The Camp Day

Yesterday was a very long day. In the morning we got rid of the last of Rebecca's friends who she "had" to say goodbye too. She IM'd and emailed a few more her final goodbyes, we loaded up her trunk, duffel bag, pillow, and tote bag. Then off to San Antonio where she was boarding the bus to camp. She was sad to be saying goodbye to all of her small town friends.....but very excited to go stay a month with all her camp friends.

You see the same girls are signed up for the same month every year, so she already knows most of the girls who will be attending. She was slightly apprehensive about cabin assignments, and hoping everything worked out just perfectly. We arrived at the Alamo Heights High School parking lot to catch the camp bus, and she was already squealing as we parked the car, because her good friend from Laredo, TX was loading up her stuff. For the first time there were no long goodbye's between Rebecca and I, because this is now her third year at camp, and she loves it so much. I just made sure that I had my phone and no ipods had mysteriously snuck into her bag (there is a no electronics policy). She also had to spit out her gum because it is "illegal" at camp

She immediately worked on saving seats for a few more friends, and giggling with all of the others, and I stood milling around with several other random parents just waiting for the bus to leave. After one final hug, and a promise to write off her bus went. AT least I know she arrived safely and is happy, because like most camps nowadays hers has hundreds of pictures taken daily of all the girls and their activities so that you can see, and read the daily newsletter to see what is going on.

After dropping off Rebecca, it was time to travel another hour to Kerrville to pick up Regan from Texas Lions Camp (she is a former camper of the week woohoo!). They had a wonderful closing ceremony, and I found out when picking her up since so many schools were still in session this week (due to Hurricane Ike and Swine Flu) that they only ended up with 36 campers for the first week. So each camper literally had 3-4 staff to them at all times! Talk about a luxury for Regan. She had a great time and talked endlessly about doing the Zip Line, horseback riding, sleeping outdoors and eating hobo packs and smores. They also had a camp dance and all kinds of fun.

Regan and I then drove back to San Antonio and stayed the night with my brother before heading home today.....to a day filled with festival activities and my husband in the BBQ cook-off. It has been fun!

The first week of summer is over, and my girls are happy and healthy....who could ask for a better blessing?