O-Week

On Sunday, the rest of the summer staff arrived and we kicked off orientation week. It was pretty exciting.

The kids loved walking over to the dining hall for meals with Joshua and the staff. Hannah became quite the little hiker.

David held a little cricket at lunch one day. This was especially exciting since we've been enjoying listening to the crickets so much at bedtime.

The kids got to watch the wash cycle.

They also got to watch parts of the lifeguard training.

Wednesday evening we all headed down to Sherwood Forest to help the Sherwood team practice making Sherwood packs.

Joshua trained them how to build a good cooking fire and cook the packs. By the time the rest of us arrived, they had a nice fire with lots of coals going. It was a lot of packs for one fire, but things went smoothly and the Sherwood packs were tasty.

After dinner, we got to roast marshmallows for s'mores. The kids (as well as Joshua and I) are so excited that Evan is on staff this summer.

Thursday morning, the kids and I went to Visalia. We enjoyed lunch with Michelle and her kids, did some grocery shopping, then headed to Dad and Mom's house. It was Dad's birthday, so a particularly nice time to visit. The rest of the family who was around came out Friday for birthday dinner.

 Mom made waffles for breakfast Saturday morning, then we came home to catch up with Joshua and try to relax after a busy but great week.