Posted by Cindy on June 13, 2008
Why am I on a blogging break?
The Nature E-Book.
The CHEK Convention. Yep, that’s me in the speaker’s section! You might pray for me, I’m getting a bit nervous. At the same time, I’m VERY excited! I’ll be doing a workshop on adding creative touches to your homeschool. I think more than anything, I’m afraid no one will choose my workshop over the others going on at the same time! LOL
Nature Walks
Birthday Parties – Happy 8th Birthday, Caleb!!
Church Camp
4-H
And baseball.
Whew. I think I need a break from more than just my blog! 
Posted by Cindy on June 26, 2007
We made it! All campers are back safe and sound. Praise the Lord!
Mahayla had a fun-filled week, and believe it or not, I had very few worries. Thanks to your prayers, I’m sure! She went with three of her closest friends and I knew they were watching out for each other. Here’s a picture of three of the four at check-in time.
She had all sorts to talk about on the way home. In fact, I don’t think she took a breath for a full hour! In the end, though, I asked if she was going back next year. She said, “If they would let me come home when I was ready, I would. But a whole week is just too long to be away from you.” Aaaww! I agreed and told her I was ready to get her by Wednesday. She said, “That’s the day I wanted to come home, too!”
At any rate, I bet she changes her mind and signs up when next year’s registration rolls around. Then, I’ll be here asking for your prayers yet again! Thanks for praying us through it this summer!!
Posted by Cindy on June 13, 2007
This is how he looked as I dropped him off Monday. See those nervous eyes? Yes, I cried. Not in front of him, though. He was being brave, so I needed to. Right before I left, I introduced him to two little boys who were playing the ring toss. Apparently, that was a good introduction because the camper group picture shows the three of them all chummed up together!
How did he look when I picked him up? Well, he was moving so fast and talking so fast that I couldn’t get a picture! He had a blast. I’ll share just a few snippets of our conversation on the way home. Mostly for my sake as a journal.
Did you have fun? Well, ofcourse!
Did you make any new friends? Oh, yes! I made eleven and none of them were girls!
Where are your friends from? I don’t know! Boys don’t ask those kinds of questions.
What did you get to eat? Skittles, Gatorade, Cheez-Its and 10 pieces of sausage. Anything healthy? Uuummm. I think so, but I don’t remember that part.
Did you gets lots of mail? Oh, yeah! I got mail three different times. Wow! Who was your mail from? I don’t know. What did your mail say? I don’t know. What did you do with your mail? I opened it, looked at it and then…….I don’t know what I did with it. Didn’t you ask someone to help you read it? No way! Why not? I didn’t want anyone seeing the mushy stuff you wrote! So, you chose to just not read them altogether? Pretty much. (Between me, hubby, sister, grandma, grandpa, another grandma and an aunt, I think he missed out on THIRTEEN letters from home!!) I’m still chuckling about this!
What was your favorite thing? Swimming, slip-n-slide and carpet ball! What about the Bible classes? Did you learn anything? Oh, you know, church stuff. How did you like the missionaries? They were nice, they even swam with us. What did you learn from them? Uummm. I don’t remember.
Did you sleep okay? Oh yeah! Did you miss Mom at all? Nope. Not at all? No. Are you sure? Maybe one little smidge that you can’t see at all.
Oh, Mom, I was the first one up in our whole dorm in the morning! You were? Did you just lay around waiting on everybody else to get up? No! I slithered down from my bunk and tiptoed to everyone else’s beds and tickled their toes to wake them up. Caleb! Did you really? Well, ofcourse! What did they say? Most of them laughed, but some people told me to get off because they wanted to sleep some more. Was there a bell that rang to get everyone up and moving? Yes, but by the time it rang, our whole dorm was up and dressed already! I bet they were. I bet they were. 
Co-op gals – Caleb gave me permission to share this, but said that I have to ask you NOT to show your children. He gets really embarrassed when they know stories about him. Thanks!
Posted by Cindy on June 10, 2007
I know this may sound silly to some, but I really need prayer this week and next. We’ve decided to let both Caleb and Mahayla attend church camp this year. Neither one has been away from us for more than two nights ever and never with “strangers”.
Caleb will be gone one night - Monday through Tuesday. Mahayla will be gone for FIVE nights – next Sunday night through Friday afternoon.
Thank you for praying for us!
