G and K and What They Say: Black T-shirt Tuesday

The day I had been waiting for had arrived. Our black t-shirt day. HA!! We were prepared to hold our heads up in pride as we wore our faces around on our chests all day long for all to see.

Getting a group photo looking so unified in the same color will help us always remember black t-shirt day. Dallas did a wonderful job on this photo with all of us focused on just his camera while he took his spot on the back row. Beautiful!!

As usual, the youngsters went off with their groups and the adults did their thing. This group was playing laser tag in the woods.

Wallyball was another favorite activity for these wild and crazy characters.

Emma finished making her pen.

Natalie, Luke and Emma got set up with a crafting project in the lodge.

They were getting excited about going to the Taylor Swift concert in Kansas City and jumped on the bandwagon of making bracelets so they could trade them at the concert. Who knew that is a thing? They did!

I had a cute little gaming buddy at the table playing one of my favorite games, Rummikub.

Ben and Haley tried their hand at pottery. Ben had gotten the hang of throwing pots in his pottery class in high school.

There was some shooter success at the air rifle range.

After reading this text, Ben started preparing for receiving his award for best shooter at the rifle range at the closing show.

The ropes course looked like fun--for those adventurous enough to do it. The photos on the course are so fun to look at for those of us who did not venture up into the treetops.

At every meal, this little group of cousins always sat at the same table.

Kade's favorite thing he requested at mealtime was some Sprite and some orange soda so he could eat them together. Not mix them together and then drink one drink. This meal he was using the two-spoon method--both spoons in the mouth at the same time.

Tuesday evening was the Aspen Grove Family Camp Frontier Night.

First stop at the pavilion is always a snow cone.

Kade put his snow cone in the cup holder of their wagon, which worked great for his hands not getting cold from holding it.

This year they had a live band playing on the deck of the schoolhouse.

It was a very nice touch to bring the country spirit to the event. Even put Abe in the mood to kick up his heels to the music.

Children and adults alike love to ride the train that goes in a circle around the field.

Now here's the story of an unfortunate event that happened that evening. Some people were trying their hand at sawing a log. They had to work together to make the sawing motion happen.

The younger children got in on the action, too.

When Claire took her turn, she was sawing through the log with great difficulty. She was so focused on keeping the sawing rhythm that when they made the last stroke completing the cut, she lost her balance and fell forward, hitting her forehead on the log.

For the rest of the events, Claire kept her hand up covering the goose egg on her forehead. I was surprised she went right ahead with all the activities, despite having only one hand she would use.

The pie-eating contest only required her mouth, so she and Newland represented the Thomas family for the youth classification.

It appears Newland had just gotten a good start on his pie consumption when a winner was announced.

Dallas was the only family member who wanted to compete in the adult category.

Although he didn't win, he had wanted to enter the contest because the chocolate cream pie sounded delicious. He finished his slice before leaving the table.

Different games were set up all throughout the field, like throw a frisbee through the spinning barrels.

And knock your cousin off the log.

At the firepit, the activity was to burn Aspen Grove's initials on a flat piece of log to take home as a souvenir.

Wynne and Lincoln were turning their leather-branded AG into a beaded necklace.

The balloon art was impressive and fun for the children.

Rebecca became the balloon art and snow cone holder for those participating in the next activity involving a rope.

Even Claire wanted to participate in the tug of war using only one hand.

Axe throwing was a fun competition.

Knock the bottles off the table and then reset the bottles for the next person.

Panning for gold.

Poor, injured Claire! She didn't seem to let her injury stop her from enjoying all the rest of the activities. That was an admirable quality!

We were all just hoping she would feel better soon and that the bump would go down quickly so she wouldn't have to be so self-conscious about it the next day.

That was a sad part of the story, now here's a happy part. After Frontier Night ended, it was off to the ice cream store for a treat.

We sat down at the amphitheater to eat the ice cream.

There was a movie playing on the screen, so those who were interested in the movie moved down closer so they could hear better.

Jeff, Sarah and Abe joined us on our row. It was one of the rows that had had to be repaired due to snow damage. The metal back of the seat had been bolted into the bottom of the wooded bench.

Jacob came to take a seat by us and as he pushed on the back of the seat, the bolts gave way and the whole back rest fell to the ground.

Yes, this is the guilty one!! We reported it in hopes it could be repaired for the last night's closing show.

A group of cousins went down to the craft building so they could work on their ceramic art.

Not sure quite what "craft" these boys were up to at this particular moment in the craft building.

The kids learned how to boondoggle making a braided cord with plastic strings that are braided together in a special way.

Looks like Claire liked boondoggling so much she wanted to use both hands, making the goose egg visible on her forehead. Poor thing! I am sure that hurt!!