Posts made in July, 2011


Calligraphy – not just for old folks

Calligraphy – not just for old folks


Posted By on Jul 21, 2011

A tip if you are ever planning on portraying a Chinese emperor: make sure your facial hair is firmly attached to your face prior to appearing in public! We did more calligraphy today than we’ve done in the previous 10 years of Chinese Family Camp – perhaps more!  We started with a lecture about Chinese calligraphy from Grandma Flora Lee, and, in addition, received a ROUSING pep talk about  Planning –...

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Wednesday Highlights

Wednesday Highlights


Posted By on Jul 21, 2011

 I can’t believe we did so many great activities all on one day! We started off with a fun lesson about Chinese history. Uncle Greg Louie dressed up like an emperor and played the role of emperor Taizu of the Song dynasty. He told us about how he became emperor and how he left his throne. Uncles dressed up as emperors is a good way to learn the Chinese history. Bowling was fun as usual and it is a great way to have family...

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Like our tradition having a camp fire at the end of theday is a good way to go, But when your drenched in sweat 95 degrees out and the humidity killing me all I wanted to do is lay in the lillac room with air conditoning blasting. ThoughI cant say i didnt have fun because it was fun. knowing that even adult have there compeitive side. A good example was one of the things on there list was to find the 7th shortest camper. We had all...

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11:30 pm in the lilac room

11:30 pm in the lilac room


Posted By on Jul 20, 2011

Playing trivial pursuit in the Lilac room at 11:30 pm with the rest of the late nighters (mason, eric, bing, uncle allen, uncle mark, auntie v, and auntie karen). The lilac room is new this year, replacing the geranium room. Not as high of a ceiling, but a bigger roof for sure. Today we barely made it through the heat, trudging to and from the barn for meals and using Ideal Beach as a cool down. Joe Lee’s family came today and...

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It’s Family Camp 2011!

It’s Family Camp 2011!


Posted By on Jul 18, 2011

The year has flow by and the first full day of Camp for 2011 is now in session. As always, the children have all grown, the adults have gotten older and wiser. We haven’t had a hot Camp for a while – some days in recent memory have been almost chilly – but this year looks to be a hot one. The first walk between the Inn and the Amish Acres complex seems endless, but after a couple of round trips, seems like normal. We...

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