Last of Camp

Here are some of the last pictures of camp for this summer. It was probably one of the best experiences of my life and I am looking forward to going back next year.

Family Camp: This week was so much fun. It was just a week where a bunch of families came to camp as a vacation for the week and got to do a bunch of the regular camp activities and for a couple hours during the morning me and a couple of the other staff were put in charge of watching the babies. The above picture is Cohen he was my buddy for the entire week and he was also a big boy. I think my biceps enhanced just from that week alone.

Over one of the weekends there was a free concert being put on at Arnalds Park. One of the really cool bands that came was KJ 52. He is an awesome Christian rap singer. Now this is a picture of us going out to eat and the guy that took the picture said, "alright now everybody say I'm gay." As you can tell from my facial expression my mouth dropped.

Oh just one of the many times I took a nap during the meals. Once it got closer to the end of camp, the rest of my summer started to catch up with me. For like a couple weeks I was really tired.

Here was the last day camp that I was on and the last day camp of the summer. It was on site and we had am amazing 1:1 ratio talk about easy :-) They were an amazing group of girls to.

Camp Update 2

Camp has been amazing I have loved every minute of it. Here are some photos from each week.

Enjoy!

The first week I was on day camp so I was in Eagle Grove. The first picture is the cabin we stayed in loved the cabin hated the food it was all expired :-( so we really didn't get to eat at all. The first row of kids is the group I had I loved them all.

Week 2 I was a counselor and loved that to. I will say it was really weird to have my own cabin and being in charge of a group of girls :-| there were ups and downs but it was a great experience. I had a girl in my cabin that talked 24/7 and they were some of the stupidest things that she would talk about, oh and did I mention that she love Shania Twain so obviously I heard a lot about her to.

Week 3 I was on support staff. So I got to work in the kitchen, scare the crap out of the cabins that would come and do kitchen rads at night haha oh my was that a blast. There was a sour cream fight during the week also a couple water fights to. Probably the most fun part was when we got to do some demolition in the lagoon. I got to rip a dock out, the picture about is of me in my rain boots getting ready to go do it. There was no way I was going to have any leaches on me for sure.

Week 4 was special needs week so we were all in cabins there were 4 counselors in each cabin. This was probably the hardest week ever and the most rewarding to. It was emotionally draining but well worth seeing how much they loved God and how much they loved and cared for each other. When one would start caring because a song reminded them of their father everybody would go over and hug and talk with them.

This coming up week I have first timers they are 1st graders I am really looking forward to it. I love this age group they are so much fun. Well more later got to go

Camp Update

For those of you that might be wondering how I am doing. Everything is going great this week we have had a lot of down time between training, so thats been really nice it's given me the opportunity to meet and get to know everybody. This week on sunday is when kids start showing up, I am really pumped for that. When I first got here I was really worried I would not like it because it's such a different atmosphere for me and plus I didn't know anybody. But now I am considered the gentle hearted one. A couple guys like to pick on me and everybody has started calling me Q (probably because there are also 2 other Amanda's). But anyways break is almost over, I will update when I get the next chance.

After only one week

So after being gone only one week so far and then coming home for 3 days I am so tired. Poor Maxie my heart breaks at the thought that she thinks that I left her :-( lets just say friday night she slept on my bed most of the night. Emma has gotten so much bigger and is still my bestest girl and I love her so much. Well like I said I am tired so I will update more later but as for right now a N-A-P is sounding amazing right now.

What is the deal?

I'm sure you all are thinking the same thing I am. What in the world is going on? Mother nature is being really mean this year, she gives us all those B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L days this last couple weeks and then we get this today. :-( It took me at least 20 minutes to get the ice off of my windshield this morning before I could go to class and I was just making it so that I could see while I was driving. And then the wind picked up while I was in class so now it's even colder, and here I was looking forward to going running today with my buddy Jiwoo & Maxie but I guess that is not going to happen. I just want spring to come does anybody know when it is going to finally decide to show up?

Okay I'm done with my whine fest now. :-)

What's New?

So my mother informed me the other day, "Amanda you need to update you blog, it's been awhile" haha oh how my mother makes me laugh. Well here you go mom.

So lately I've been thinking about what I plan on doing once I finish school here at USF. Most would think well go find a job, but not me. Instead I am thinking about going to further my education at the University of Minnesota in the Twin Cities, me the one who is academically challenged going to go through more school, some would say that there is something seriously wrong with that but I just laugh cause I do know I'm crazy. So if I were to do this I would do a Graduate Studies in Art and Child Psychology and then also get my undergraduate in dance. I think it would be an amazing opportunity for me and an awesome experience. Although I do have some fears about it, for starts I would have to move away from home and be away from my family for a long period of time, which I have never really done before. I'm afraid of missing too much in E's life and her growing up, it just breaks my heart thinking about it. Also another thing would be me and Maxie finding a place in the City where she would be aloud to live to, and financially being able to afford everything. Cause it would be my first time living on my own and being in charge of "surviving" I guess I will just have to have faith that whatever happens is what God want's to happen in my life and that I just need top pray and whatever I need will be provided. Well that's all for right now.

God Parent?

Today I was asked if I would be one of Pip's God parents (he is my baby cousin, not his real name). Oh what a feeling I know being a God parent isn't the same as it was back in the "olden" days but still. The fact that somebody feels as though I would be a wonderful example for their child means a lot to me. So I am going to do some praying about it just to make sure God feels that I would be a good person for "the job" but in my heart it feels right.

Oh and school is going to be crazy this semester. What was I thinking taking 6 classes, there has got to be something seriously wrong in my head for me to do that haha. I just keep reminding myself that I can do anything as long as I stay positive and try not to get stressed out about everything going on. I know I can do it, it's just sometimes I have a tendency to take on to much and well if you were to ask my mother I turn into kind of a grouch. But I am working on that :-| but I better get back to working on homework.

        

      Bye!