Buttermilk Group Campground, Island Park
July 17-21, 3013
79 in attendance
(83 if you count soon-to-be-born babies!)
Theme: Heritage/Ancestors
Fun:
Chloe eating a banana and chilling with mommy in the hammock
My hubby brought me a beautiful bouquet of flowers
I've been trying one new recipe every camping trip. This trip we made honey lime shrimp kabobs with a side of grilled asparagus. One word: DELICIOUS!!
Faith asked me to paint her arm, and then Bailey wanted the same thing and before I knew it there was a line of people that all wanted this design on their arms.
Paint Fight
Faith painted Mason and Chloe's hands red so then I took Mason's hands and rubbed them all over Faith's face and she grabbed my arm with her red painted hands, etc etc, this was the end result. Good thing it washed off
Faith after I got her with Mason's hands
Justin pulling Mason around on a car in the wagon
Mason, Chloe and Madisen in my super popular favorite chair
Chloe and Madisen
My baby girl and I
"Is this your chicken?"
-Dan
(the newest member of our crazy family)
Mason riding his "donkey"
They were really just sticks, but we didn't have the heart to tell him
The kids playing with the crawdad's
They caught them the night before. Gavin ended up in the water after Bailey bumped into him so he was wet clear up to his waist. We tried to tell him you can catch them from the dock, but he wouldn't listen to us. ; )
Look closely at Teagan's shoulder
My toothless, no fear boy
We had another horseshoe tournament but this was the only picture I ended up with. Aunt Susan was my partner and Uncle Keith was Cody's. Aunt Paige and Brad ended up winning the tournament.
I'm pretty sure cell phones (especially "smart" ones) didn't even exist when I was their age and look at them! So crazy! I'm pretty sure most of them can navigate one better than I can.
My sister Karen bringing sexy back!
Don't worry it's water not bubbles. What can I say, he was thirsty!
Gavin
Madisen, Chloe and Megan
Bailee
Somebody loves cheeseballs!!
Water:
Gavin and I went out in the raft and when we were done we jumped off the end of the dock together. So.much.fun!!! I love how your kids turn you into kids again : )
G-Man and I
Megan and Chloe had no interest in getting wet so they just hung out in the boat on the dock
Mason, Megan and Chloe
Dad pulling tubers
Found this, not sure who took it, but her I am!
Faith and Taylor after grandpa flipped them off the tube
Faith-a-roo
Jeremy dumping water on my mom v.e.r.y. s.l.o.w.l.y. !!
He did the same thing to me. It's so much worse that way.
Shower
They like the baths a lot better
Four Wheeling
Chloe, Bailee and I went on a Girls Only ride.
Just a random cool stump we found
Chloe, Megan, Bailee, Mason and Brigham
I took multiple pictures and never did get a single one of all of them looking!
Crazy Kids!
I'm pretty sure they are going to be known as the Ferocious Five when they get older. They already egg each other on and get into all sorts of trouble together.
Bailee
(dye her hair brown and she looks just like me when I was her age)
Chloe and Bailee
(Megan and Brigham in the background)
Chloe, Megan, Brigham and Bailee
Megan, Auntie Teri, Bailee, Mason and Brigham
Sleeping
Mason is a thumb sucker when he sleeps and he is NOT quiet about it. It sounds like....I don't even know what to compare it to....it's terrible! So terrible that Cody and I couldn't even go to sleep without gagging because of the sound. We would pull his thumb out of his mouth and once we got all settled and snuggled into bed he would start up again. So this was our solution. We put a rubber band around the sleeve of his pajamas so he couldn't suck it. Mean? Yes! But parents who don't get any sleep are really mean too!
Mason and Chloe each had two glow-in-the-dark bracelets on their hands when they fell asleep. The next morning Chloe had all four of them in her hand.
This is how Gavin fell asleep by the fire, ouch!
This was Gavin the next night.
Costumes
Our theme was Heritage/Ancestors and since we thought it would be inappropriate to dress as Adam and Eve and only wear fig leaves, we decided to do cavemen instead.
Chloe
Faith
Kenny
Faith and I rocking the Unibrows!
(she looks just like me too at that age!)
Gavin and Cody
Karen's hair
My Caveman Family
Teri, Cody
Mason, Chloe and Gavin
Taylor, Kenny and Faith
Chet, Karen
Madisen and Megan
Dad and Mom
My entire Caveman Family
Since Cavemen don't talk we instead told Caveman jokes like:
Why did the Caveman cross the road?
Because he hadn't caught and domesticated the chicken yet
What music do Cavemen enjoy?
Rock Music
What do Paris Hilton and Cavemen have in common?
They both like to go clubbing
What did the caveman give his wife on Valentine’s Day?
Ughs and kisses.
