"Here's a squashed penny from Holiday World-- that's how much I like you." Tecumseh Week

Highs of the day:

Seeing the study groups in action from the River to the Mini Farm

Hanging out with my students and the HS counselors

Getting a surprise Best Friend Necklace from the Unicorns
"Can I get a 2 clap, 2 snap and a..." is taking over

Justin and Dad came to camp to visit for a bit this afternoon
Walking all of the Pine Forest... three times...

Getting to take over the Camp Tecumseh official Instagram for the day and show people our FCJH Field Trip #JuniorHighVillage

One final night of Just Dance-- hands down the best group that has competed the whole week

Honorable Mention Blog Titles:
"I feel like all day, every day, all your school does is play Just Dance."
"What could be better than two Sarah Wright documentations of camp?!"

"God can flip anything." Tecumseh Week

Highs of the Day:

One last morning with Session 1 kids and counselors like Victoria and Lucy

Session 2 arrived!!!! And they were pumped and ready for the rain... which ended up holding off

New themes, new bigs and littles and new energy

All my Young Life Party People have arrived

More Tecumseh summer campers who also happen to be FCJH 7th graders

An afternoon of hiking every bit of Tecumseh

Bethie came to camp for Quilt Camp

Watching the counselors do their thing with their groups and love those kids

10 Minute Abs with the Unicorns

Genna showed up from Purdue and celebrating that we've got such an all-star crew

Just Dance Night #3

Ain't no party like a pizza party

"I don't know what I've seen more of this week-- trees or piggy back rides." Tecumseh Week

Highs of the Day:

Spending rec time chatting with Tatum, Taylory, Anika and Rose on the Trading Post Porch just like we had just finished clinics and were waiting for lunch

Taking a walk all over camp and visiting my favorite spots around Tecumseh

Finding my CILT plaque in Choctaw cabin

Entertaining kids during nominations and getting to share in the joy of things like Camdyn eating cheese for the first time

Night 2 of Just Dance being even more spirited than the first

Quite the crew of Session 1 Senior counselors-- we love this crew

"I've never felt more passionate about anything in my entire life." Tecumseh Week

Highs of the day:

Morning meeting with directors at Cracker Barrel while the buses were on their way to camp

Watching kids jump off of their bus and run to their cabins when they arrived

Getting to be here Session 1 with Wyld Life gals like Taylor, Morgie and Sophia

Session 1 CILTS 2017: Shub and Sarah Ryan
White Water Rafting Trippers 2018: Shub and John Kay

Getting interviewed for Tecumseh's Capital Campaign with Sarah Ryan

Just Dance Night 1-- this fairly new competition has easily become my favorite activity each day because of the kids' and counselors' enthusiasm

Pizza Party with the counselors at the end of the night

"I want to be this type of woman too; I want to create room for everyone I meet. Because good things only grow, not diminish, when we share them."

Every Fall, YL leaders from Indiana and Kentucky gather together for the YL Summit. We spend 24 hours together learning, laughing and building community. This year HSE brought a WL gang-- Caitlin, Cassidy, Gidget, Megan, Justin and Ryan. 

One of my favorite parts of the weekend is getting to spend time with friends from other areas. I got to play with Smelko from Carmel, Ava and Emily from Noblesville, Kegley came up with Bloomington and on Sunday I even got to see Allison Williams.

This year there was a YL t-shirt sale, just $2 a shirt, to help Hurricane victims and over $1000 was raised. 

At the end of our free time in the afternoon my friends twisted my arm, despite my delaying-tactics, and we jumped off of the trapeze swing into the lake. Cass, Kegley and Justin were right-- it was totally worth it.

We had 3 Clubs, watched Cassidy dominate in a challenge upfront, heard from a handful of speakers, played a wild game of Spoons and just got to be together for a whole day. I'm so thankful for this crew.

I headed up to Tecumseh Sunday night for field trip set up but made a pit stop at Purdue first. I was so excited to go to dinner with Erin and hear all about college and Phi Mu and Purdue and friends and family and church and everything else. Erin and I have been in each other's lives for seven years now and it's strange not seeing her a couple times each week. I'm so proud of who she's becoming.