Thurs., 6/29/23, picked up Kody to camp with us, swam, walked, kids fished, played 3-13, watched movie, Courageous

Kody and Peyton 

Isaac, Kody, Peyton 

Isaac, Kody, Peyton, and Eli

Eli playing Candy Bar Bingo

Isaac, Kody and Eli playing Bingo

Peyton, Kody and Isaac

Kody fishing 

Peyton caught a fish

Eli

Isaac caught a hook and sinker

Eli

Kody and me

Kody, Eli, Peyton, and Isaac

Isaac and Eli

Kody and Isaac

Eli

 

Peyton and Eli playing 3-13

Isaac

Isaac, me, Kody, Peyton and Eli playing 3-13

Melissa, Bruce and the boys went to the Detroit Zoo.  She sent me these nice pictures.

I got up early and met Stacie halfway to pick up Kody to come camp with us.  We got back to the campground and Vikki and the kids had just got up.  We all ate breakfast, then the kids went on bike rides and also several walks to the store to get some candy.  Peyton, Isaac, Kody and I went swimming for about an hour when it started raining hard.  We waited with another family under the roof by the pool bathrooms until the rain let up.  We went. To the camper and a little while later, the rain stopped and the sun came out.  The kids all went fishing while we girls hung out outside of the camper. Kimmy and I walked down to watch the kids fish and take pictures.  Then the kids all went swimming while we girls sat and watched them.  It looked like it was going to rain so we left and came back to the camper.  The girls decided we should go to McDonald’s and use our coupons for our dinner.  We all ordered and ate there.  It started pouring when we left.  Kimmy headed home and Eli came with me back to the camper.  All of us but Vikki played 3-13.  Then we watched the movie Courageous.  

Wed., 6/28/23, swam, the kids rode bikes lots, went to camp store, playground

My kiddos in the morning 

 

Read my Bible outside .  Peaceful spot

Fun morning swim


 


She told me I should check the picture.  I didn’t til I got back to the camper. Guess she was right!!

Vikki surprised me and brought her favorite bird feeder.  It is so neat, I went and bought one for home!  It’s going to be my favorite too!

We got up earlier today.  We ate breakfast, then the kids went to the store.  When they got back, we went for a swim while Vikki napped in the hammock.  We swam for about an hour, then came back, and I read my Bible while the kids went to the clubhouse, and then to the old playground.  We all ate lunch, then the kids went on another bike ride. 

Went for a couple walks in the campground.  Enjoyed relaxing at the campground. Laid in our hammocks and got some good rest.  

Peyton, Isaac and I went to the store, then picked up pizza from Fergie’s.  

A friend of Peyton’s stopped over and Peyton showed her her real life looking doll baby.  Natalie liked it, so they got on their bikes and Peyton took her doll along.  I love that she’s like Hailey and still loves dolls.  

Peyton started the fire tonight and did a great job, even though it took a little long to get it going.  We sat by the fire , then came in and the kids and I played 3-13.  We have to finish tomorrow as we stopped at 11 p.m. at the Queen round.  I am in the lead at -20.  We will see what happens tomorrow.

  

Tues., 6/27/23, Eggs and sausage for breakfast, Went to Northwoods, Went to a thrift shop, went swimming, sat outside and bird watched, the kids went on the hay ride and played at the playground

 

Vikki had to go find two children that didn’t show up to eat 

Isaac did a great job starting the fire

Lucy’s a great camping dog now

 

Nice night for a campfire 

Isaac whittling 

Yummy S’mores 

Lucy wanted to catch the frog

 

Skipping stones on the water

Isaac can make any piano sound good

Peyton won our game of 3-13 although Vikki trumped it with her 313 points 

We slept in because we stayed up so late last night.  We made eggs, sausage and toast for breakfast.  After breakfast, we went to Northwoods to return Vikki’s knife she got yesterday.  She thought it broke, but it was actually a safety feature.  She kept the knife and was happy with it again.  When we got back, we went to the outdoor pool to swim and go in the hot tub.  Got some good exercise.  Came back and relaxed outside.  Air quality warning today because of the wildfires in Canada.  We ate hot dogs and potatoes cooked on the grill for dinner.  We went for a walk and Isaac rode his bike.  When we got back, Isaac started our campfire.  We sat around it and when it burned down enough, we made s’mores.  Then we came in and played 3-13.  

Sunday, 6/25/23, went to prayer, then church, then picked Peyton up and went back to the camper. We had lots of fun!

Peyton eating a nectarine, her favorite fruit!

She cut the highest card! She deals first.

Using the new Clifford card holder

Scoresheet….in the end, she only lost by 13 points after I was negative for so long

Swimming in the indoor pool

 

Hot tub time

It stopped raining so we went to the outdoor pool 

Storm clouds in the background!  We got back just before a downpour!

Peyton laughing because the people behind us set up their tent outside our window and blocked our view.

Vikki, Kimmy and Melissa 

Vikki, Kimmy, Jacob and Melissa 

Jacob playing with the Saginaw Eddy band.  I didn’t get to go, but listened to it.  It was just amazing!

Papa and Jacob

Jacob at his concert 

We went to prayer,,then to the church service.  After church we went through a car wash, then went home and ate goulash.  I packed up my stuff to take up north and went to pick Peyton up to go with me.  We loaded her and Isaacs bikes on my carrier and then left.  We unloaded the car and got everything in the camper. Then we went to the store and looked around. Right after that, we had a downpour.  We were thankful to be dry but we’re so thankful for the much needed rain.  We decided when it let up to go swimming at the indoor pool.  It was pretty packed.  We had the hot tub to ourselves.  After we got out, we went to the outdoor pool.  We stayed in a while and went in the hot tub, then it thundered and the worker had us get out.  We made it back to the camper before the next downpour. We played 3-13,  tonk and then watched the movie, Love Come Softly!