Yesterday my oldest daughter Jill graduated from elementary school.  I can’t even believe that I am writing that.  It seems like just yesterday Allen and I were putting Jill on the bus for kindergarten and here she is all grown up.  Jill is very much looking forward to her new adventures in middle school and […]

Yes, we had a plan.  It was a solid plan, too.  But sometimes in life you just have to be FLEXible, right?  Our plan for buying a Ford Flex got bumped up about six months, and not because Allen was sick of hearing me slip it into conversation everyday.  (See the previous sentence for an […]

Miss Katie is a tough customer.  She’s 18 months old and she has no interest in sitting for a silly old photographer.  BUT, I knew that would be the case so when Mandy mentioned that Katie loves bubbles I asked her to bring some along.  I thought this was going to be a good way […]

Just in case you haven’t noticed, Allen and I like scavenger hunts.  Actually, I like the idea of a hunt and Mr. Fun likes coming up with the clues.  It works out well, eh? We thought it might be fun to come up with a hunt that would send the kids all over camp taking […]

Now where was I?  Oh yes, complete domination by the Tie-Dye team in the Family Olympics. Day two was the dawn of the pool olympics.  On this day we got lucky with the weather.  The first full day of camp was probably 62 degrees and I never took my North Face coat off.  God knew […]

Family camp is all about reconnecting with your family, but it is also about doing your best to smash the competition during the family olympics.  When you first get to camp you are assigned your cabin and your color.  This year the girls were really hoping to have Tie-Dye, and apparently they were praying hard […]