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Cindy and June. July.
In honor of the last day of June and the impending month of July (SERIOUSLY?!), I thought I’d share this summery picture of my mom Cindy and my Grandmother, June. In July.
Happy June! Happy July!
linked to Wordless Wednesday, 5minutesformom & Daily Dose of Toni
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And now, the moment you’ve all been waiting for: an update from Camp Primo! This is the three-day cousin camp my parents put on for their grandkids. It’s not just any camp. Let’s take a little stroll through their pictures and see just what they did. Here are the Top Ten Photos and Events from Camp Primo 2010:
1. It all begins with squeezing in as much stuff as is humanly possible and as many carseats as they can squeeze into the back of the car.
2.This year they stayed in a cottage. Somehow they got a handicapped cottage and all the dishes were on the bottom level. This was apparently great fun.
3. They stayed at Amicalola Falls, which is Native American for “tumbling waters”. They learned this because they are working on their Georgia Junior Ranger Program and had to learn the Falls’ history to earn a badge.
4. My niece, Nora and Lydia climbing up the stairs to see the waterfall. My dad (aka Papa) apparently carried Asa up 99% of the stairs.
5.They also went to the Consolidated Gold Mine to pan for gold (yes, the same place I snagged our 7 Dwarfs’ Mine!)
6. They even went INSIDE the mine. Don’t you just admire my parents for taking THREE kids into a place where you have to wear hardhats?!
7. They also did some creek-stomping. (*looking for wikipedia article*) Here is my dad giving the kids some very specific creek-stomping instructions.
8. For their “Look Up” badge, they did some stargazing.
9. And of course, there were s’mores!
10. And last but not least, Asa got his first driving lesson.
This doesn’t include the theme song they sang, the memory verse they learned, the crafts they made, the cabin-living they did and more! Thank you, Mama and Daddy for loving my kids! I love you!
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So, what have you been doing this week? I can’t wait to read your Top Ten lists this week! All you gotta do is WRITE something brilliant. Then PASTE your url below. Don’t forget to LINK back to me so others can join the fun. Then SHARE THE LOVE by commenting, stumbling, liking and tweeting (#toptentues) the rest of the participants. (Find guidelines and cute button for your post on my Top Ten {Tuesday} page!)
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{I Want To Be Wilder is taking a break this week so I can share something really wild with you…}
When we found out my dad was sick (speaking of which, I need to do an update soon!) you might remember I called my sisterchicks to come help me out. We spent a few hours making some freezer meals and talking about how God had ridiculously blessed us to have each other in our lives. Every day I am thankful for their huge support of me and my family.
Once most of my chickies got involved in the bloggy world and then after our big trip to Blissdom this year we added a few new ladies to the fold (the coop? the henhouse? the nest?). The 9 of us spend waaay too much time skyping, tweeting and generally hanging out online. It’s very hard to describe if you’ve never met or had online friends. But I can say without hesitation that all the sisterchicks—near and far are hugely part of my family and my heart.
Last week a few of us were on Skype talking about who knows what (and using all sorts of emoticons, I’m sure) when Jen (the fabulous QuatroMama of 4tunate.net) got on to chat. She had been having a hard time, not just that day but for several days—her quadruplets were sick (that’s 4 THREE YEAR OLD BOYS, folks!), she was sick (like needing steroids sick), her mother-in-law was diagnosed with breast cancer, her father has had a reoccurance of cancer and she was just OVER it.
Right then, Tricia wrote, “Let’s pray for Jen. Five minutes. Let’s type our prayers.” And folks, if you had been there, you would have felt it. Say whatever you want about emotions and God and goosebumps, but He was there. In our Skype conversation. We all prayed for Jen for 5 minutes and we were all crying at the end of it. It was a precious hug, a sweet shower and a circling the wagons for Jen…and for the rest of us.
Jen had to check on the quads (4 THREE YEAR OLD BOYS!) at bedtime so as soon as she left our chatroom we all kind of looked at each other (well, sorta) and said, “Dang. I wish we could do something for her. Wouldn’t it be great if we could bring her a meal or something?” Alas, none of even live in the same state as Jen. Suddenly a light bulb went off in our heads and we rallied all the sisterchicks together (“to thebatcave”). We started a private chatroom and said, “How can we do something nice for Jen?”
And our 4tunate $4 Friends was born. We are going to take the next FOUR days to ask you to join us in sending a virtual casserole to Jen’s house by donating FOUR dollars to 4tunate $4 Friends. Every penny will go to Jen so she can stock her freezer and her pantry full of food. We even asked some big Once-a-Month-Mom cooks if they’d like to get involved and next Saturday one of them is literally showing up at Jen’s door to bring her food. Someone who just heard about Jen and joined their heart with ours. They are going to be our hands and feet to deliver some love to Jen.
Would you like to do the same? Just click the button below and $4 will be sent to Jen. If you don’t have 4 bucks, could you spend 4 minutes in prayer? You can write the prayer, say it while your doing the dishes or driving your car. But I know she’ll feel it just as clearly as we did a few weeks ago.
Jen, I love you girlfriend! I’m in awe of your strong determination, your amazing faith and your encouraging spirit. I hope you feel this is the next best thing to me showing up on your doorstep with dinner! xxoo
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