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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.
Christmas gift wrapping shenanigans: Keeping Brynn company while she wraps all of our Christmas gifts. Brynn and I couldn't help but peek at the 150 Famous Poems book we gave to Clara. So many good ones. Getting into the holiday spirit at Courts Plus. Ha! Christmas eve brunch. Clara's gingerbread house contest strategy notes. Contestants were allowed 20 minutes to shop for their houses at Wal-mart. We left ourselves little time to get ready for the 3:00 Christmas eve service at our church. But, we made it and thankfully didn't have to sit in the overflow area in the chapel! It was a beautiful service. We had bit more time in between church and when we planned to leave for Tessa's, so I mixed up my eggnog and we got the car packed. Tessa's family hosted Christmas eve at their lake home. We had a great mix of people to play a game of Mind the Gap. Getting cookies ready for Santa. Clara got Dana and me up around 7:30 and we watched her open her stocking. I think Dana a...
Happy Halloween! We did trick-or-treating at my office again and celebrated National Cat Day a couple of days late. Unicorn making magic happen! The kids and Freddy. We got a little bit of a late start around 7:30. We went to a neighborhood near the high school where several of Clara's friends live. We stopped at Micah's house to say hi and another schoolmate happened to be over as well. We got to visiting too long and by the time we headed back out, some houses either had run out of candy (including Micah's, where they went through 600 pieces his mom said) or were already done for the night. But, we still got around to several. It had just gotten done raining and the wind was cold, so I didn't care to be out too long myself. Clara asked to have another post-Halloween party this year and Brynn planned and executed the whole thing. One of our fav parts was the missing children posters which were all the guests. Green Army Man, Clara Barton, Luna Lovegood (from Harry Pott...
When Brynn was in 8th grade, their class wrote letters to themselves that they would open once they were seniors. School staff must have sent them right to the high school for safe keeping because a few weeks ago, Brynn got hers back and read through it. I had perfect weather for visiting a grower with my drone for work last month. Clara spent a night at Grandpa and Grandma Dietz's and did all sorts of activities. Family walk! Brynn ran into this bunch shopping at the mall. 😄 I was so tickled to get this pic from auntie - as much as Brynn was to bump into them. This nomad cat has been showing up around our cul-de-sac, but he does not like me, unfortunately. :-( His tag even says that he's not lost, he just likes to roam. Ha. (I only know that because he actually let our neighbor catch him.) Clara and I have been going to some Davies football games while it's been so nice out. Brynn has been accepted at both NDSU and UND. Yay! We visit UND next Friday, so it will be inte...
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