Saturday, May 22, 2010

The Year in Review Family Campout 2010

We started our Spring camp out called "The Year in Review" with Christmas. And as good Swedes we did Duppa. Please note the tinsel and decorations on the tables. (thank you Teresa) Even the stocking were hung with care. Alex brought his Christmas tree for us to use. There were over 20 for supper. We also did a white elephant gift exchange. Some wanted to do a Chinese gift exchange but that can take a long time and we still had other things to do. It had rained right up to that afternoon so it was a little soggy but the attire of the day was gum boots and we managed quite nicely.

After we finished with Christmas we moved on to New Year's Eve. Of course we had to have music, and snacks. We were going to do games but kind of ran out of time and energy. Dan made the best funnel cakes. They were better than anything you get at the fair.


Saturday morning dawned bright and sunny (yeah). We started with Easter brunch. What a spread. biscuits and gravy, waffles, egg casserole, donuts and rolls, sausage and bacon. It was a good start to the day. Mike an Geri we able to join us for breakfast.

After breakfast we had an egg hunt for the kids. This is Katlin and Conner hunting up high.




Lillie and Ellie were looking closer to the ground.




Cindy was giving Kyann a hand. Looks like they missed one on the swing.






Alex found his share too.






Lillie couldn't wait to see what was in hers. Thanks to Teresa for the cute Easter bags the kids used and most all of the other decorations.









After the egg hunt there was a short break. The little girls took that time to blow some bubbles. I think we had the corner on curly hair that day. Next came Memorial Day, 4th of July and Labor Day all rolled into one. We cooked hot dogs and had all the trimmings chips and baked beans. The only thing we were missing was watermelon. And Jeanine made homemade ice cream for the crowd. Yumm yumm.





Next we moved on to Halloween. Everyone was to make a mask out of a paper bag. Don't know what Dick is showing Dan but he sure seams interested. It was interesting how many different ideas everyone had.
We had everything from a pig to a Chinaman.









This is most of the group. Everyone worked hard on their masks. The kids then went trailer to trailer trick-or -treating. The year was quickly coming to an end. Only one more holiday to go.








THANKSGIVING !!! Donnie fried a turkey. Doesn't it look awesome. And tasted just as good as it looks.













Here is Miss Katlin with a big ole turkey leg. Don't think there was much of anything left but a few scraps.









We had a really good time racing thru a year . Seems like we are seldom all


together. Teresa snapped a picture for us. She was really good at getting pictures. I got caught up in all the fun and would forget.












Miss Marly Rose came to visit that night. Her very first camp out. She has really grown. We enjoyed seeing her and Kirby.
All in all a fun week end. Mary's,Jeanine's and us stayed till after lunch Sunday. Boy did the weather change. It was so humid when we got up. Cindy , Shane and Kyann came out for a little while Sunday morning but decided to head home before lunch. Kyann had a cold and wasn't feeling the best. Will have to think of a theme for the fall camp out. Will be hard to beat this though.