June 14, 2014
Our ward camp out was this weekend. Since Andy had his Chief Roast on Friday night we weren't able to camp over night with them. We went down Saturday morning to swim at the lake and visit with all those still around. There were a few families still there. We had a lot of fun playing in the water and visiting. We eventually got a volleyball game going. It was pretty fun!
Bishop Kelsey, Holly Earls, Tom and Tianne Watson and Keri Barrott.
Bradley
Bradley and Elise
The swimming area was good sized, but it didn't get too deep. Daniel is standing next to the boarder.
Bradley, Dad and Nathan coming in.
Group shot.
Eliza didn't go in the water much, but she did have fun digging in the sand. She was determined to make a sand castle.
Nathan found some flippers that had been abandoned.
Eliza had to add a little water to her sand occasionally.
Every once in a while it would get wild out by the boarder and you just had to throw a kid of two in the water!
Tom about to throw Bradley
Daniel getting a ride on Josh.
Josh joined the church little less than two years ago. He is a great guy.
Some kids played a little more peacefully.
Taylor with his Dad, Jared.
Lu Lu with his mom, Ming.
They are here from China for a one year program at Duke.
Packer Barrott
Andy started throwing the football around and more mayhem broke out!
Andy catching the return.
Jack Kelsey sending another one back.
This one was so cute of Taylor and his Dad. Later we noticed the football flying in the background.
Nathan bring cute.
Launching another one!
Packer and Elise
After a while the guys wanted to swim out and see where it started to get deep. The kids were sad because we wouldn't let them go too. Once the guys left the swimming area it got really quiet. The kids all came to shore with sad faces. However, the minute the men crossed back over the kids went wild!
Keri, Spencer and Taylor
Tai (Ty), Nathan and Eliza working on a sand castle.
Lu Lu
Lu Lu and his Dad.
His dad was the one studying at Duke.
Andy about to be attacked by an alligator!
This picture was taken shortly before Eliza bonked heads with Tai.
Spencer and Nathan
Spencer
Eliza and Callie
Eliza, Callie and Bradley working on a river to the lake.
It all starts with a small pool.
Another pool was eventually added on.
Then came the volley ball.
Darryl Wade and Andy
Darryl is related to some of the Wades in Kelsey, TX where Andy grew up.
Keri going for the save.
Josh leaning in!
Jared reaching for a return.
Andy bumping it up for a spike.
Jared just missed the spike.
Set it up again!
The older kids rotated through when they wanted to.
Darryl serving another round up.
We did keep the volley going for quiet a while on several occasions. It was a lot of fun!
Bishop Kelsey bumping it up.
Andy setting...
Tom send it over for a soft spike. They didn't see that one coming!
Andy just after a set! I got good timing. :0)
More players joined in.
Bishop, Jack and Christie Kelsey
Tom with the spike!
Christie with the serve.
Andy and Tom were on the same side most the time. They play well together.
Daniel giving Dad tips for the serve...
and there he goes!
This is called net intimidation!
(This picture is funny because Tom is a really nice guy and not intimidating at all!)
Daniel taking his turn to serve. He did really well.
Bradley served a few as well.
They kept running back and forth between the water and the game.
By the end we had an all Shirley team! It was a super fun morning at the lake. We are so glad we got to say good bye to these amazing folks one last time.
