wow, i haven't posted since May!! It's been a busy month i guess. we've completed two summer camps now, and have six to go. I'm getting accustomed to my role as camp photographer and "craft shop lady", as some of the younger campers refer to me. The word "lady" makes me feel old, but i'd rather be seen as "lady-like" than anything else, so i'm cool with it. Juggling motherhood and camp ministry is getting easier too, thanks to my youth group girl, Tasha, who helps watch the girls. But it is VERY tiring. Every time i stop and sit down, i start to fall asleep, kinda like those fathers who could fall asleep the minute their head hits the recliner. I never understood that like i do now. I had fun with teaching some senior high campers a dramatic skit to act out to the rest of the campers. They had only 4 practices, but did a stellar job on performance night.
My girls are getting more daddy quality time as we all learn to balance camp life. He just gets so tired out that he volunteers to take them home and put them to bed, so then he can go to bed early (early being 11 pm, when campers are here). Jenna got a new bike that she doesn't want to ride on the dirt (pretty much the entire camp) because "it's wobbly". We're letting her take her time with it. Rachel is into the shoe fetish stage. She likes to take off other peoples shoes and put them on her feet. Derreck thinks she isn't talking as soon as Jenna did, which is probably very common, but I know the words she says. She has her own words for "uh-oh, doggy, all done, momma, dadda, sisser, amen, good job, and hot dog". funny how you can tell a lot about a family by what the baby says first, such as...we feed her a lot of hot dogs, she drops many things, and we play with the camp director's dog, Ellie Mae.
Well, because i'm ready to fall asleep at the keyboard, i better end this pos...............zzzzzzzzzzz.
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