camp geedapapa

Camp 2011 Has Begun

2011-07-28T05:09:00.001-07:00

Camp began a little different this year, Tiffany and Joseph brought the boys to us and stayed for a few days. We had Braydens birthday party and then his baptism, it was a very special day and night. The boys made cotton candy, it was a hit.

Its great to be eight and be baptized, beautiful day.....

so Handsome

Love these boys

Brayden and friends

Tiffany and Joseph have left, now Camp will officially begin.......

What do you remember?

2010-02-01T16:42:00.000-08:00

We had fun being pirates, we went on a treasure hunt, and found one.

One Special Moment

2010-01-30T09:19:00.000-08:00

This was the day we went to the Carthage Jail,we went through the tour with only our family, the Sister missionary was wonderful with all the boys, It was a very special time for all of us.It was the first time for many of the boys in our family, to visit this sacred place. It left an impression on all of us.

Counting Down to Camp 140 Days

2010-01-30T09:12:00.000-08:00

The Countdown begins for Camp Geedapapa
I thought to get the boys excited for camp we would see videos from
last year. Papa and I can't wait for camp, especially with our new
theme Christmas At Camp.....So each week I hope to put on new
video from last year, if you have a request to see something special let
me know. Only 140 sleeps.......

Snow in October

2009-10-15T18:35:00.000-07:00

Snow in October, by the time it was done there was enough to make snow sculptures....Wish we were done with it until next year but I think there will be more MUCH MORE

Day at Lake George

2009-10-13T17:56:00.001-07:00

Jeff and I had a fun day in Lake George, enjoying the beauty, went to a fall festival in Bolton, met an author,went on a fireworks dinner cruise, tasted lots of good food, had a great day.

autumn nights like you remember

2009-09-23T17:08:00.000-07:00

I went outside tonight and thought its a perfect night. One that my

west girls miss, so hopefully they will hear and remember home.

Soon I will post from the summer. Camp was awesome this year,

its just been so overwhelming to get back to a routine that I haven't

been able to post. Soon I will be back....

AIR CANOEING GANOE STYLE

2009-06-20T06:07:00.000-07:00

Well its been along time since I have posted anything on this site....this working for a living is just no fun and trying to keep up with facebook takes any extra time. But its time for changes and this is one of them. I am feeling great with a new back, walked 8 miles this morning....

I wanted to share with everyone especially my boys the new attraction at camp. It is air canoeing. I included some pictures and a video. Jeff is awesome, and the swing is so calming.

It will be the pirate ship for the boys, maybe we will put in a treasure and a magic key.....

Only 28 more days until camp, we are counting down here, Papa has some other things in his bag of tricks before you come. Hope everyone enjoys the ride and check in more often for what is happening with the Ganoes.....

Easter Message

2009-04-11T06:50:00.000-07:00

Its been awhile since I have updated our blog.
I want to say Happy Easter to all of those we love.

This is a wonderful Easter message from Elder Holland
I hope everyone takes a minute from their busy
Easter weekend to comtemplate this message and what
it means in all of our lives. Enjoy.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpFhS0dAduc

BIG MUD FIGHT

2009-03-01T07:40:00.000-08:00

This was an awesome mud fight. Papa planned

it ahead of time and told everyone the rules.

The boys loved it, they couldn't believe they

had permission to throw mud at Papa and to get as

dirty as they wanted. A few tears happened, but only

because it was cold. Now we are facing 12 inches of

snow, I'm glad we did it yesterday. It was a fun

memory filled event...

Missed the big event

2009-02-27T22:03:00.000-08:00

Wish I could have gone to the big birthday bash
Tiffany and Levi had a great time

Happy 5oth Birthday Jon Zeiner

Looks like everyone had a great time

Since the Hospital

2009-02-21T19:15:00.000-08:00

This is the sign I came home to on my room, the boys were dressed in their
nurses uniforms with name badges, they have taken good care of me.

