Table for Eight

Caisa, our daughter's camp leader--with 15 young women in her van at Girls Camp! I know they say a little rain never hurt anyone. But you know what? A lot of rain CAN! (I have a lot of experience camping in the rain sans tents/Survivor. Trust me.) So, imagine my surprise/sympathy, when Bam and Papaya's camp leader called last night to tell us it had been raining for several hours and that camp was getting a little fairly stressful. There is nothing quite like camping in the rain. It just takes things to a whole new level. And usually, that's not a fun level (something about being cold AND wet makes ya crabby). Anyway, my point! Our girls are good, but they are cold and wet. Fortunately they come home tomorrow morning ... to a warm home and dry clothes. And, most likely they will appreciate those things WAY WAY more after 4 days in the wilderness--so it's all good in the big picture. PS: Congratulations to the Clarke family in Canada! Great new...

Our oldest two daughters: Bam and Papapa. (I think that's paint on Papaya's hands?)   Well, cellphones totally change camp for ME ... because thanks to Bam and Papaya's leaders, I was able to SEE how they are doing after just their first day of camp. Woo hoo! Thank you, Caisa, for hiking up the mountain to find cell service. It was so cool to hear the kids were there safe and having a ton of fun! (Funny, after Survivor--where we are completely sequestered from communication/media for basically 2 months--I can barely go a few days without getting an update on our kids. I mean, I will wait if I have to, like with Elder Meehan's mission updates, but overall, I just like knowing where/how all the bambinos are doing. Yanno?) Papaya and a friend hula. Our ward/congregation Young Women. PS: Oh, how I LOVE the funky socks. Camping is way more fun when you have funky socks!   Shalom!   Bam and her ju-jitsu friend hula. Young Wom...