Good-Bye Summer!

Summer is leaving us and it is time to look ahead, but where did the summer go?

It went to girls camp in June.... 

Nail polish, hair stuff, spa treatments? This is my kind of girls camp!

Hiking to the Peak

The whole gang!

a visit to Utah in July...............

Whole town water fight.

Red Neck Swimming Pool

Woof-em's at the Isaacson Family Campout

Olympic Park in Park City

Maya at the top of the world! Heber City in the background.

Aunt Ani shopping with the girls.

and the beginning of another school year in August.  

First day of 6th grade for MyMy and 10th grade for LuLu

Farewell to those long summer days, water fights, fireworks, and camping. We will miss you!

Camp Surf!

Hey Camp Surf? Hey What?  Hey Camp Surf? Hey What?  Show us how you roll-e-oh.  Show us how you roll-e-oh.  My hands are high, my feet are low and this is how I roll-e-oh!

Oh Camp Surf how I miss you!  You were so good to me.  Your days were full of sunshine, and lessons on kelp, the tides, and visits to the jetty.  Your evenings were engulfed in s'mores, camp songs,  and silly skits.  Your nights were enjoyed with the sound of waves crashing nearby on the shoreline and moonlit walks to the bathroom so very far away.

Kelp Fashion Show

Sea Star at the Jetty

I miss the "family style" meal times with ocean-side views, composting food bins, and transitions set to music; even though we never won the coveted "Tikki" for eating our fruits and vegetables, having great manners, and excellent cleaning skills. (We were robbed!)

"Sugar, ( insert-do, do, - do, do) Oh, Honey Honey (insert-do, do-do, do). You are my candy girl, and you got me wanting you."  (dessert song)

Meals served family style

The egg-drop competition had to be a hi-light for me.  I loved earning materials through competition and then using those hard-earned materials to save our egg from extinction.

Spending a few relaxed afternoons solely on the beach watching the 5th and 6th graders learn how to surf and boogie board was very fun and relaxing too.

I even enjoyed walking and walking and walking all over the San Diego Zoo.

Archery, the climbing wall, gaga game, a visit to the estuary, camp pranks, camp showers, collecting seashells, cleaning the cabins and even being members of a CSI group (cranium, skull, investigators)-so many things accomplished in one week. So much fun, fun, fun!
( I should have been a camp counselor during college, or a camper as a kid!)

Campers wearing mustaches and monocles investigating skulls.

Yes, it was worth missing the second to last week of school to tag-a-long with my amazing 5th grader on her school field trip to San Diego, California, and spend a week at the YMCA Camp Surf.  I loved it!

The withdrawals have been tough though, although it is always nice to come home and sleep in your own bed.

And, this is how I roll-e-oh!            
                                                     The End!

Jungle Book

The MyMy performed in the school's annual play.  The play this year was Jungle Book.  The MyMy was exuberant, charming, and happy all throughout the play.  Until next year........Look for the Bare Necessities of Life!