How Should I Spend My Summer?

4-H Bling

Throughout my three weeks of camp this summer (two as a counselor, one as a camper) I stocked up on various 4-H related items.

The camp director had each of the counselors make one of these so we could teach the campers.

On a rainy day my friend Jessica taught us how to make beady buddies so I made one with my tribe on it. I also made a spirit stick.
My friend Eric told me I should be ashamed that after years of counseling and camping I still didn’t have a cross-stitch nametag. So I asked the cross-stitch instructor to start one for me. Then, my friend Kelly added the clover during Older Camp. Here it is complete with my Charting and Tenth Year Pin.

Another counselor was making these bracelets with tribal colors so I asked for one.

Some of the campers at intermediate were making different things with Perler Beads so I sat down with them and made a council circle. I think I might have made more crafts than most campers.

Back From Camp

I’m back from Younger 4H camp and I have… 35 hours, I believe, to get everything washed and repacked, my online class assignments completed, and my room organized before heading off to Older camp. After a week of counseling it will be nice to be a camper for five days. Granted it will still be busy and tiring, but at least I won’t have to do any kid wrangling. Unless I’m a chief or sag, but I doubt that, there are still several people older than me in my tribe.



Our ECIs for the week Eric, Courtney, and Heidi.

The theme at Younger was “The Sound of Music” and each day was devoted to a different genre. Then on Thursday night we had Tri-County American Idol.



My friend Rhory was our Adam Lambert.




He judged along with our Simon and Paula.




It was my younger sister's first year as a counselor.

I got a few pictures and video clips when my camera was being cooperative so I edited them together into a video.