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| In front of the lake at Camp Chestnut Ridge during their open house. |
I had applied for a camp scholarship for Brennan to attend Camp Chestnut Ridge. If we were granted this scholarship they would pay up to $200.00 of the fees that would be matched by our church. I was hoping they would give me $50.00 and the church would match that. Somehow I would still need to come up with what I thought would be $350.00 or so...
I picked this camp for his first overnight experience because it was only five nights and they had a program called Kid vs. Wild. If you know Brennan, you know he loves survival skills, fishing, hunting, etc. Dave and I have many reasons for wanting to send Brennan to camp this summer because we both know how camp helped us grow as people when we were his age as well as in our faith journey. The camp is sponsored by the Methodist Church and part of the scholarship application was to get a letter of recommendation from your church pastor. I sent an e-mail to Jay Minnick and included the letter of why I wanted Brennan to attend this camp. He immediately replied back and said what a great letter I wrote! He agreed that camp would be perfect for Brennan and continued to say that the church would cover the cost of whatever the scholarship did not cover! Camp would be completely paid for!!!! Wow! We are blessed and now I pray that camp is a great experience for Brennan. He will be attending the week of June 17th. Not sure what we'll do without our sweet boy for five nights!
We took Brennan to an open house at camp in late April. We all had fun boating, fishing, taking a hay ride, doing crafts, eating, and making S'mores. Brennan started getting excited!
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| Kate can't wait until she's old enough to go to camp! If she had her choice, she'd be going this year alongside her brother! |
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| Zamboni loves his new bed. Our 15 year old "grandpa dog" is more and more like a raccoon everyday. His only thoughts revolve around food and sleeping! |
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| Kate is ready for kindergarten! She had a great time visiting her school that she will attend in August! |
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| This is one of Kate's favorite dresses. She calls it her "summer dress" and wears it at least once a week. She really is a princess in training! |
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| This picture is blurry but we are at a Cinco de Mayo party at our friends' house. Brennan decided to go to another friends' house instead but Kate went with me and had a great time on the huge slip and slide that they had rented for the evening! It was such a fun night! |
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| Brennan on the tennis courts. |
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| Kate was so excited for her sleepover at Julie's! Julie had thirteen kids overnight to celebrate her son's birthday. She is a brave lady! Kate had a blast! |
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| Brennan is enjoying his games of tennis with Dave. They have gone a few times so far. |
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| Kate's preschool couldn't have been more perfect for her this year! We will forever be grateful that we found Julie! She is AMAZING!!!! Of course having Erika watch Kate on Fridays was perfect too! |
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| Kate and her future "husband". Kate was sad to find out that I was already married and so said she'd marry Aron instead. She's a "cougar" cuz Aron is only three! |
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| Kate had been waiting for baby Jordan (Julie's sister's baby) to be awake so she could hole him. They both look so happy! |
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| This is a princess, bike riding, ball playing Kate. She is often running around in her princess dresses. |
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| Brennan participated in the first ever Raleigh School Team for Science Olympiad. He worked with a friend and entered the "All Charged Up" competition (magnets and electricity)... and they won GOLD! He was very proud wearing his gold medal! Overall TRS did an amazing job this year!!!! |
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| This is the turtle that lives in Julie's garden. We love Julie and felt sad that Kate's preschool year was coming to an end. Kate's last day was June 7th. |
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