Memorable moments:

And the best moment of this year's Silver Creek Plunge camping trip was, by far:

Linda Jackson spraying her cooking pan with OFF! instead of Crisco.

Vanessa: "Did you just spray that pan?!?"

Linda: "Yeah." As in, "What do you have a problem with cooking spray?!?"

Vanessa: "With OFF?"

Linda: "What?!?"

Of course the two cans looked almost identical, so it was a good thing Vanessa saw it. At least the scrambled eggs wouldn't have had any mosquitoes in them. :)

Summer: Part One (the part that includes Vanessa)

My wonderful sister decided to spend May and June at home before returning to Bible School to help with kids ministries through July and August. After that she'll be the domestics coordinator for the campus during the school year. She won't be home until Christmas and after that not until the end of August. It'll be so hard to not have her here, but we've made some wonderful memories this summer.

We just took Esther on her first camping trip this last weekend. Several families from church go up every year, but this is the first time we went. Joining us were: The Kalouseks, Hughes', Jacksons, Dunhams, Vierths, Arnolds, Glovers, Brynea Goldsmith, and Bodie Drake. That's 37 people in all, plus 4 dogs. We had a blast fishing, riding bikes, swimming, playing games and laughing around the campfires. Esther had a bit of a rough weekend. I think it was a combination of lots of people holding her, new surroundings, smoke, and huge temperature differences. All in all though, she was fine. She loved the pool (fed by warm springs), and looking at the fire.

Mommy and Esther getting ready to swim (I LOVE her swimsuit!) :)

Auntie Nessa with Esther

Daddy playing in the pool with Essie



Essie staring at the creek from the bridge

Taking Essie back to camp

I love camping! :)