wichita Zoo, walking over the bridge, daily meeting times and a bon fire on the last night. Their are 23 cousins- 22 were at the house for Camp Gramma, so as you can imagine it kept everyone extremely busy! I know it wears my parents out but i am so grateful that they do this for our kids! The time and effort they put into this is something we will never forget and the kids will always have fond memories made at Camp Gramma!

1 comment:

Marilee We Roll Along said...

This is such a treasure and I enjoy your blog and account of Camp Gramma so much!