I'm BACK!

I'm back from camp -- thoroughly tired, no voice, and thankful that God blessed me with a whole week with great kiddos.  And He was moving in some of their hearts; so much so that 5 of those great kids accepted Christ in to their lives! Praise Jesus!! Huzzah!

Here are some of my favorite shots from the week!

 After our hike - incredible view of camp & the property!

 Hawaiian Dinner - last night at camp

 The Lady Leaders -- great women!

 The cabins -- aka hotels!

 Our cabin -- crazy girls, who protected their leaders well!

 Pool games! Taking out the speaker!

 The FANTASTIC water park at the camp!

 My super cute niece Kenzie...loves her

 Miner Night -- turned out more like western night!

 The guys from Keizer 

Camp!

Alright friends -- tomorrow morning I am heading off to Wyldlife camp with 25 middle schoolers.  My camp box is packed and ready to go.  But I have yet to pack my own bag...I know generally what I want/need to pack.  It's just a matter of getting my stuff together & jamming it in one bag.  Yes I will only be gone for 5 days, but there are so many random things we need to pack for and consider -- espcially when you're a leader.
I have to pack an all white outfit, an outfit for a Hawaiian dinner, an outfit for a "mining/outdoorsy" themed dinner....oh yeah, and an outfit that is ultimately going to get TRASHED. Yes trashed.  That's right...trashed.  We're talking mud pit, probably shaving cream, and other gross things that are likely going to get thrown at me.  Ahh - the life of a leader!

So, it is not 6pm and I have to be at our departure location tomorrow at 7:45am which means I better get to packing & STAT. 

I'll be back Tuesday night - so returning to the beautiful blogging world come Wednesday.
Adios amigos!
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Just Go With It

And no I'm not talking about the Adam Sandler movie!

I'm gearing up for camp and yesterday felt an overwhelming wave of fear/anxiety thinking about everything I still had left to do to get ready for camp, check off the list with Isaac, or finish up at my every day job.  Ahh!  It's two weeks away and I feel like I may be close to running on empty!

How do you help yourself "just go with it" and not stress out? 
Any and ALL suggestions welcome! :)

PS -- must get caught up on my blog reading, I'm a bad blog friend as of late :(
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First Sunny Weekend!

The heavens opened up and blessed Oregon (in particular the Willamette Valley) with beautiful weather this weekend!  It was the first officially nice weekend - the entire weekend!  I could not complain at one point during the weekend, because it was too nice to be in a punky mood.
Thankfully got to hang out with a couple kids who will be going to camp this summer - to Washington Family Ranch Creekside (an all middle school Wyldlife camp! Brand SPANKIN' new!).  For the first time I was actually kind of excited to get out there  -- recently I've been nervous and just kind of ho-hum about going.  But kids are getting excited which makes it easier to get excited too.
Here's a quick picture of some of the water slides they built at the camp!

I can't believe that in 24 days I'll be riding that water slide with kids! SO fun!!

In other news - happy to have my best bud Mo-Mo back in town! I've missed that girl - but glad to have her back in good ol' OR! :)

Hope you're having a great start to the week friends!  Still looking for those mini-vacay ideas!

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