Focht Family Blog

Today we left Statesboro at around 9:30 this morning. We drove the train to church and then met our friends, Becky and Roger McCoy for lunch. We met Becky and Roger 7 years ago when we moved in across their backyard. Becky brought cookies over and then introduced me to MOPS. We have been friends ever since. I only wish we could get together with them more often because they are a great couple. Here is a picture of Roger and Becky and also one with their children, Madison and Garrett.

We are back on the road and headed north. We are planning on stopping at Greenville, SC tonight. We are hoping to meet the family that travels on the road that is on TLC’s Six for the Road. They are running a Christmas tree stand just south of Greenville.

Since we will not be in Georgia for Christmas, we went to Nathan’s parents house for Thanksgiving which ended up also being Christmas for the kids. Here are some pictures of the kids opening their gifts from Grandma and Poppa….

Everyone had a wonderful day full of good food and family.

Monday my mom made the decision to put down her dog, Punch. Punch had a tumor that started out small on her shoulder and it grew quickly to a size that it was affecting her walking. We were having to lift her in and out when she had to get in the RV and a few times when she was getting in to the camper. She was also dropping weight although she was eating. It was time, but it is never easy. Rest in Peace, sweet Punch. :(

If I remember right these are pictures of sites 14 & 19. I also took a picture of the Cypress trees behind my mom’s site.

Things I like: The scenery was beautiful. I wish I had time to take the canoes out on the water and get some more pictures. Since it is a state park, the price is good.

Things I don’t like: Heavy tree cover so bad satellite, if any. Also… since it is a state park it does not have full hookup so although we managed to find a spot we could get satellite once we moved to dump we couldn’t find the magic spot again.

The camping trip was a lot of fun. It was held at George L Smith state park. Thursday was spent setting up camp and waiting for people to arrive. Friday was field day fun. Nathan came up with a bunch of routine field games. The winners of each event got an entry to be drawn for gift cards. Each employee who participated also got an entry. Here is a picture of Christina (in black), Nathan’s sister, and Anna in a blind race. Apparently they were lead into each other’s path by their callers.

The sack race was run with huge garbage bags in teams of 3. Here is a picture of the first group lined up to start. From left to right in garbage bags is Danny, Justin, me, Doug and Anna. Nathan and Marc can be seen behind.

This is everyone lined up for the water balloon toss… too many to name.

Nathan came up with another game with water balloons modeled on a Survivor challenge. One team had to throw water balloons to each other while another team had sticks and tried to hit them or block them. First team with 3 points won. Nathan and I did pretty good in the middle. I am not sure what I was doing here but it looks like I am about to clock Nathan with the pole.

One of the last games I have a picture of is where you spin around with your head on a pole 10 times and then try to race to the finish line. Here is Danny, Nathan and I getting ready to spin…

We also had 3 legged races, egg toss, egg in a spoon race, and tug-a-war. While the adults played, the kids relaxed in the hammocks while Josh decided to stick by Scotty, one of Nathan’s Jeep buddies that was the cook for the weekend. Everyone had a great time and enjoyed the gift cards. Since Jerry won almost every event he went home with the most gift cards. Nathan and I got one card for Carrabbas so we are going out on a date on Monday night. :)

Of course, since it is the nature of the company, not everyone stayed disconnected for the weekend. This is Nathan’s partner Blake (on right) and Huey taking a computer break…

Unfortunately it rained on Friday night and most of Saturday but we still had a lot of fun and it was great having Scotty there to cook. Nathan’s dad drove over both days to help cook as well so Nathan was able to actually spend time with everyone instead of cooking the whole time like the last trip. The company has decided that they are going to have two camping trips a year because everyone has enjoyed the last two so much.