Charlotte had another eventful week. She spent three days at Little Galilee Christian Camp and then ran her final 5K race for her tae kwon do leadership project. Whew!
Of course, Charlotte absolutely loved camp, as I figured she would. She can’t wait to go back for a whole week next year. Little Galilee is a lovely place, complete with air-conditioned, en suite cabins (no roasting or going outside to find the bath house here!), a lake with paddleboats, a pool with slide, a gorgeous activity center, a rock-climbing wall, and a campfire pit. Charlotte excitedly showed me around when I picked her up on Friday afternoon.
I have many fond memories of Camp Indogan in Angola, Indiana, and I was hoping that Charlotte would find the same thing at Little Galilee. I think that she did! Her friend, Anna Stewart, also attended, so I think that helped her feel at home. The Bartonville Christian Church staffed the camp, and Charlotte found a few favorite counselors. Ah, the joys of church camp!
Even better, Anna was baptized on Friday evening by her dad, along with three other young people, which made for a joyous end to camp. It was a good three days for Charlotte!
Then, on Saturday morning, we rolled out bright and early so Charlotte and Jeff could participate in the Run for Life, a 5K at Bradley Park in Peoria. The course boasted “only two hills,” which I think must be someone’s idea of a joke. The hills made up 1/3 of the race and were brutal!
Nevertheless, Charlotte posted a time of 27:34 and placed second in her age group. We found this pretty amazing because the lowest group for this race was 13 and below, which means she competing against middle school cross country runners. Once again, we told Charlotte not to get her hopes up because the times really drop for 11 to 14-year-olds, but, once again, we were proven wrong.
As far as the rest of the family, Elijah spent Charlotte’s time at camp pining after his sister, although they did nothing but fight after she got home! Jeremy continues to do well with eating cereal. He got his second round of vaccinations on Wednesday and had his four-month check-up on Thursday. The doctor told us to go ahead and start introducing fruits and vegetables. Jeremy has also decided that sticking out his tongue is great fun!
We are headed to Michigan to see little Elynne Hoyt and her parents after church today. Jeff is taking a couple days off work, and we’ll be spending some time with my family. The kids both started soccer practice last week; Charlotte practices at 5:45 at the elementary school fields, and Elijah practices at 6:00 at the church fields. Both are on Tuesday night. In theory, this works; in reality, Charlotte’s coach will probably run the practices over, so pick up could be interesting. Anyway, we’re planning to be back in time for practice on Tuesday.
And I suppose we’ll be starting school here in the next couple of weeks. I’m thinking August 16, but we may push it back to the 23rd. We shall see!
Hope your weekend was great!
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