Gee, I wanna go to O....o...crest!

Bottom row, second from the left. Look at all those pegged jeans! 1994.

I worked at Camp Oakcrest the summer of '94 and I went to the 50 year reunion last Friday. It was exciting to see friends, and have memories come gushing back. It was a shaping time for me--I loved the counselors I worked with!

As counselors we lived with the girls in cabins. I was racing trying to find a cabin that had my name left on the door's edge where all counselors signed their names. It was so exciting -- I was giddy -- a lot of the doors have been painted, but, looky here....There I am. Oskaloosa--that was my name.
I looked over to James who was doing his best to not look bored-- "Did you realize how much fun you were going to have?" He smiled. I should have had him open his eyes when I took this.

Waiting for survivor, the zip line. What's with the glow?

I didn't tell James I was going to go, so he didn't get a shot of me flying through the air, and then slamming into the mattress that's lashed to the tree at the end of the line.

Sushi and Bub-- Bad photo again, but they are soooo cool.

Aspen and Paisley--I had just screamed in their ears at seeing them and was finishing off my second Hello Dolly bar. Talk about memories that flood back with taste.... Bad lighting this time? Nope just the photographer.

Lyric and Minnie--yes and their real names are Tricia and Melissa--I looked it up in my scrapbook. Yep that's right, I've gone on a mission, gotten married, born 5 children, taught school, traveled some, and the only scrap book I've ever put together was 11 weeks of summer when I was 19. Go figure.

The lodge!Going down the water slide with Duckie--I noticed all this dried mud and dirt on the way up--I'm such a grown up! I got stuck too but I'm chalking it up to the water not being turned on.
I stole this off of Sushi's blog, Elmo and 2 month old baby, me, Apodo, Idgie, BooBoo and Sushi.

The current counselors sang for us, in the program, and there was a slide show where we all screamed and sang a lot. I really would have liked to see a guitar but maybe they've moved on from that folksy stuff. It was such an enjoyable night and it made me realize that at one time in my life, I used to like 12 year olds and I used to have fun with them. This week in Sunday school we played commandment bingo with mini marshmallows. See I can have fun.

I pulled out my new guitar on Sunday and taught Addie and Ben the song, Children of the Light. I can't find my capo so we sang really low.... "We are on our wa...a...ay"