Fun in the Sun

I love the summer. I love being off of work, swimming, beach trips, and even camping. This past week I was able to take a day trip to the beach with a couple of my favorite people and spend a week at girls camp as a level 4 leader with some awesome young women. I was in charge of the 15 year old girls. I was able to work with 2 other ladies from Prattville who I now consider my friends. I love girls camp because of the bonds you form both with the youth and other adult leaders, bonds that you would probably never have formed otherwise. I had alot of fun and was able to conquer a fear of heights on the high ropes course. I was even trained to work it and performed my first rescue. I felt pretty awesome. Below are some pics of the week.

Saturday @ the beach

Girls camp pics

B.O.O.T Camp

B.O.O.T camp has come and gone and I'm surprised to say that I'm a little sad that it is over. The last couple of months we have been meeting, planning, shopping, planning, shopping, etc. all for BOOT camp. B.O.O.T (Building Our Own Testimonies) camp is a 3 day activity that we put on for the primary children (ages 3-11). This year's theme was "Putting on The Armour of God". We had 3 classes each day: Spiritual Training, Physical Training, and Craft Detail. The activities included:

a scavenger hunt(...and yes, they are looking for a clue in trash cans.);

...an armor relay race and archery practice (Lesson: Aim for the right goals);

...a timed obstacle course, complete with a tire run, army crawl, and tunnel ( a.k.a refridgerator box);

...and crafts, which we made out of clay.

The third day was a water day .... complete with a good old fashioned tug-o-war.

The kids had so much fun and we hope to be able to keep BOOT camp as an annual event.

It was well staffed by wonderful youth (teen) and adult volunteers, without whom we would have never been able to pull off this activity. They were platoon leaders, teachers, a nursery worker, and kitchen helpers.

Of course none of this would have been possible without my amazing counselors, one of which worked on her part from Russia, and other who went above and beyond while suffering with a broken....err cracked rib, and secretary, who had a health crisis of her own. I am so grateful for Candi, Abby, and Rachel who spent countless hours preparing for and carrying out our activity. As Candi put it, it truly was a "labor of love". The kids will hopefully remember it and the things that they learned there, but most of all (wait for it...more cheese is coming...) that we love them.

Now that it's over, what else am I going to think about?

The price of beauty

We women go through alot to be beautiful. We spend hours at a salon, stuff our feet into cute but uncomfortable shoes, and wax (ouch!). Though pouring hot wax just above your eye, putting paper on top, and ripping off eyebrow hair may sound barbaric, meet threading.

Yes, this lady may look all peaceful and relaxed but don't let this pic fool you. Inside she's thinking, "I wanna curse!" At least that's what I was thinking. Would I do this again? You betcha! Because after the pain faded, I was left with a beautiful and clean eyebrow shape. The pain was totally worth it.

Free Summer Movies

The Rave will have free family movies every Tuesday and Wednesday for 8 weeks starting June 9th. Seating is on a first come basis. I've taken kids there before and we've always had a great time. The best thing is that you don't have to worry about your kids disturbing others since the others are a theater full of kids.

June 9 & 10 Kung Fu Panda PG 92 minutes
June 16 & 17 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa PG 89 minutes
June 23 & 24 Surf's Up PG 85 minutes
June 30 & July 1 The Tale of Despereaux G 90 minutes
July 7 & 8 Horton Hears A Who! G 86 minutes
July 14 & 15 Space Chimps G 81 minutes
July 21 & 22 Igor PG 87 minutes
July 28 & 29 Shrek the Third PG 93 minutes