Summer of Camps

M is at girls camp right now.  This is her first stay away camp and 3rd of 4 camps she will attend this summer.  She has been saving all year to pay for the camps and I'm really pleased that she kept up with that goal. 

The first camp was at the fort and only cost $25. They spent their days learning about nature, ecology, history and playing games.

The second camp was lifeguarding and she paid the $150.  That camp was intense, including work outs on the beach, deep ocean swimming and jet ski rescues.  M says she did a back flip off the back of the jet ski.  I wish I had pictures of that but I'm glad I don't.

Our ward did a spaghetti dinner fundraiser and M was able to earn her $150 for girls camp that way.  She made calls and sold tickets for the event.  Then she offered a service of making home made bread to earn the money for camp.

After girls camp M will attend a gymnastics camp in July.  I'm so glad she's having this amazing summer.

Last night M was getting a ride home from activities.  The person giving her a ride asked if they could go home to open her son's mission call.  The H family was there and M interpreted for them.  Mrs. Y sent us a movie of the event wih M standing there interpreting for the deaf.  She sent this message:
I'm so grateful for M to have interpreted.   I got so emotional watching the entire scene play out.
D had a friend here who probably signs "better" and even said she could have interpreted, but she said she was too embarrassed (she's not a member.  I get it).  But M absolutely shined.  Oh how I proud I am of her.  We talked about her using it as a write in experience for personal progress.  I'll happily help her find a place for it and sign her off.  Thank you for raising such a lovely girl who isn't afraid of being who she is and is willing to share her gifts with others, in many ways.  ❤️❤️

She is wonderful.  She's "making cookies all by [herself].  She's not needin' help, nooo."

Happy Birthday

I had a daughter

We planned her name, M, 7 years before she was born

But then, born on a Tuesday we Named her M Tuesday.

Like a fairy godmother’s blessing this literal naming habbit

Came to pass in Margot’s life as her stuffed animals were given

Names like Cat the cat, Beary the bear and Rabbit.

She came with an “oops, try again attitude” and a sit on the

Front row and sing loud mindset.  She makes me laugh with

Her confidence and

overcoming fears like the vacuum

vampire bats in the publix parking lot

and, no that’s all the things she ever feared.

When I give her a year to complete a 4 year program she

Makes a plan to finish it in 6 months.  She has learned that

There is no hard, just new.

We’ve had to clip her wings with silly rules like

“Don’t climb higher than the roof-line” because she has and would

gladly do so “in song form.”

She knows her dad is really smart and knows what to do about

Missing cat posters.  She knows that there are beautiful horses

Like me, her mom.  And she knows that if someone calls you a

“Rude Dude” it’s best to say “You don’t even know what a dude is.”

She knows that if someone pushes your slow button you go… slow.

She knows that Llamas don’t grow from lima beans.

And if you tell her that your favorite candy is sweat hearts, but there

Are none left, she will Find one, in her mouth, and give it to you.