We also did a short skit:
We all stood in a half circle saying "Ugh" to each other (because cavemen don't talk) and then my nephew said, "Ugh-Ugh" and my brother clubbed him and said, "Hey, don't change the subject!"
The Gray's dressed up as their Scottish ancestors
Keith's Family
Aunt Patricia talked about Grandma Butikofer when she was a kid and told stories and other facts that we didn't know about her. It was really hard to see her in Grandma's clothes though, it really made me miss her because I still remember her wearing those same exact things.
Jeff's Family had Robin Hood ancestry
Uncle Kelly talked about Christopher (it was spelled differently but I can't remember) Wadsworth
My Crazy Mom
The Merry Men in TIGHT tights!!
Garet, Jeff and Jared
The newly weds!
We played some good pranks on them.
The first night we stole their pillow and left a note that said:
You may find that your pillows are gone,
To get them back you must sing a song.
Go around camp from person to person,
To find out where your pillows are lurkin'.
Then they had to walk around camp and sing before they were told if that person had their pillow
The second night we stole their bags of clothes and left a note that said:
Newly Weds = Clothing Optional
We also tied their tent closed with fishing line
We forgot to get them the third night, but was planning on taking their tent and hiding it and they had to leave early so we didn't get to make up for it on the last night. They we good sports about it, but they knew they had it coming. You can't be newly weds and expect nothing to happen, at least not it our family!
Jody and Haley
The Hunters
Uncle Kelly, Mystery and Nico
Kid Olympics
Throwing balls
Mason, Jackson, Tracy, Chloe, Dan, Cole and Jared
Blowing bubbles
Blowing Bubbles
Running
Kelsey, Mason, Cody, Chloe, Abby, Jackson, Tracy, Cole, April, Jared, Riley and Maggie
Madisen
Uncle Keith "retired" his hands so now all the kids jump on Matt's hands
Mason Jumping
Chloe wouldn't do it so Denice picked her up and helped her stomp on Matt's hands
Doing push ups
Back: Tracy, Jeff, Brad and Faith
Front: Abby, McKenna, Teagan and Gavin
Push Ups
Benjamin, Bailey, Faith and Taylor
Sit Ups
Abby, Denice, Gavin, Cody, McKenna
Sit Ups
Faith, Bailee and Taylor
Garet, Cody, Mindy and Kenny
More hand stomping! Gavin getting Matt
Jody, Jeff, Garet, Benjamin, Brad, McKenna, Cody, Taylor, Bailey and Teagan
Fly Taylor! I love this picture!
Jody, Jeff, Benjamin, McKenna,Faith and Teagan
Faith buried Matt's hand in dirt!
The Relay Race
First you had to put on the overalls
Catch a water balloon in a handkerchief
Throw the ball in the basket
Hula Hoop 3 times
Crawl under the picnic tables and then run back to the tree.
Gavin was the first one to do it and after that they decided to have the kids take the coveralls off after they got them on and then finish the relay so Gavin did it the hard way, but he still ended up winning : )
Awards
Cody and Uncle Keith won the award in horseshoes for "Graceful Loss". It should have been called we cried fowl and whined and cheated! Never a dull moment!!
Gavin with his Gold Medal for 1st place in the relay
Mason got a gold medal for running and Chloe got a participation medal
Traditional Last-Day-of-camp-we-are-all-Dirty-and-Smelly-and-Teri-is-making-us-do-this-even-though-we-hate-it-and-grumble-picture!!
Family
Grandpa ~ Eugene ~ Evelyn ~ Shannon ~ Aaron ~ Jason ~ Rebecca ~ Connie ~ Wayne ~ Bill ~ April ~ Matt ~ Wayne II ~ Jamie ~ Wayne Donald ~ Kaylene ~ Angie ~ Dan ~ Sarah ~ Keith ~ Deborah ~ Denice ~ Grant ~ Tanner ~ Tyler ~ Tracy (and baby) ~ Abby ~ Jackson ~ Becca ~ Brian ~ Hartley ~ Patricia ~ Susan ~ Brad ~ Kelsey ~ Jeremy ~ Miranda (and baby) ~ Ely ~ Justin ~ Janice ~ Winston ~ Jolene ~ David ~ Teri ~ Cody ~ Gavin ~ Mason ~ Chloe ~ Kenny ~ Taylor ~ Faith ~ Paul ~ Erin ~ Bailee ~ Brigham ~ Tayvri ~ Karen (and baby) ~ Madisen ~ Megan ~ Jeff ~ Paige ~ Mindy ~ Aaron ~ Benjamin ~ Bailey ~ McKenna ~ Teagan ~ Maggie ~ Robyn (and baby) ~ Jared ~ Riley ~ Cole ~ Jodi ~ HaLee~ Garet
