Alumni

Ted and Missy Williams: The First Match Made in the Canyon

A story about the first camp couple.

Emma Thompson: Counselor Extraordinaire

A story about Emma Thompson camp counselor extraordinaire.

The Cody Legacy

Bill Cody launched LLYC alongside Howard Butt, Jr. in 1966. His granddaughter, Sarah Cody, is an LLYC parent today.

LLYC Summer Love: Emily and Teddy Rowlett

From high school sweet hearts to LLYC staffers, Emily and Teddy share their story, and the Frio River runs through it right up to the point when they were married on May 31, 2019 (less than one month ago from the time of this posting!) They share below in their own words.

The Heart of LLYC Alumni Work Weekend

We followed the yellow brick road of flowers out to camp last Friday for LLYC Alumni Work Weekend. We have a history with this place, so we gathered in the Canyon over dinner to prepare for a weekend of sweat and hard work. For some of us, it was our first drive through the river […]

Jenny Killian Jones:
A lasting faith born in the early days of LLYC

My whole world fell apart when I was in third grade and my parents got divorced … in the 1960s when divorce was still shameful.

Sloan Bonfield Baker Will Send her Family’s Fourth Generation to Camp

A third-generation Laity Lodger, is about to introduce a fourth generation to their #Best2Weeks at LLYC.

Jennifer Korbell Charbonneau

A long-time camper at LLYC, Jen Korbell had no idea she would be back in the Canyon twenty years later with her family of five for her husband (a pastor) to be the speaker at LLFC. It was full-circle when she saw Cary and Jenny Hendricks, who were staffers when she was a camper. We […]

Sam and Brigette Moore

Brigette: Echo Valley, Work Week, 2010. I was getting trained in Camp Crafts and Life-guarding. It turns out Sam was too. Sam and I became great pals, and went on to be all-summer counselors with some of the best people in the world. The summer ended and I returned to College Station, Sam to Austin. […]

Kelsey McKay & Jared Hohensee