That's a wrap on Summer 2018!!

Final night at camp .... A dance party inside, and 9-square outside .... some very happy campers ....

Laura slept over, we love our little mini-retreats, and she arrived a little later than planned because I wanted to take Isaac to the new shark movie (The Meg) that just came out and so she came around 7 ... she ended up biking out from Crofton!!  We wandered around the party and then headed home for a hot tub ... and then sleep!!  The next morning, we headed out to Wild Side, where the Winslows were all alone (since campers left the day before) ... Mike made everyone breakfast and coffee.  We arrived to see Susan sitting happily in the sun while Mike cooked.




Elliot didn't remove this onesie all week I don't think ... here he is grudgingly out of the house when we made him come with us for breakfast ;-)




I had to prep for the staff dinner in my yard for that night, so Laura left on her bike a little after lunch ....








Almost over ... final lunch on the final day ... campers JUST left!!


Didn't get any pictures of the staff dinner ... it was a record breaking 1.5 hours long from start to finish.  Pretty sure nobody wanted to be there other than to eat their food and get out of there!  So, they ate, and they got out of there!  They headed to the hot tub, and then Lisa, Zalinkos and Chris and I sat around the propane fire ... it was a strange and awkward evening and I was happy to have it over.  The evening started by Spock (the Taylors cat), attacking Mittens by her cat down (not sure if she was coming or going), but with everyone around, I see Mittens on her back screaming and trying to paw at Spock to get away from him.  So, I jump in and grab Mittens and put her safely inside and I am now seeing red....great way to start the evening hey?  I didn't even dress up and it was funny to see that Lisa didn't dress up either .... she normally always does ... but it was a big sign that things are not good when Lisa just 'shows up' to do her thing and help, but doesn't dress up.  Vanessa and Matt came and ate and left to catch a ferry ..... then we had Taylors on one end of the table visiting with the Zalinkos and then summer staff at the far end of the table .... it was a weird sight.  So, no pictures of the evening ... but here are the camp boys all displaying their happiness at summer being over!  That's a wrap on Summer 2018.




New appreciation for this girl through all this turmoil ... very nice friend.

Final week of Camp --- Wild #6 2018

Well these two had a great week together!


Somehow this girl is as perceptive as her mother!  No matter where I would stand to try and sneak a picture, her eyes would always wander over to me and lock on!!  Man ... she is so cute though!


So Wild kids come over to mainsite to jump on the inflatables, which all kids think is amazing!! Except this kid ... he came and saw me, and then he wandered home





When he wandered home, I saw later that he did this!!!!  Sheesh kid!!  It was the rest of the cheesecake that Isaiah's parents gave us at the end of Teen camp for taking such good care of their kid ... lol ....  hard to be mad, I would have done the same thing.


Again, no sneaky pics of Olivia ....


A picture of a beautiful woman ... the calm after the storm ....


She (and Mike) wandered over to the main site with me to watch the final "Show" .....




Final morning coffee with Yvonne .... I plan on getting a mug like hers, but getting it in Paris ;-)


Susan takes a selfie on the final Wild Side lunch!








Meanwhile, back at main site ... Elliot gets his mug shot for the final night game as he is one of the 'suspect' bad guys .....





This picture totally cracks me up!!






Jon .... I wouldn't trust anybody more than this guy to look after my kid.  Pretty sure I couldn't give a bigger compliment.

Kristin

Was able to squeeze in a quick visit with this favorite old friend and all her cute little babies!!

Isaac heads to Wild Side with Olivia and Chris throws a dance party!

This is Isaac ... packing at 1:45 for a 2pm camp start time ;-)

And this weeks Wildside Camp cooks!! They both knocked it out of the park this week ....


Just a little good bye sit on the slack line before Elliot enjoys one last week of no brother .....


Heading back to camp just in time for the 80's party ....

Beach party - last day of teen camp

These two are hilarious.  Here they are loading full of candy on their final day. 

Two very cool 14 year olds .....

Isaiah used the rest of his tuck money to buy candy bags for kids ..... Isaac though?  Not so much .... 

Here they are tossing bags to random kids ....

Summer staff selfies

Well this made me laugh ..... he’s pretty loved by all. 

Teen #2 Chapel ... Tuesday night

Jinny came to camp to visit yesterday.  Everyone always loves seeing this woman because she has very intentional conversations with people that leaves everyone feeling heard and loved.  I want more of that quality in my life when I am interacting .... it was no different when Isaac saw her at chapel last night.  Everyone loves Jinny.  It was pretty funny ... Isaac took Jinny and I to see the spot he chose to plant DR OAK .... a seed he has been nurturing for months!  And now, it sprouted some leaves and was starting to die because the pot was too small .... so we happily followed him into the forest to see the spot.  Turns OUT - it was WAY in the forest, and I am pretty sure he was just trying to stall to stay out of the singing part of chapel.

Great band this week ... great speaker .... it doesn't happen often ... but when it does, we try to go ...



A quick minute with our boy .... he is making everyone laugh this week ... such a trickster and always up to something.....he apparently has been hoarding stuff under his bed ... just random things ... the other day in staff meeting, apparently the LIT's asked everyone if anyone had any idea where all the 'pepper' shakers had gone as they have slowly been disappearing.  Isaacs cabin leader, locked eyes with Chris and slowly says out loud 'I guess I will ask Isaac if he has any ideas' (Kindof has Isaac written all over it ....I will have to find out if he was right lol)


Deanna is here this week helping to run the show ... always nice to have her on property .... she is one of my favorite people but with 4 kids and a very full and busy life, we don't see eachother often ... so I am trying to soak in as much time as possible with her ....