Summer is in full swing! Lainey celebrated her last tween year partying through the night with her friends, Avey went away to Camp Willow Springs for a week and then all three girls had a great time at Summer's Best Two Weeks in Pennsylvania, while Doug and I enjoyed some solo time with our little guy. T-ball season wrapped up just in time for cross country and volleyball training to begin. We added Calbe to our piano lesson roster and his sisters have been eager to help him learn his first keys. Throw in a couple Veritas summer day camps, lots of hangout time with friends and family, lazy lounging by the pool and extra snuggle time on the couch and that pretty much sums up our June!
Happy 12th Birthday Lainey
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| Birthday presents from Gigi!
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Tootie Goes to Camp
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| These two have been attached at the hip... |
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| Caleb had a hard time saying goodbye to his sister. |
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| Red Robin West Cabin this year. |
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| Lainey was excited to help Avery get her bunk set up. (And I was happy to have someone help me get those sheets on the top bunk!) |
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| Her favorite Great Aunt and pen pal, Aunt Beth made the photo wall. |
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| Sweet friends, classmates and campers. |
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| Extra long hugs from little brother. |
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| The big girls were ready to get out of the car!! Camp drop offs are a lot of driving! |
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| Doug and I celebrated 18 years of marriage dropping Avery off at Camp Willow Springs. |
SB2W
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| Lunch at Jean Bonnet tavern pre drop off has become a tradition! |
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| Cabin 2 Cutie! |
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| Cabin 2 girls |
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| Cabin 6 cutie! |
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| Lainey was SO excited to see Kai! |
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| Cabin 6 Veritas girls |
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| Cabin 9 Cutie |
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| Cabin 9 Veritas girl |
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| The girls were so excited to see their old friends who moved to Kentucky. Avery's friend Skylar, Lainey's friend Kai and Hailey's friend Jordan (they were busy decorating their bunks!) |
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| Opening day is always so much fun! |
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| Caleb loves playing on the water slides while his sisters get unpacked! |
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| Avery was excited to see Mrs. Gillette at drop off! She used to be a counselor and was dropping her son off this year! |
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| Cabin 8 reunion from last year! |
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| Bedford Springs Resort with Caleb. |
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| We enjoyed a few days in Pennsylvania mountains with Caleb after drop off. |
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| Caleb lost his stuffed lovey "Douglas" on while we were there. He was so cute asking everyone if they had seen him. We had the whole hotel on the lookout for Douglas and when he finally turned up, everyone (even guests) were cheering!! |
Caleb was very excited to get to spend some time with Sam Luck and his parents for a night while his big brothers were at SB2W.
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| We were finding notes from Lainey all over the house when we got home. Sweet girl. |
Meanwhile...
We don't get many pictures from camp, but I was happy to spy three Kinard girls cheering on Galatians TOGEHTER! :)
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| Avery was a little homesick. She really missed Caleb. |
The Bavarian Inn Before Camp Pickup
Happy Reunions and Sad Goodbyes
Cabin Awards
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| Avery was the only one to earn an "s" in her cabin. She also got two first place track ribbons! She rocked it this summer! |
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| Cabin 2 |
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| Lainey earned her small "s" and the "Hustle Patch" because she was always giving everything her all and was always cheering on her teammates:) |
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| Cabin 6 |
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| Hailey is so happy at camp:) |
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| Hailey was the only one in her cabin to earn her Big "S!" That is no easy task! She also got second in two track events! |
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| Cabin 9 |
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| Hailey loved her counselors so much this year. Saying goodbye was very hard :( |
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| Much needed burgers and milkshakes for our campers!! |
End of Tee Ball
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| He made Joe's Inn proud this season. We celebrated his great season eating at his team's namesake with Gigi and Babu. |
Cross Country Training Begins
Calebs' First Piano Lesson
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| Getting some help practicing from big sis. |
Father's Day with the Gardners
Veritas Camps
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| Art Camp |
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| Jr. sports camp |
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| Sports Camp |
Mother/Daughter Murder Mystery Party
June Memories
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| We love our neighborhood soccer scrimmages! |
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| He's a little obsessed with baseball! |
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| My YMCA buddy |
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| Another Julie super fan in the family! |
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| Caleb's first lacrosse game |
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| Fun at Daddy's work |
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| Finally getting around to opening Easter eggs!! |
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| Sad goodbye to a good friend who is moving away. We will miss Hadley and her family! |
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| Construction continues on our outdoor kitchen! |
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| Cuddling a neighbor's new pup |
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| Caleb makes for an excellent third wheel on his big sister's dates! |
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| Caleb loves when he gets to hang with his cousins Aiden and Andrew! |
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| "Barbie bath" at Gigi's |
