Summer Fun 2010

August 7--visit with the Biggerstaff family. Nikki, Isaac and Alex came to see us in our new house while they were in the area visiting Nikk's family. Alex is 5 days older than Mae. It was difficult to get them to both be still long enough to get a picture!

Nikki, Alex, Mae and me sharing some pie.......the girls mooched several bites from their mommies, then they switched and mooched from the other mommy!

August 7--Isaac Biggerstaff and Ella. Isaac is 6 days older than Ella.

Mae Mae enjoying some Blueberry Dream Pie!

Nicholas and Ella ready for church......Niko is giving his little sister a kiss. Sweet!!

July 30--Nicholas completed Skyhawks Tennis Camp and he was very proud of himself

July 30--Nicholas at tennis camp

Princess Ella and her babies........Ella dresses up as a princess nearly every day

Grand Camp Part 2

One of the many fun group activities at camp. The children were not remotely concerned by the 90+ degree temperatures!!

Nicholas with his swimming buddies. Every time the kids would swim, they had to have a buddy that they stayed close to in the water. The lifeguards would blow a whistle every 15 minutes and the kids had to hold up their hands with their buddies.

Nicholas and a new friend building a marble maze. Meemaw and Papa said that Nicholas was really friendly at camp and played with lots of different children.

Nicholas standing in the observation tower overlooking the lake

This tree looks like a cross........can you see Nicholas?

Papa and Nicholas building a marble maze. One of the cabins, Crumpacker, was full of games and activities for the campers.

Nicholas enjoying some swimming time

Grand Camp Part 1

Nicholas outside of "Mission Village" where his cabin was located. His cabin was named "Rhodes" after a Brethren missionary......at least, that's what he tells me.....

Becker Lodge

The Grand Camp 2010 group

Arky Parky where the kids play

Meemaw and Nicholas inside the chapel

Nicholas just spent 3 days at Grand Camp with Meemaw and Papa Carl. Grand Camp is an opportunity for children (ages 5-10) and their grandparents to attend church camp together. They had a great time. The camp is located at Camp Mack which is in Milford, Indiana. They had worship services, campfires (can you imagine.......in this heat?), group activities, crafts, lots of swimming, meals and next to no air conditioning. The Detwilers toughed it out the first night and stayed at the camp in a cabin with fans going just trying to get some decent sleep. The second night, they decided air conditioning was priority one so they drove back to Nappanee to sleep.

The main building at Camp Mack, Becker Lodge, was nearly destroyed by a fire on July 12 of this year. The building dated back to the 1920's. What a loss. No one was hurt but some major changes were made in order for the camp to continue running. The campers had previously eaten their meals in Becker Lodge so some large tents have been set up to accomodate meals and meal prep. It's amazing to me that the staff at Camp Mack, with a lot of help from volunteers, have not let this catastrophe slow them down in their efforts to provide meaningful camp experiences for children.