Cousin Camp, Fri Jul 17 (Arcade, Peach Picking, Fish Camp)

I haven't been able to blog about our vacation due to a busy week - a faster pace of life than we have been used to anyway! The kids and I have been busy with Son Rock Kids Camp (vacation bible school) last week. I volunteered to help out David's group (3-4yr olds), and Emily had her heart set on staying with me and helping out the little kids too. It was sweet. Lia played in the nursery... she had a rough first day but seemed to do better later in the week. We all enjoyed the rotations of Music, Bible Stories, Snack, Craft and Games each day... we got the CD and are all enjoying singing the songs and dancing in the car. And with Chris in Thailand, the added pressure of doing it all at home has cut into my blog time as well... (imagine that!)

... back to our trip. I left off on the last day of cousin camp. After breakfast, we went to this little arcade near Nonna and Pop Pop's house. Chris and David really like race car games. Hey look, I really was on this vacation! Unfortunately, I am really bad at the race car game!

Chris is busy driving the race car. Emily is his lovely assistant.

Lia told me she could drive the car better and faster than Daddy could. Never mind her feet don't even come close to reaching the pedals...

After lunch, we went peach picking! There appeared to be miles and miles of peach fields. As you can see, these trees were loaded! The kids thought this was really cool.

Here is David with two prize peaches.

Bill and Kristen's kids. I love this picture!

Jed, Madison and Jeanne.

The peaches cost $10 per crate... I am fairly certain we had about 100 peaches and nectarines... an excellent deal considering how much fun it was for everyone to pick them! The fruit stand, where you pay, had an ice cream bar. I ordered a peach milkshake... with fresh peaches of course! What a treat. Chris, who dearly loves to put his peaches in his red wine, was also very excited about our harvest.

Dinner was at the Fish Camp - another fun Nelli tradition. Fried fish, hush puppies, and cole slaw... the place was packed and our families had to sit in a bunch of booths since we were hungry and didn't want to wait for a big table.

Jed, Christopher, Madison and Olivia

Stacey and Charlotte.

And on to the beach...