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Cousin Camp 2022
We headed out Friday morning and picked up a camper in Carrington on our way to Cousin Camp 2022!
We had a new, first-time junior counselor, Dana, this year!
This year's theme was "Life Skills" which had the teams starting out at the Farm and Family Center to find ingredients to make a meal for $15.00 or less.
Counselor Tia did a lesson on first aid which came in handy a couple different times as you never know when a teammate is going to fall ill or have an accident. This one was a trial run, I think. ;-) Liam's face in the background, though. Haha.
On to the cooking!
I think this one might have been for real - I think PJ cut her finger during the cooking challenge.
Counselor photo... and camper photobomber. Ha!
The gutter sundae was a hit again this year.
There goes two gallons of vanilla ice cream!
Breakfast: I didn't realize the plethora of flavors that Pop-tarts now come in.
Group photo attempt.
One of my fav events: fear factor food challenge.
Isla was the youngest contestant, but very determined nonetheless.
Lots of nose-plugging...
Sierra getting in the zone to take the championship.
Junior Counselor Cody ran the lawn mowing competition.
Junior Counselor Dana showed the campers how to change a tire.
....and then it was their turn.
Finding out who the winners of Saturday's events were.
Strategically choosing prizes from the epic prize box.
We stayed overnight one more night after camp was done and the older girls had fun four-wheeling together.
Clara and I walked over to the high school for a boys' soccer game. They were pretty impressive to watch. Elise and Clara had fun raking leaves and Grandpa and Grandma's lake. Well, I know Clara had a great time for sure. I can't remember if I had posted that Dana did away with the garden and planted grass where it once was. So, Clara mowed that section. It was a perfect size for her to tackle. She might have found herself a summer job already. An amazing double rainbow! Thank you to those who donated for Clara's school walk-a-thon which took place last Monday. Dana and I were able to go watch and then joined in for some laps as well. Benny the Eagle was out there cheering the kids on too. Dana was busy making monster cookies for his annual hunting trip up north with his Dad and family friends. He kindly left some behind for us...which are long since gone now. :-) Grandma Holly came up while the guys were gone and took Clara shopping and the girls for lunch on Saturday
The kids rolled out and baked sugar cookies for Thanksgiving. We finished our thankful pumpkin. I saw this in the store and given the season, it took me right back to my Grandma D's house on Thanksgiving and the bowl of walnuts she'd have on her table with the nutcracker. I wanted to buy it just for nostalgia purposes. Cora and Clara made these adorable turkey crafts at the crafternoon at the library. On Tuesday we went downtown for the tree lighting at Broadway Square. Abby, Hubert's sister, joined us as well. She just turned 10, so she got along pretty well with Clara. They had s'mores kits so we had to toast some mallows right away. I love how Clara's marshmallow is completely ablaze and she's still posing for the photo. Hahaha. We had to visit the reindeer too. I made them do jazz hands. And then, of course, we had to hit up Blackbird afterward. Our Wednesday morning XaBeat class. We were feelin' pretty festive. The girls had Wednesday off from school,
Brynn put together our May Day baskets and did a fantastic job. Clara and I did the deliveries... And we received one as well with these beautiful flowers. It was from Clara's friend, Cora, and her fam. We went out to dinner as a family to celebrate my birthday on Wednesday to best accommodate schedules this week. I got to open my cards and gifts when we got home. I had picked up a slice of puppy chow cake at Sonder Bakehouse so we all shared that. Then Brynn and I went out to play a little tennis. It was a beautiful day outside. I had taken Friday (my actual birthday) off of work and Tessa came up to have brunch with me. We had Black Coffee + Waffle Bar. It was so fun. Then May did my hair as it was overdue for a cut and color. Dana and I were able to go out just us two while Brynn took Clara to her school fun night...not only that, but Brynn also volunteered to sell tickets/wristbands (I was originally going to do it) so that I didn't have to and could go out. 💜 I had a coup
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