Appreciation Banquet Night

There was a camp appreciation banquet that the Imadene Foundation put on at Lambrick Park Church. It was a catered event, and us staff were the waiters! We had a ton of laughs as we were taught how to do it properly (always serve to the right, clear from the left!) and then scolded when we did it wrong! The food was delicious, and the staff had fun coming together as our first task as a "team" and totally rocking it!

The girls! How beautiful we are :)

Typical boys
Two of my favorite girls! I love this picture!

Love you shaynie!

My very best friends!

Awwww!

More in love every single day

The best part of this night was being in the bathroom washing my hands, and having some lady come up to me and say "wow you sure look great! You have lost so much weight since last summer, at least fifty pounds right? You were severly overweight last summer when I seen you." I just stared at her and then started laughing - WHO SAYS THAT?!! So I just thanked her (at least she thinks I look good now!) and then went out and relayed the story to a laughing Courtney and Jennie-Lynn! Oh dear.

Staff Kayaking Fun

On the staff's first weekend up here, we had a beautiful sunny day on the sunday! This was perfect, as Jon and I were hoping to be able to play outside! We all geared up to get wet, and went kayaking/canoeing. Jon has been dying to kayak down the creek that divides camp property from the property beside us, and follow the stream down to bear lake. Everyone was up for an adventure and was stoked to go! So with our lifejackets on, and lots of excitement we headed out onto the lake!

Calea and Marika rockin some hot lifejackets! Calea is an LIT supervisor this year and Marika is a lifeguard! How sweet it is to have these two girls that I adore so much out here with us this summer! They bring an energy and love for camp that is muchly needed!

Sarah Gray is out here this summer as a lifeguard. She is SUCH a sweetheart, and I am SO happy that she is here! Her calm demeanor is a much needed personality on this team!
Miss Erin Hilchie!! Oooooh having her here makes my heart just sing!!! She is so positive and energetic, and just soooo loving! Her tenderness and attetion to detail and hardwork will make her one AWESOME LIT leader this summer! I'm stoked to hang out with you lots this summer and really get to know you Er!

Ooooh Kevin. What a silly goof you are. I look forward to many "KevinMel sandwiches!"

Ben manhandled a canoe all on his own! He struggled a bit, by no fault of his own! But he did great, and we laughed a lot!

At the start of our adventure

What we had to paddle through. This was NO easy feat! Shayna and I were in a canoe together.

YAY! We made it! Well we made it to the bridge. Our canoe couldn't go any further, so we pulled it out, but all the kayakers made it all the way to bear lake! Jon was so happy!

At the end of our adventure. So much fun! What a great start to the summer!

Summer is HEEEERRRE!

Summer staff FINALLY arrived after so much praying and planning!! Jon and I have been praying for this staff since last September, and it is really amazing to see the team that has been pulled together!! We wanted time to get to know everyone, and have some fun before work started on the first monday of May, so we invited them up to our house for the weekend before work started. I have more pictures on the weekend coming, but here were the first two pictures of the summer - YAY!!! It's going to be the BEST one yet! :)

Shaynie is the camp secretary this summer! She is going to rock at this job!

Kevin and Ben are here too!!! It feels soooo good to have so many great friends around! Kevin is the program leader this summer, and Ben is going to do maintenance stuff. Kev is such a spiritual warrior and he makes everything so much more fun! And Ben is such an important person to us that it just overwhelms me with happiness to have him come be a part of what we love! They are leaving room for Jon in this picture, because he was nowhere to be found when we snapped this!
Summer 2011 is shaping up to be the very best one yet!

Shayna comes!

Shayna is here - YAY!!!! When I went to the ferry to pick her up, I was giddy with excitement! Christmas was brutal, having to say goodbye and not knowing for how long. I hate being apart from this girl! But now she is HERE and we have ALLLLL summer long to party! Nothing feels better than having my closest friend around every single day. It's nice to be loved, and have someone to laugh with and stick up for you once in a while! It is going to be a GREAT summer!

The best of friends, even if they drive each other crazy.

Jon is totally the love of my life - but this girl is my soulmate!
Having fun at the breakwater on my family's last day here

We got too cold to walk all the way, so we hid inside and drank hot drinks!

PS - yes I know that the top part is underlined, but I don't know how to fix it! Hope its not too hard to read....

Easter

This year, Easter was my favorite holiday because I got to spend it with BOTH of our families! It was sooo nice to have my family here, and to be able to go to Tim and Lois' and not have the sadness of feeling like we were missing out with one of our families. We had an easter egg hunt, an amazing pot luck meal, and it was such a happy day.

I love my mom :)

Lois made sure we all had easter baskets to find at her house - so sweet!
After we found our baskets!

My favorite little girl in the world.

Lucky to be a Lampard!

Awww the babies of the families