Monday, August 3, 2026

Broken Tree

A few weeks ago we had a short but loud thunder storm. One of the lightning strikes was really loud and felt close. Well it possibly was very very close. We noticed about a week later that a part of a tree in our yard was split and dead. Not fully sure if it was the storm, but it if was, its kind of crazy. 

Grandma Grandpa Camp 2-26

I love that there is still a camp for the grandkids. The numbers this year were small, I still love that all those who can make it go. One bad part about having some of the younger kids (mainly Jacks) is he doesn't remember some of the other family things as well as the other kids do. Our kids don't remember the Barnes New Years Parties much. Jacks doesn't remember the Easter Parties or the few Arrington Reunions we had. I love that they are keeping it going for the younger kids to have those memories. 
This year they were in Twin, they did a cook out, played games like reverse charades, got ice cream from a truck. 





They split into teams and did an escape room. My kids all love them, so it was fun for them to do. 





Grandpa's team was the winning team. 


Saturday was a day of service. They helped at the Soup Kitchen. Then they were supposed to go the animal shelter to help out, however whoever took their reservation did not write it down. So they were unable to do that. 
Mini golf and Pizza Pie instead. 


They were tired when they got home, but they all had a lot of fun!