Let the Fun Begin!

We're off and running! We've now had two weeks of summer, and they have been full. From playing with friends to relaxing at home, we have enjoyed every minute. We started the summer with Garrett in a full arm cast. He fell off of a swing (the chain broke as he was on an up swing) during the last week of school and broke his elbow. He had to sit out of baseball and was in a cast for 3 weeks. Today he got is final release, just in time for camp on Sunday! *whew* Close call!

Garrett and Maddy have taken swimming lessons four days a week. It has been an amazing experience. They both went from being scared of the deep end to jumping off the diving board and swimming to the shallow end.

We have also been getting ready for camp. It is 12:16AM, and we are leaving tomorrow morning. We will spend the night outside of Utica to make the drive to line up outside of the camp gates shorter. I am finished packing (except for Maddy's sheets that Jasper decided to mark for her, which are currently in the dryer). We will be loading up the car in the morning. I have butterflies in my stomach already! I know they will have a great time, but this is such a bittersweet feeling for me. I am the first of my camp friends to have camp-age children. It is an awesome feeling to be able to share and compare camp experiences with Garrett and Maddy. I will miss them so much, but I can't wait to hear about all of the fun they are having.