Category: DeBenneville

Note: this is from about six months before the posted date. We spent the first weekend in October at camp deBenneville Pines with Tapestry, OCUUC, and Laguna Beach. It was so nice to see old friends and be back at our home away from home. The kids spent the first evening exploring the camp and…

We started the day with some music in the forest. We played with magnet tiles for a little while. Liam and his friends caught a lizard. They named him Phil. All the kids wanted to pet him. There was cookie decorating in the lodge, and Bill made an emoji cookie. River made a keychain for…

Today started out with a stop in a gazebo. Last year at family camp, Hayden told River that it was called a gazebo, and River has said bazego ever since. I hope nobody ever corrects him. The morning included more tie dye and some fuse bead crafts. Bill and I participated in tea dueling, and…

We started the day playing in and near the lodge. There is a nuclear physicist at camp, so Liam had a great time talking to Dr. K. He answered all of Liam’s questions and explained the work his team is doing at Los Alamos. We played spoons in the lodge and some people got pretty…

Liam says “finger knitting is the tedious task of carrying a giant ball of yarn around.” He knitted something for his secret buddy. River always had at least one stick, and often two. Willow really loved the necklace mama made her. Liam played games of all kinds. Willow and River each worked really hard on…

We arrived at camp debenneville pines yesterday. It was good to see old friends and catch up. We took a picture of the kids on the same stump we do every time, although River didn’t want to go up high this time. We went to bed happy to be here. We played some ping pong…