These are two pictures of my xrays, one looking down and one from the side
the one above on the outside of the hardware is the bone he piles there to help fuse.
The little lines in the bottom shot are the spacers between the disks. It looks weird,
especially when I think they are in me, the pain isn't too bad with the medicine and
I'm moving around better and better every day. Yesterday I even went outside
and walked a little. Maybe tommorrow I'll go again, it sure tires me out.

this is Tiffany with her birthday present. It was delicious..Jeff got one too and he shared with me. The boys did not like them as you can see from Braydens expression below. He kept saying, Please could you put those outside, those eyes keep looking at me. Then he said his mom liked big bugs.... we had just been reading an alphabet book about bugs and some had antennas and pinchers.... we assured him it wasn't a bug, that didn't help, it wasn't until Jeff threw out the shells and the eyes, that Brayden would finally taste a piece of meat, he liked it.....

We also received two big boxes of food from our friends, with all the fixins for a turkey dinner,

we had it yesterday and it was so wonderful. thanks so much for all those who helped out since the surgery. you are all wonderful

WHAT A WEEK!

2009-02-16T11:52:00.000-08:00

It's been quite a week. Here is the evidence that I survived... It really is amazing what the body can take and how quickly it wants to fix itself. The Lords creations are
truly miracles. Thanks for all the love and support this week. The food, visits, thoughts and prayers have been wonderful, and we really appreciate it.

Drake also survived a free fall off the zipline face first, the photo does not
do the road rash justice. It really hurt, that snow had turned to ice, but he was a trooper, at least we didn't end up in the hospital for him.

Papa set up the tipi to sleep in with a movie and snacks for when I got home, The boys loved it.
I am in the dining room with a sign that says, Geeda's Suite..... they have been great helpers.
I sure am lucky for a great husband, mom, kids, grandkids, family and friends. Thanks to all of you who have made this easier for me....

Pinewood Derby Winner

2009-01-30T19:54:00.000-08:00

Brayden and Papa made his car for the Pinewood Derby.
Of course it was a bucket truck with a tool box and a little man inside.
Brayden was in the non-scout catergory. Our cubs let all others who
want to race, race after the official race. It is nice of them to let
everyone share in the fun. Lucas was the official cub winner and
then Brayden as the other winner got to race against Lucas and
Brayden was the winner. After we had prepped him the whole time
that it wasn't about winning but having fun. Everyone was so good
helping him enjoy the moment, especially because he is just visiting.
Way to go Goshen troop. It was a fun night for everyone.

where would I rather be today

2009-01-16T14:38:00.000-08:00

Beautiful warmth of California or

the frigid cold of Connecticut, I'm

longing for the warmth......

Happy New Year

2009-01-02T10:18:00.000-08:00

Cade came the weekend before Christmas and he was so sick. He did like
sitting on the counter and washing dishes with Geeda. He did not want to
get down, he held on like a little monkey when we tried to get him down.
This is the same counter I sat on with my grandmother doing dishes and my
own girls sat and helped years ago.

This is Levi, I can't believe he is so big, he
is already crawling. I can't wait to see
them all.

BACK TO CAMP

2008-11-24T16:21:00.000-08:00

I had said I would make this a site to show everyone what
camp was like and to keep everyone up to date on the Ganoes,
so here is a clip of one of the activities that the little
and big boys love... my father in law always had a tire
swing in New York when my girls were little, they have
great memories of it, riding with all their cousins, we
wanted to pass on that tradition, and now their boys
will have that same memory of a tire swing at Papas
with all their cousins. We have fit LOTS of kids on this
swing at the same time.. Everyone loves it.

Fun in the Fall

2008-11-10T18:09:00.001-08:00

It was a fun weekend with Cade here. Papa had left a
big pile of leaves for him to play in. He loved to
swing and just wanted to be outside. It started to rain
shortly after we took these pictures and he didn't want
to go in.

Cade and his mom take a flight. He loved it....

You can see by the look on his face how much

he loved playing at camp geedapapa, and papa had

the same look on his face the whole time he was here.

This is why I live in the East

2008-10-16T13:51:00.000-07:00

It's not an illusion, this is the way it goes, the water was
so clear, it was so beautiful, the picture doesn't do the
red justice.

