Saturday, July 22, 2023

Camp Crestridge 2023

It's camp time! The girls were very excited to return to Session 3 at Camp Crestridge at the beginning of July. These two weeks are always filled with fun and friends. It's hard to believe this is their 8th year attending camp (if we count 2020) and Lily's last year as a camper! I had to take our annual picture here by the sign.
I've always loved this entrance too.
Mia moved up to the Ridge this year as she joined the Roan village.
Lily stayed in Bluerock this year since it's the oldest village at camp. I can't believe we forgot to get a picture outside her cabin (Bluerock 49)!
I always love the beautiful chapel at camp. It's so peaceful and lovely.
I love that the camp has photographers roaming around all the time snapping away to get pictures. They post them each evening on the parent's site. It's always so fun when a picture of the girls pops up! Here are most of the pictures that we saw posted this year. I don't necessarily know what's going on in the picture, but that's ok; it just makes me happy to see them smiling and having fun!































Lily took Upper Musical as a skill (it technically takes up two skill times), so she performed at the end of camp. She even had a solo! They show the performance on Facebook Live, so even though parents are not in attendance, we can watch. That was really fun to see!



We were so glad to pick up our girls and be back together again! I love our little family, and I love when we are all together. It was so great to see them, hug them, and hear their stories!
We are so very thankful for Camp Crestridge!

An Afternoon of Surprises

 I have seen a recent trend on social media that (I think) is called "This or That." I absolutely love this idea! You hold up two cards, and someone else picks one of them; they of course cannot see what they're picking beforehand. Then, you get to go and do whatever they picked. Simple and fun! We decided to surprise the girls with this after church one afternoon. I actually made a cute little video montage for Insta but I can't get all the videos here, so I'll just put some pictures out instead. Join us on our afternoon of surprises!

First up - Lunch - Mexican or Waffle House? Mexican for the win!

Next...what to do? The Battery or Ponce City Market???
Hello from Ponce!
What to do at Ponce? Gelato from Honeysuckles or Candy from Colliers?

Time to shop! $30 gift card (to be shared) at Barnes & Noble or Target? Bookstore is chosen and fun new books are procured.
What movie shall we watch at home? The Heat or Little Miss Sunshine?
The girls now know where "in the trunk of our car" comes from!
Last this or that for the evening. What's for dinner? Hot dogs on the grill or Dominos pizza?
This was so much fun; I want to plan another afternoon of surprises like this!