Thursday, July 15, 2010

Where Did The Time Go???


Hey all -- I can't believe it's already Thursday and we'll be home in two short days:( This week has been just awesome, even the unplanned parts! Tuesday night was supposed to be the carnival night but there was some pretty bad weather up here so we ended up going to the basement of our cabins just to be safe. We thought the kids were going to take it pretty badly, but we ended up playing charades and having some hilarious sing-alongs...it honestly might be my favorite hour ever at camp, it was so fun!! After the weather cleared up they had a square dance so the kids could get some energy out and it was a great time! Yesterday was jam packed to make up for the things we missed on Tuesday, so it's been pretty busy! Here are some pics of what we've been doing:

Some of the girls gettin' down at the dance
Allison getting pied at the carnival
Team Strom at pirate night dinner
Rachel on the rock wall

Getting ready to go on the big swing

Emily with some of the program characters for the week
Scott and Hailey at the square dance
Andy didn't really know how he felt about the square dance
Patrick and Kristina having a great time!



Tuesday, July 13, 2010

So Many Fun Things To Do!!

Hello from Castaway day three! We are having such a great time at camp...so far the weather has been beautiful, there have been a ton of laughs, and we are keeping our days super busy with all kinds of fun new adventures! Yesterday we had a volleyball tournament, did some parasailing, and got to have an entertainment night! Today we woke up and played some field games, had a super fun impromptu dance party out on the lawn, and did some tubing! The week has been so crazy already but it's only just begun...how cool is that!?! Here are some pics of the past day and a half:

Rachel in the tube race

Tim and Luke conquering the parasail!!!

Rachel and Allison

The Bonner sisters goofing off

Amanda and Lauren were so busy dancing that Amanda fell into a tube:)

This foursome is so cute!

Tom and Andy

Most of the gang after the giant flour war

That's all for now...hope you all have a great night and I'll hopefully be back tomorrow with more pictures. We have one of my favorite YL camp events tonight!

Monday, July 12, 2010

You Were Made For This!

Hello everyone back home! We arrived yesterday around 3:00 and were all super excited to get here! This is such a great group of kids and leaders, I know we are going to have a crazy good time together!

One of the moments I personally love most at camp is when we first arrive. When we pull into camp, there are 30 or 40 camp workers running alongside the bus to invite us into camp. Then when we stop the bus we come out to all of them in a tunnel giving us high fivcs, music playing, and the program team doing something really funny to set the stage for the week. It is SO great to see the smiles of our kids as we finally get off that bus and start our week after preparing for it for months! I was really hoping to post a short video of some of the kids getting off the bus but for some reason it won't load...I'll work on it and hopefully get it up later in the week.

We capped off the night with a run through the obstacle course which was a blast!!! I'm sure you'll hear all about it when we get home. We have a big day planned today...good thing we all got A TON of sleep last night (I actually think every kid is still sleeping as I write this at 8am...good stuff). Hope you all have a great Monday!