before the end of the school year

So before school was out . . .

Ted spent some time in the backyard jamming to his iPod.

Henry came for another visit. We got to play at the park, go swimming and hang with him while his parents went to a wedding.

We had a fundraiser for the new Young Life Camp being planned for West Virginia. Bob Huggins, WVU Basketball Coach, came to speak at the event. We're so close to being able to buy the property and build Young Life's newest premier camp overlooking the Gauley River. The goal is to finish up the $5 million fundraising campaign by the end of July. That will buy the property and build the basic infrastructure. We're so, so close.

We took a family hike to Ravens Rock at Coopers Rock. Everyone did surprisingly well on the trail. We're ready to take Uncle Jim on this trail.

West Virginia is so beautiful!

Sophie was leading the way on the way back and spotted this rattle snake crawling across the path. Thankfully she has eyes to see everything. If I had been leading the way I would've stepped right on it.

An apology note from Sophie. She's struggling these days. We're working on it.

She bought herself a brand new clipboard at a yard sale we did as a camp fundraiser.

She very much enjoyed making her daily checklist.

And then playing in the dirt at Ted's baseball game. All in a days work.

We've had a lot of cancelled baseball games the past few weeks. It's been kind of a bummer. Overall, it's been a good season for Ted's team. Ben is the assistant coach and we really like the head coach. Ted plays 3rd base and catcher - he's done a really well.