Christmas in North Springfield
I’m not sure if I could say, definitively, if Christmas was my favorite time of year. However, looking back, looking forward and looking around now, I have to say it is probably going average out that way. Lots of very good things happen all the time, but Christmas seems to be the only time I regularly schedule them.
This particular Christmas took place at the new family HQ, at YMCA Camp Fitch in North Springfield Pennsylvania.
My parents and sisters actually moved in two days before I arrived. Being involved in more moves than I care to tally up, I was very impressed with how much of the unpacking was already done and how much it already felt like a Rupe home.
The house is pretty nice. It is on the edge of camp but it is right across the road from the dining hall, and near the main entrance of camp. The director’s residence are part of the same building that has a medical station and the camp store in it. It is also much smaller than the houses we Rupes have grown accustom to, but I believe that is for the better. There are plenty of beds thanks to a hotel like building right next door. Plus with only the twins still living at home, it was a good time to trim some of the extra “stuff”.
Here’s a nice picture of everyone (minus Derek, who was not able to make it “back east” for Christmas and and minus Matillda the dog, who is too short to appear in a picture with everyone else standing up.)
