Summer Camp

My kids spent this week at Deer Run Retreat. They had a blast! I'm so glad that I found out about this place and had the opportunity to send them. Brad and Bailey both got to go from 8:45 to 4:00 each day, and they said the time flew by.

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Today was parent day, so I got to spend the morning doing fun activities like rec, arts and crafts and Bible study. As I was watching the kids do their morning games, I was talking with the lady whose husband is the director of camps, who you see in the center of this picture. She was telling me that she and he had met at a camp many years ago and fallen in love and gotten married, so camp has always had a special place in their hearts.

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I asked her what camp it was, and she said Centrifuge. Through the course of our conversation we realized that I had been a camper at that Centrifuge in Glorietta, New Mexico the same year that they were counselers. How cool is that? I'm sure it made them feel old, but I thought it was awesome.

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Anyway, my Bryant, who completely gravitates towards men, especially big burly ones, became totally attached to Mr. Fred the very first morning. By yesterday, he was calling him "Uncle" as we pulled into the parking lot. Mr. Fred loved it, and it gave Bry something to look forward to when I would tell him it was time to go to camp to get Bubba and Sissy.

They've come home with some fun crafts, like painted rocks and leather crosses. Today they made something called a "God's Eye," which was basically yarn wrapped around a couple of sticks. It was a little hard for Bailey to get the hang of, but it made a pretty cool finished product.

Sadly, Bryant is not the only one of my children who gravitates towards men...

In the afternoons, the kids got to play at the lake, and this was their favorite time. First of all, they had a zip line that went out over the lake and dropped the kids into the water. How fun would that have been as a kid?

The thing they loved the most, though, was getting blobbed. There was this huge trampoline thing out in the middle of the swimming area. There's an arm that extends from the base. One kid will crawl out on the end of the arm and wait, and then one of the counselors would pounce on the back end, causing the camper to go flying through the air into the lake. They LOVED this, even though they admitted it is a little scary. They were so bummed that there was no swimming today, though, because they wanted me to give it a try. Yeah, I was bummed.

Both of my children were crying in the back seat on the way home because they were so sad that camp was over. Literally, big tears and lots of snubbing. I guess it was money well-spent!