Well, after going here and there for the last 10 days, Tom and I are back at home. We had an amazing time at my sister's wedding. Everything was beautiful and fit her personality perfectly. The only problem was the heat!! The day of the wedding hit a record high with the heat index being well over 100... and of course the wedding was in a non-air conditioned church. That's ok. We all managed to survive, drank plenty of water and cooled off using the fan programs.

It was really great getting to see family and friends that we have not seen in a while. It was especially cool to see my mom's brother, Uncle Larry and Aunt Jana, whom we have not seen for over 17 years!! And, of course he came prepared to do some magic for us. I remember him always doing magic tricks with my mom when we were growing up and it was great getting to relive some of those memories.

The Shy family was also largely in attendance. It had been over 2 years since we last saw that part of the family as well. Most of the cousins have now grown up and the youngest of us in now in college. It was really good hearing how things were going for all the of them. I only wish we had more time to catch up. While the rest of the family was going for the family reunion to the Outer Banks, Tom and I were heading up to Camp Manatawny, so we did not get as much time as we would have liked. All in all, it was a great couple of days and the wedding was beautiful. The bride and groom are currently honeymooning in Puerto Rico for a couple more days and then they will be back in Williamsburg for a short time before going back to Kobe, Japan, where they will live for at least a year.

After the wedding, Tom and I headed back up to PA to work at Camp Manatawny again this summer. Our jobs changed slightly (for Tom) and big time (for me) this year. We were ready for the new challenges and had an amazing week. Tom got right back in the swing of things being 'Mr. Exercise' and lifeguarding. This year, he also started doing the rifles. He enjoyed getting to teach the kids to shoot and he enjoyed getting to so the same himself. For me, I still taught the pre-campers, like last year. Added on to my duties was being Head Canteen person. I was like a little store manager. It was quite challenging, but I had an absolute blast doing it. Unlike last year, I got to know the campers a little better and had more direct contact with them. Almost as good as that, I was in the air conditioning all week as well... :) I also was one of a few main picture takers and then I was responsible for compiling all the pictures and putting them together for a 35 minute slide show. We ended up with about 6 GB of pictures... That is a whole lot!!
Like always, our week there was over way too soon and now we have to wait a whole year before we get to spend that kind of time there again. The best part of the week was the 17 new souls that were added to God's kingdom during the week. It is an incredible thing to see so many people (one as old as in her40's) come to know Christ and turn their lives over to Him. What a great week!! The kids were amazing and the staff had a great time together.

(Tom had to have his own coffee--including pot and grinder... He was a big hit with staff...)


Now, time for me to find a new job........