GREAT breakfast baked oatmeal from camp

Baked Oatmeal (reallllly Good, and GOOOOD to add blueberries in it also)
7-10 People
1 cup Brown Sugar
1/8 Cup melted butter
2 eggs
3 cups of oatmeal
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powder
1 cup milk
Bake at 350 for about an hour
It is finished cooking when brown on top and not gooey in the middle.

Camp pic's

The littler urchins are at camp...and I sort of feel like a voyeur....I accessed some of their photos...I feel better...and...um...sort of miss them.

Its SO quiet!

So the two girls are at camp. I can hear myself think. WHAT is that NOISE??? OH its NOTHING!! IT is NOT whining. It is NOT Names being called out loud.




Never did I ever imagine that they would be old enough to attend camp TOGETHER for a full week. The oldest...is LOVING the quiet...not shrieking. It is weird I tell you...weird. Milk lasts a LOT longer, and I can watch ANYTHING I want without hearing Disney Hannah Puketanna in the background.

and on the 7th day, God rested...probably cause he sent his kids to camp...oh wait they did that whole garden thing they had goin on....
The oldest is worried about her new headgear making her look weird.

CAMP time

SO two of my urchins leave for camp tomorrow....the youngest one will be gone for a week -- the longest I will have not seen her. I would NOT do this if her sister were not going to the same camp at the same time.
When My kids were babies, I used to pack the diaper bag this way...so I thought I would do it to help her stay organized: into each large gallon ziplock bag, I put an entire outfit--Socks, undies, shirt and shorts/pants. That way...she grabs ONE bag...can lug it to the shower/bath room and it has everything in it. If she wears flip flops..fine..no socks used out of that bag and she has an extra pair.
It is AMAZING how much digging and stuff this saves. When I did it for them as babies, I'd put a diaper, little socks, onsie, and outfit in it.
Happy Father's Day out there to all moms who are their kids dad, to all dads...and those who don't know who their dad is.

Camp

It's just amazing to me how much easier it is to oh...say cook for 20 or so..when you have the right kitchen.
I love the Camp kitchen (in the conference center)...huge ovens, great sheet pans that I use for EVERYTHING. Food..mass quantities!
I got up to camp yesterday...just assessing stuff VERY EARLY IN THE MORNIGN TO BE DRIVING......when I find out instead of a 10:30 breakfast..OH its NINE O'clock. Yikes...that was scary at first. Martha was there to save the day and walked me through everything. Really all they needed was a warm body to cook, so the crew could go do a presentation at a church. That's really cool...when you can do something..to free someone else up to do God stuff. Both are blessed.
This was for a family reunion...What a wonderful idea! The Matriarch had died last year, and this was the first visit home for the Patriarch since the death..and they didn't have room at any ONE person's house so they came to the retreat center! Great idea---food cooked for you, room to move around...they LOVED their visit.
Martha asked.."WHere are the kids"?????...as I had left them home to recuperate...from Sat's great adventure, "Well isn't WILLIAM coming to SR high camp this week???"...OOPS..I guess since my surgery I"ve been sort of OUT OF IT..so...had to call in Heavy Kevvy to save the day, go from his place in Midland, pick my kids up, tell Wiliam (with extensive help from Helena) what to pack, Then Kev brought kids up to camp. Thank God for loving friends who help out without asking or expecting anything. Kev says.."CALM DOWN"...lol because a little panic was seeping into my voice. ,...I simply can't believe I forgot about camp...even tho is was the 2nd week etc...
GO God