June 2019

It's finally June! The long sunny days of Summer are just around the corner and we can't wait. 

Charlotte was the only one in the piano recital this year. She did a lovely job.  

The last day of school finally arrived! Here are the 1st/Last day pictures from this year. I think Dallin wins this year for the most changed. 

 Carmen graduated 8th grade and won many ribbons for having straight A's all year! That's a huge accomplishment. 

 I couldn't resist doing this side by side of her graduating from Preschool and then from Middle School. She's so adorable! 

She took a lot of pictures with her friends and we were lucky to snap the quick of us with her. 

I can't remember why I took this picture, but Duck Donuts is always a special treat! Perhaps this was the first day of summer. 

After months and months of planning, YW camp finally came around. With only 5 weeks before camp, I got a phone call letting me know we could no longer come to the camp we were planning on using. I was in Target shopping when I answered the phone. It was all I could do to keep it together long enough to check out and make it to my car, where I broke down crying. I called David and then I called Missy, who is my assistant director. We quickly went to work trying to find a new camp that had an opening for our week and was large enough for our group. After many many phones calls and a few visits, we found a decent place. Once we found a spot, we were back to the drawing board of planning camp. This site was entirely different and our program needed to be revamped completely. 

The week before camp, we went down to visit the camp ground and we pre-hiked some trails we wanted to send the girls on. Carmen came along with me, as well as Missy's daughters. 

And then the first day of camp arrived. Here I am arriving and the only one there. Let's get this party started! 

 My YCL's soon showed up and we went to work setting up the camp sites, sorting shirts and lanyards, and organizing all the food. 

 My niece Peyton is never far from me. She was like my shadow all week. 

 Seems like hair braiding is always taking place at camp. Carmen and Klarissa braided hair and made bracelets.  

 And Aliza and Elenor were making crafts. 

 We have an amazing leader who is also a Zumba instructor and the girls just love doing Zumba. But my favorite part is watching my DAD do it!! He's come to camp every year that I've been the director and helped in many ways. I love having him there with me. And the girls all love him too! 

 We made Aspen one of Aliza's YCL's this year. This was Aliza's first year at camp and her and Aspen are best buddies from cheer. I was so glad Aliza had someone like Aspen to be her friend and mentor. 

 Carmen with her awesome 3rd year girls. 

And a wild game of volleyball. 

On the last day of camp Missy and I were trying to snap a selfie of the two of us showing we had survived the week. Next thing we knew the 4th year girls came running up behind us to photo bomb our picture. It was pretty funny! 

 Meanwhile, these 3 were at DISNEY WORLD!!! They were living it up while the other 3 of us were roughing it out in the woods. They had an amazing time doing whatever they wanted to do!

And I'm pretty sure they each ended up with their own beds! 

Once camp was over I felt like I could be a fun mom again. The kids filled up these little pools, leftover from camp, and put on these face masks and relaxed in the sun. One day we might have a real pool. In the meantime, they were happy with these baby pools. 

We went with some friends on a tour of the post office. I actually found it very interesting to learn how the mail is sorted. We even found the exact spot that our mail goes. And then were able to help sort a few items. 

This a fun night at Grandpa Teerlink house, where everyone still gathers on Sunday nights for ice cream. This night we had a large crowd! 

And Carmen and I took a trip over the Willy's in Waynesboro with Koda to get a little ice cream treat. Koda even got his own cup of ice cream with a dog treat on top. He adored it!