Saturday, September 7, 2013

Labor Day Camping

As is our family  tradition, we headed up to Huntly Mill to camp with the Lopezjones family over Labor Day weekend. As usual, we had a relaxing time, the campfires were huge, the kids were filthy, and everyone was exhausted and happy at the end of the weekend. Perfect way to end the summer!


 Noah had a rough dinner. This year was an especially bad year for yellow jackets at camp. They were very interested in Noah's burger and he managed to bite into his burger that had a yellow jacket on it and was stung on his tongue. Thankfully we had some children's Claritin in the car, so after Olivia removed the stinger, we gave him some medicine to help curb the reaction. This picture is about 20 minutes later and you can see some slight swelling on the right side of his tongue, but overall, he handled it like a trooper. By the next morning, it didn't bother him in the least.

 See what I mean about huge campfires...

 It's a beautiful morning in camp!

 Enrique braided some bacon together for breakfast.


 He cracked some eggs into the bacon 'mat' and it was pretty tasty!



Noah, Ada, and Navi having fun on the quads.



 Fun on the lake.



 Victor ready to jump.

 Gooooooo!!!!!



 Benji, Navi, and Noah.


 Relaxing in the hammock.


 Sleepy morning.

 Navi, Andrew, and Noah.

 What is so fascinating?

 The log splitter of course!



 Story time in camp.

 Look who came out of this log!

 Back on the water again.


 Noah and Victor canoed...

 ...while Olivia gave the paddle board a try.


And now the pictures you've been waiting for...

The rock:
 
2009

 
2010

 
2011

2012


2013

The kids:

 
2009

 
2010

 
2011

2012

2013 (Noah was a little squished)




Start of a New School Year

We never post about work, but here's an HNU tradition for you. During new student orientation, each new student has his or her name written on the stairs. Family, friends, faculty, and staff line the stairs and the new students walk up to the top as a group as a symbol of the new journey. Graduation at HNU has students walk down the stairs, so it's a nice contrast.



 The chapel

 Another HNU tradition: strawberries and cream to welcome the new students!

The chapel by night.