GKC 2009 - Day 1

There were many activities in Benjamin, TX (population 264) today - the Sr. Class Hamburger lunch, the opening of the new museum, the jail trustee was working on the lawn and our arrival at the Courthouse to pickup our little campers!

The reunion!

Paw Paw, Jack and Will rode together in Paw Paw's truck and listened to Hank the Cow dog!

Good bye Moms! Have fun this week!

We see no tears here!

Brock is such a big helper! This is the first GKC for him and Charlotte. So, as we travelled, we discussed some things that they could expect this week and there was much talk about the upcoming circus. Holly and Charlotte want to be ballerinas. Grant wants to introduce "the lovely ballerinas" with a microphone. Mitchell wants to be a "rock and roll star"! HUH?

"What is it?"

"It's a bug!"

"Is it alive?"

"Not anymore!"

Holly Grace helped me order seven kids meals at Sonic. She knew just what to get for everyone. Maybe she has listened to the orders before!

Actually, she did a far better job than our car hop and didn't even get a tip.

It was a very exciting trip. Four out of five had a nap between Claude and Amarillo.

Imagine, if you can, charging seven kids with getting to the proper bathrooms with their jammies and toiletries! We will develop a good system at the cabin tomorrow. Tomorrow is always a good day for organizing. I think that everyone was bathed, teeth were all brushed and each child was properly medicated. Charlotte and Brock can log about 5 minutes each of reading time. We will do better with that tomorrow, too!

It's a circus around here!