I am convinced that for miles and miles the delicious aroma of our French Toast could be found! This is the beginning and end-all of all camp breakfasts, which is why we save the best for last!
Dear Aunt Patti teaching Ava and Jacob how to flip those bad boys!
You're looking at the future in family camp cooks! It looks like we're in good hands!
After breakfast we decided to take the kids on a hike up the road to the waterfalls. When we finally arrived we had a time of it lowering 14 kids down the rock face. Thank goodness for helping hands!
My wild man!
The beautiful waterfalls.
Iris, Ali, & Luke
Gabriel reached his limit with this hiking nonsense. He was ready to head back to camp!
Owen behind his rock fort. This was before his secret spot was invaded by his cousins!
Fourteen goobers. Okay, fifteen if you count me!
Back at camp, a favorite past-time is a game of cards.
Owen and Meghan, literally laughing about nothing.
Owen, Iris, & Meghan
Yum!
Fridays begin with French Toast and end with-what else?-French dip sandwiches!
Many, many moons ago, great-grandpa Schwab went down in the Elmer Family history books as making one of the toughest homemade pinatas to crack at family camp. Last year, Samuel and I created our own version, and when it finally did break open, the kids were disappointed to find nothing more than candy reduced to powder! We decided to make this an annual tradition, and this year the Joe Elmers took up the challenge.
They had the fantastic idea of bringing up two pinatas. One for the kids...
and one for the grown-ups.
This was a serious pinata. I think Joe employed every construction material known to man to make this pinata indestructible!
The steel bats literally reverberated upon contact. Yes, I say "bats" in the pleural sense because one broke early on! After many attempts, Samuel was the lucky one to break it open. His prize was $5 dollars!
As night fell, beautiful things started to happen.
Christmas music filled the air, and a beautiful Christmas tree, complete with Christmas lights, decorations, and faux snow at the base, lit up the night!
Aunt Leah played Santa and handed out a myriad of gifts from Santa's sack.
It was a magical way to end our final night at family camp.
Merry Christmas!
And Gabriel's too?
We enjoyed fun songs, and-oh wait!
STICKS???
Thankfully he chose the former, not the latter, and enjoyed banging away with the best of them!
Later, after dropping off our library books in the car and suffering a major meltdown in the parking lot (Owen-not me), we returned for the free craft activity. While the kids colored trees and affixed popcorn "leaves" with glue dots, I caught up with some of my former library co-workers. What fun!
