Pine Cove Day 5: Thursday

By Thursday we were all very aware that the week was more than half way over.  We were having such a fabulous time and didn’t want it to stop.

Lennon and Baron hanging out in the cabin.

This is the view from the front door.  The cabins are small but all you do is sleep in them so you don’t need much space.  We had bunk beds, a sofa bed and a queen size bed.  We also had a pack n play for Lincoln.


Sitting on the bed and looking at the door.  On the left is a sink and on the right is an open closet.


This is part of the Wild Kids (Lennon and Jackson’s group).  Here Lennon is hanging out with his favorite counselor, Sparkles.  One time I walked in to get Lennon and he and Sparkles were just laying on the floor with their feet up in the air and talking.  They were definite buddies.

Mia’s camp BFF Caitlyn and Lincoln.  Caitlyn loved all of the Adams and Francis kiddos.

At every meal they had a show.  The theme for the week was the “Worst Wurst.”  Yep, a huge bratwurst/hotdog.  The kids were so into it and loved every second of it.  The Wurst had a ginormisizer (yep, you guessed it, a machine that takes condiments and makes them ginormous).  His plan all week was to make evil condiments ginormous and have them take over the world.  It was obviously really silly and half of the time I had no idea what was going on but the kids were laughing so hard that we were thrilled just watching them.

Bear with our devo (devotional) counselor “Losto.”  It’s so weird that at camp some days his hair was insanely crazy and others it was pretty straight, like in this picture.

Sweet little buddy.

Two of the counselors who did a crazy skit all week to teach the verse of the week, which was:

Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty. Just and true are your ways, King of the nations.  Revelation 15:3

We loved being with nature all week and really enjoyed the lack of technology.

One afternoon Mia’s class had a “crud war.”  Looks like a pretty fun time!

Our girl seems to be having a pretty great time!

Thursday night there was a candle lit steak dinner for the adults.  It was yet another wonderful date night.

Praise the Lord for, yet another, great day with the family!

Pine Cove Day 4: Wednesday

Wednesday morning we had another camper call because Jay and I were supposed to ride the wave runners.  Unfortunately it was raining-but the counselors (God bless them!) suggested that we just go to the coffee shop and have some adult time instead.  So, we went and had a cup of coffee and played scrabble with another couple for about an hour and a half.  While I did feel a little geriatric playing scrabble and drinking coffee at 7 in the morning it was really fun and relaxing.  And hey-it was a date with my man!  Since we weren’t actually doing an activity we wanted to have breakfast with the boys. . .we were missing them! 
At breakfast Bear’s best bud Addison walked by and stopped and gave him a big hug.  These two were inseparable during the week (although they were in different classes because she’s 5).  It’s so funny how kids become best friends so quickly. . .and then forget just as quickly.  They were pretty cute playing together though.

After breakfast the kiddos went to their classes and it was FREE TIME ALL DAY (well, until 3 p.m.) for the adults.  Seriously. . .this was literally more alone time (9:30-3) than Jay and I have had in over a year.  It was great.  These Pine Cove people really know what couples need!  So, since there were no sessions we went into Tyler and just knocked around.  One stop we made was to Janie’s Cakes.  It’s been on the cover of Texas Monthly and is supposedly just amazing.  After our cake date we went back to camp so that I could nurse Lincoln and then left again and went to lunch and a movie.  As sad as it is to admit, I hadn’t even heard of a single movie that was playing.  We haven’t been to a movie in so long that we were both laughing trying to figure out what to see.  It was a great date and a wonderful day.

That night at dinner I got some snuggle time with my favorite nephew.  I love that silly little man so much!

While Dinka didn’t sleep well during the trip he was a super sweet baby and very good spirited during the day. 

Our room adjoined to Gaga’s (she, Mia and Lennon shared a room) which was really fun and convenient.

That night was safari theme night.

Mia looking beautiful with her moustache.

There was so much energy from the counselors that everything was a lot of fun.

This sweet face just melts my heart!

He was, however, NOT a fan of the moustache.

Getting ready for our fun dinner and show.

Loved spending a week with this girl!

To say my boys were having a fun week would be a gross understatement.

That night was the talent show.  Mia showed off her hula hoop skills for her first act.

For her second act she played the piano (or keyboard) and sang an original song that she had written.  Um, yeah, she’s kind of a big deal.  She was amazing and everyone loved her-as usual.  Lennon also performed his diablo skills but unfortunately I missed it because I had to take a very sleepy (and slightly disruptive) Bear back to the cabin to go to bed.

And for the professional shots:

It looks like Bear had a fabulous time with his counselors at the pool.

During the kids only lunch (parents were having date day) the kids were encouraged to get up and tell a joke to the crowd.  Mia, Lennon and Jackson all got up and told a joke.  No public speaking fears in this family!

Yet another wonderfully fun day!