Lake Cady Cousins Camp 2010

There's a lot of excitement in our family

With Jim and Mar getting married on the 3rd

and our families blending together...

we thought this would be a great time to have a Cousins Camp

So we can get to know one another.

Welcome to the Lake/Cady Grandchildren

Cousins by chance, friends by choice

Cousins Camp Kids ready to get started

Our pictures may fade, but our memories won't

We started with making our prize bags

and signing our Cousins Camp t-shirts

Britain signing Nicholas' t-shirt

Luke Simons

Vivi needed a little help from Aunt Maria to sign t-shirts

Lots of stickers to choose from

Mackay Hodgkins

Carly Lake

Britain Hodgkins

Samantha Lake

Connor Lake

Andy helping sign shirts

Dylan Simons

London Hodgkins

Sailor Hodgkins

Brooklyn Hodgkins

Addie signing Samantha's shirt

Parker Lake

Addie signing Connor's t-shirt Mackie

Luke Simons

Aunt Laura and Vivi

What's more fun than chasing Uncle Jeff?

17 cousins

Fruit Roll Up Game

Who can eat the fruit roll up the fastest with their hands behind their back and only using their mouths?

Britain and Jenna try it

Sailor, Kyle, Luke and Becca

Parker

Luke gets his

Even Connor tries it

Vivi Hodgkins

It was lots of fun!

Kyle and Becca

Samantha

Maria and Denise demonstrate Pass the Pretzel

the kids ready to give it a try

Luke and Dylan Pass the Pretzel

Kyle passes it to Sam

Dylan passes it to Addie

Samantha passes the pretzel to Britain

Parker passes to Jenna

Becca passes to Brooklyn

Jenna passes the pretzel to Carly

Brooklyn passes to Sailor

Addie and Dylan

After all of the years of Uncle Jeff giving piggy back rides...he thought it was only fair for Jeff to give him one

Parker and Dylan

Vivi napping with the help of Uncle Jonathan

Next was the blanket carry game...the two teams had to carry a team member in a blanket down to the tree and back

Parker and Dylan carry Nicholas

Britain Sailor Becca and Kyle carry Brooklyn

Aunt Amy carries Connor

Connor liked it so much...Uncle Andy carries him too

"Families work together as a team"

Jelly Bean Relay

Pick up Jelly Beans with a spoon in your mouth (no hands) and carry it to the next bowl. The team with the most jelly beans in their dish win

Kyle losing his jellybeans...start again

Britain traveling with her jelly beans

Dylan concentrating on his efforts

Sailor

Samantha

Jenna Lake

Uncle Jeff played too

Sam and Carly balance their jelly beans

Kyle tries again...oops, he loses them again :(

He was being such a good sport

London's got it ;)

They've got the hang of it now

Look at all of those jelly beans!

Brit

Becca

It's the CHIN!

Connor was eating the kids' efforts....too funny! That's why they are here, right?

Luke's got it going on!

Brookie!

Look at that face...so sweet!

They were really getting a kick out of doing this...but no hands Addie!

Uncle Jeff figured he had the best solution...just balance the bowl on the spoon ;)

Now let's eat the jelly beans :D

Britain grabbed hers ;)

Becca's favorites were the black jelly beans

London likes the pink ones

Nicholas

I was sitting on the picnic bench taking a little break and this butterfly flew over and landed on my knee

Luke

M&M Toss

You have two different teams.

Each person gets a plastic spoon and an M&M

The opposing team attempts to shoot M&M's in to the other team mates' mouth

Catch it!

Britain shoots

Parker shoots an M&M at me

London keeping herself entertained

Pure happiness

It was much harder to catch the M&M's in your mouth than we thought

It's time for the messy relays...

Parker decides he might be able to do this one

Dylan gets in to his work

Handicapped Kiss

With hands behind your back, find the Hershey's Kiss in the pudding by using your mouth as your searching tool

Luke found his Hershey's Kiss

Messy Dylan

Boys LOVE getting messy!

Parker has such a sensitive gag reflex that not only could he NOT participate, but he started gagging just watching the others

Life is good!

This day is about the kids, so things that wouldn't normally be acceptable is overlooked during Cousins Camp

Smiley Face

Jenna and Sam

Jenna chasing Connor with the Whip Cream

Whip Cream Bubbles Game turned in to a Whip Cream Fight because we forgot the bubble gum for the game. I don't think the kids minded ;)

Luke looks good enough to eat

All she needs is a cherry on top

After being totally messy, it's time for some water games...

Shaving Cream Shoot Off

Divide into two teams again

Have a couple of volunteers act as the targets

Give the front person in line the Super Soaker

Have them try to shoot the shaving cream off of their target's chest

Kyle and Sailor were our targets for Shaving Cream Shoot Off

Nicholas

Britain helps Carly with the Shaving Cream Shoot Off

Water Balloon Squash

Place a water balloon on a chair.

The kids run up sit on the water balloon until it bursts and then run back and tag the next teammate.

Britain does the Water Balloon Squash

Parker Lake

Brooklyn and London

Water balloon toss

Aunt Maria and Nicholas were partners and won both rounds with our "magic" balloon.

Balloon Head Race

The kids had to work together carrying a water balloon between their heads. Make sure it doesn't bust or you could end up all wet ;)

Sailor and Luke are buddies

Jenna running in the Wet Sweatshirt Relay

You soak a sweatshirt in a bucket of water and the kids need to put on the sopping wet sweatshirt and run down and back. Take it off and return it to the bucket. It's harder than it looks.

Parker ~ all wet...a nice relief on a HOT day

Dylan runs the Wet Sweatshirt Relay

Brotherly Love

Nicholas, my little monkey

Uncle Jeff and Uncle Jonathan chatting

Carly and Connor getting water out of the water fountain

Connor and London were so cute playing together

Look at that face!
Any question how much fun we had?

After we finished at the park, we headed over to Grampa Cady's and had a cookout for supper and then finished our evening with Family Home Evening.

What a great way to spend a day ;)