Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Camping Club Weekend

This past weekend was our Camping Club get-together, Christmas style. We even had international guests visit us after dinner...



It's really a cute idea what they do each year. If you have a child or grandchild that you would like Santa to give a gift to, you bring a gift wrapped with your child's name on it to the campout. After dinner, Santa and Mrs. Claus pay a visit and they hand out gifts. Each child sits on Santa's lap, gets their picture taken, and is given the gift that their parent/grandparent brought. The kids love it. Even this big kid (hubby) wanted some of Santa's attention, although the jury's still out on whether he's been good or bad this year!


It was alot of fun and dinner was delicious...but the best part is spending time with treasured friends.


18 comments:

April said...

Looks like a fun evening...glad you had a good time!

Jan said...

Looks like so much fun Linda. I want a camp club too.

Lene said...

What a fun evening.

I always get excited when I see that red suit this time of year.

Cynthia said...

That sounds like a fun group!

dani said...

how special and fun is that, linda!!!
love,
dani

Brenda said...

I like seeing Mrs. Clause involved.
How fun for the kiddos especially.
Brenda :)

Bren's Life said...

What fun that is. I love that they do that. I can't believe you had another camping trip come & go. I am really out of the loop. I've missed you.
Did I say thank you for the See's butterscotches? I loved them. I have your thank you card sitting in my room. I am so very sorry! Please forgive my horrible delay.

April said...

Hi Linda,

Here's the link to get the snow on your blog...it's very simple to do. Hey, if I can do it, anyone can!
http://www.bloggerbuster.com/2008/12/simple-snow-effect-widget-for-blogger.html

Lisa Loo said...

That sounds completely enchanting!! What is a camping club? WHat fun you are having over at your house-----

chelle said...

How fun. Love Santa. He looks like the real thing.

valerie said...

I love Santa! Like I said in a previous post, when we were in Branson we four adult ladies wanted our picture taken with him but he was gone at the time. I thought that would have been a fun picture.

Looks like y'all had a wonderful time together.

As for my shopping, I've done a little, but still have a lot to go.

Burrr, it turned cold and a little icy here today. I had to scrape my car window after work.

I'll keep you in my prayers Linda. I know what you mean about getting a little too much thrown at you all at once. God is faithful to His promises and He will see you through.

Love,
Val

Mandi said...

Hello

I was thinking about you when that jet went down the other day, so I was very happy to see you post again!!!

Sounds like you had a really fun time, but you always do!!!

I got worried for a minute when I was reading because I started seeing stars before my eyes, then I realised that it was snow on your pictures - HA HA HA HA HA

I think Im getting old!!!!!

Thank you for your lovely comments on my blog. I did have a wonderful day!!!

BittersweetPunkin said...

Love the photos...such a great evening...and I LOVE the lil snowflakes falling over your photos...lovely touch!
hugs,
Robin

WheresMyAngels said...

Are camping clubs pretty active these days? I used to go with my Aunt sometimes. I will never forget the Halloween camp i went too. They had a cake walk and I won a black cat cake. It was so nasty with this nasty tasting black frosting!! lol But it was a fun time.

Anonymous said...

I love your camping club stories!

GARAGE SALE GAL said...

How fun to get together with friends:)
Enjoyed your thrifting deals and once you start going to the thrift store there is NO Turning BACK:)Love the good deals you bought.
Merry Christmas to You.
Deb

Janiece said...

How fun!!
That is a great idea!

The Muse said...

What a great time!