Why is this... If we have brown hair we want blond.  If we have straight hair we die for it to be curly, and if it is curly...

we will do anything to make it straight!!  We tell her that she should be proud of her curls.  People pay good money to have their hair look like that.  " Love your hair not some one else's "  I wonder who she takes after? 

Just look at those curls!  Just beautiful!.......  Man, when I was her age I would have just died to have curly hair... I dreamed about it and had  perm after perm... trying so hard to get that curly hair.  But it never would curl.. just stayed straight!

So when she begs me to "please straighten my hair "  even though it may take two hours I always say "yes"   Because I know exactly how she feels!  

 She is so happy and beautiful

Since I fell in love with camp merri mac 20 years ago, it was hard for me not to tell Camille why I loved it in hopes she would fall in love too.   I had to let her fall in love all on her own.  It wasn't hard at for Camille to find her own way to fall in love with this place. 

The first night she had to be initiated into a tribe.  They have three tribes that compete with each other each summer.  Choctaw,  Iroquois , and Seminole.  Even though it is supposed to be a secret what tribe a new camper is initiated into... Camille already knew since I was an Iroquois. (tribes stay in the family).  But the excitement of not know what to expect was still there. 

The tribes (old campers) get together and take the new campers to the counselor ring way up in the woods.   When I was a counselor three of us would dress up in tribe colors and ride horses to the ring.  It made the experience even more exciting for the new campers.  While all the campers walked quietly through the woods to the counselor ring, one of the tribe leaders beat a single drum beat the whole way. 

The make all the new campers sit together and wait...

What happens next is top secret and if I tell I would have to kill you... so ...

But here is Camille after the big secret and she is now officially an Iroquois!!!  She was such a great camper...

Now what do I love about Merri Mac??  Here are a few things...

This was my bed for two weeks..  Much more comfortable than it looks.    The house this room is in is a story all by itself! 

These are some of the camp pictures.  I will post another telling what all Camille did while she was there and then I will move on to the Oklahoma experience.....  I know you all can't wait! 

Here's a few pictures of Chewie.... Our neighbor's Labradoodle puppy...

Silly dog.. Here is another one...

another one?? 

That is all . I won't torture you any more... :)

when the CMT awards are going on just down the street?   You walk down there and see what all the hoop la is about.    And that is just what  the kids and I did on our way to eat. 

Now I am not a big country music fan, but I do know who some of them are because they talk about them all the time around here.   But Camille was dying to possibly see Miley Cyrus.   We saw a lot of people but not Miley....

Of course we couldn't  get on the inside where the red carpet was but we got pretty close.

We got to see all the cars drive up and drop off.. 

Rascal Flatts came by to sign autographs...

And we did see Nicole Kidman....  She is just as beautiful in person...

I don't know who this is.. but he seemed nice.   

We saw Taylor Swift,  Tom Arnold,  Josh Turner,  Jewel.... and a lot that I haven't a clue who they were .  I think most of the people got there while we were eating but we got to watch the Limos drive by the windows while we ate.   

Camille was hoping Miley would show up somewhere... 

Then we walked back home and watched it on TV.  Camille thought it was pretty cool that Miley was on TV and she was being filmed just down the street... 

I was home sick today so this wasn't as much fun as it could have been for me..  LOL

And yes it is April 14th.. And yes it was snowing while were were there.. SNOW!  Hey it is spring already turn off the snow!!

The kids had their first soccer games this past Saturday...  They did great, had fun and did I say had fun??   No neither team won or scored but man they did look good!!!

Camille did so well.. Look at her kicking that ball...

Get the ball Camille!!

Goalie!!

It was so cold this early in the morning

This is how Griffin looked most of Camille's game.   It was really cold...

Then a few hours later Griffin had his game.   It was a little warmer...

Griffin did so well.  Look at him going after that ball!

Griffin the goalie!  Pay attention Griffin here comes the ball!!

Just look at how much fun he is having!!  That is all that matters!!

Yeah team!!!  1 down 10 to go!!