Girl's Camp

This summer I had the privilege of being "Assistant Camp Craft Lady". It has been years since I have been to camp. Plus, it was the perfect assignment for me (No, not because I have any craft talent). For crafts you only have to be at camp from about 1pm-5pm. I was able to go home every night and sleep in my own bed. Then I was able to wake up and shower. Another bonus that week was it was over 100 degrees the whole time; my house has AC!

We offered 5 crafts and were there three afternoons. The girls could color in hibiscus bandannas, make a picture holder out of those large black paper clips, decorate a clip board, make these super cute pouches, or make a star card.

Here are girls coloring their bandannas. A Big Hit!


Crazy Hair Day! I think the girls had too much free time.



Princess Day (my Girls Camps didn't have dress up theme days. This is all new to me)


In the background are my Craft partners, Jan and Kat.


Look at how interested in the activities the girls are :)


The remains of the lovely cake Alli D. made.


Lovely Harmony Ward's campsite...

Chillin'


Hangin out


Still just relaxing


Okay, this is a "Snipe Dropping". Harmony made a big deal about going snipe hunting. Someone left the dropping. Another girl sat around sharpening sticks into spears and talking about good snipes and bad snipes. I felt really bad when those young, innocent girls asked me if I had ever seen a snipe. The older girls shot me death glares. What to do? I don't want the girls to find out that Sister Z lied to them, but I did want to ruin this game. Heck, I am only the Assistant Craft Lady! So, hmm...have I ever seen a snipe. "No" Why not? "Well, usually snipe hunts are at night and it's dark. That makes it hard to see anything." Do you know the difference between good and bad snipe? "I had never heard that here were good and bad ones." Are you coming on the hunt? "No, remember I am just the assistant craft lady and must go home." With that I quickly left the campsite. I heard the next morning that many girls were let down from the late night activities. Hopefully, they realized the others meant it in good fun.


This is Mary D. This was her original pose,

Then she found out the picture was for Hannah.

So, from gangster to giving hugs when it's for a 3 year old!

J. Crew

Being with the J. Crew is like a quiet walk in the woods...

Time to reflect and just enjoy family togetherness...

To smile and soak in the moment...

When the craziness let's loss, because we are all together!!!

The whole crew

The "Senior" Crew

The "Junior" members in age order.

The Mama and The Papa

Team Z's pic with the J.Crew

posing for their own pics

Ashlee declaring herself Queen of the Mountain.

"You think this is crazy, huh? huh? Do you?!"




OMSI

Grandma Maggie exploring the best way to cut the cup for maximum air lift

Uncle Trent dares the girls to sit on the toilet.

"Am I really suppose to be up here?"

"So, I am sitting here. What's the big deal? Now, I am Queen of the Castle!"



"We are the dinosaures, Marching, Marching!"


We are being paleontologist. We get to dig, brush, and discover our own dinosaur bones.

Now, we are discovering the animal inside of each of us. Grandma was suppose to be named Farmer McGregor, but she ended up being a girl.

Live action shot: animals in motion.

Hannah starring as the Little Red Hen



Silver Falls

The family leaving on a hike, lead by the famous explorer... Uncle David.

Thanks to my ankle, I couldn't hike to the falls. So, Reva and Sabrina stayed to keep me company.



The Best Backyard Ever!

David and Reva took us over to some of their friends to play in their backyard. It turns out the yard has a huge play structure, a trout pond, a bass pond, a paddle boat, a row boat, a stream with sand toys, benches, and a hammock in the shade. It was fun to explore their yard.

Grandpa Tom fishing, as always!


Uncle Trent teaching Hannah how to fish. Hannah loving her first time fishing.

"Cheese!!!"

The loading dock


Hannah loving every minute

The girls enjoying the paddle boat rides around the pond. The famous explorer, Uncle David, leads this outing as well.

Swinging, is there any great pleasure in the whole world!






Watch out Tarzan!


You're never too old to dig in the dirt.


"When you come to the end of a perfect day!"

Elizabeth is smitten with Punkin. She keeps trying to convince us that we need a dog. I was so blunt I told her it was Dad or a dog. She chose having a dog!!! I had to veto that vote.