My New Book is coming! And I’m excited to share it with you. It’s called: Cousin Camp, A Grandparent’s Guide to…
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Seeing the New Year with New Eyes
We had a rough, bumpy takeoff in the rain. Linden’s hand tightly held mine and her eyes squeezed shut for…
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What is the most important thing you can do for your kids and grandkids?
Recently John and I spent an evening with several friends. Our conversation revolved around the topic of parenting and one…
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Reporting from Cousin Camp!
This past week our 21 grandchildren, ages 6-20, gathered at our little family farm for 4 wild days together followed…
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“It’s Coming! Countdown to Cousin Camp.”
Tomorrow our 21 grandkids will invade our little farm in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia for 4 days and 3…
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Highlights from Cousin Camp 2017
We just finished our tenth Cousin Camp and it was an incredible, exhausting, thrilling blessing. Our eldest granddaughter, Callie Gaskins…
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The Power of a “Buddy”–Cousin Camp is coming!!
I know it’s getting close when I start getting phone calls from my grandkids asking, “Ghee, whose buddy am I…
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Big Kids Camp!
Two weeks ago we hosted our 9th Annual Cousin Camp at our farm. This year we had 21 grandchildren ages 4-18,…
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Short term sleep deprivation – Long term love!
by Callie Gaskins, our eldest grandaughter I’d say I’m exhausted, but that would be a gross understatement. Exhausted, ecstatic, wistful……
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Countdown to Chaos! Another Year of Cousin Camp Begins
My study floor is covered with reams of paper, sticky notes, and printed out “schedules.” One sheet has the buddy…
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