Nothing like country roads

The only thing better than a beautiful fall
day in New England is having seven boys
here to enjoy it. I'll have to settle for
half of the equation.

STAGES OF CLEAN UP

2008-10-11T15:58:00.000-07:00

Looking up into the ceiling at one of several spots, the board exposed is the
living room, it had gone through all the flooring, again
a blessing it didn't break through to the carpet.

This is outside the basement door, this
doorway was as black as it is in the
picture, but with smoke, so that I couldn't
see Jeff when he was inside keeping water on it.

Some of our helpers, Jim Pasternak, Rob Puida.
They helped start the painting process.

Looks different white.

Ben Jacobs spent a day painting, what a day to spend
a beautiful Saturday... thanks to all the great helpers.
Seems so much better now, we are so grateful.

THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE !!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-10-08T20:16:00.000-07:00

thats what Jeff yelled at 11:35 am Sunday morning. The rest of the day is a blur of smoke, fear, firemen, firetrucks, neighbors, friends, and craziness all mixed together. As the dust(smoke)settled so did a sense of gratitude. We are very grateful to be here and to have a home still standing. Another 5 minutes and that may not have been the case. We were very blessed and the angels that Elder Holland was talking about were truly with us on Sunday. A big thank you goes out to all those who have helped and continue to help, love, labor, cooking, washing, talking, typing, money, gift certificates, all have been so generous. We are truly thankful. We are so blessed. There is still much to be done, in the house downstairs and upstairs, but we lost nothing of value, we are very lucky. stay safe .....
(Pictures: ceiling cooked through, electrical fried, jeff scraping and jeff and jimmy taking off the ashes.....they were terrific.)

SEVEN IS A GREAT NUMBER

2008-10-02T18:06:00.000-07:00

Seven boys, who could ask for a better

blessing. Left to right: Brayden (Tiffs)

Cade (Hillarys) Jaxon & Noah (Lizas)

Clayton, Drake, and Levi (Tiffs).

They were all wearing their camp shirts with the camp logo on the back.

We try every year to have all of them together at least once. With Tiffany and Joseph moving back to CA that may become more difficult, but we will do our best... I never thought I could love so many boys, they far out number the girls and I now. I think its Jeffs payback for 4 women and 1 bathroom!!!!!!

VALENTINE COMES TO VISIT

2008-09-28T16:54:00.000-07:00

This is a video of our visiting bear. One of a few that likes to visit in May, prior to camp starting. He wakes up hungry and fills up with our bird seed. After every other day of visiting other things like berries start coming out and he has no interest in the bird seed. We don't usually see him again until next spring. We nicknamed him "Valentine", he looks to have a big heart on his snout, I'll post a couple of pictures of him also. He was right outside our picture window, he also tried to join our memorial day picnic, I think he smelled the fish. We love living in Connecticut, we enjoy so much beauty.

JUST LEARNING

2008-09-28T15:28:00.000-07:00

I am still learning how to put text in with the pictures, this will be a work in process, as Pres. Deiter Uchtdorf says: create something that didn't exist before. This blog and this camp are an attempt to follow that counsel. The boys love the tipi, the double fire pit is a great climbing rock wall, great to bounce balls down, the big swing to the right of the tipi, is made for adults also.

The sand box is in the grove of trees, the trampoline is buried in front of the swing set. In future posts we will show you all the activities being used!!!!!!! Doesn't it make you want to come and play......we love company!!

Welcome to camp geedapapa

2008-09-28T13:10:00.001-07:00

We would like to take you on a tour and introduce you to camp geedapapa: where love means fun......it is a special camp just for our grandchildren, a place to get to know each other, to have fun together, to learn together and to love each other and the outdoors. As our grandsons, yes seven of them, live in other states, we decided to bring them home to us, to the home their mothers grew up in, for a few weeks every summer.

As you drive in the driveway you will see our

camp logo. It is a visual the boys can see up and down the road, their response every time we come up the road. Theres the sign we are almost at camp!!!! It is a sign to everyone that this place means fun......