A Few Fun Candid PYC Camper Shots

Just a few candid pics of this years lovely PYC campers that I got to chat with for a few minutes.  It's always so refreshing to talk to the young people on these special weekends every summer.  It reminds me of my camp days back when the dinosaurs roamed.  :-)  PYC really helped me to stay where I needed to be at, and it's wonderful to see a whole new generation of workers and campers.  These pics are just candid, totally unofficial, and for fun though some of the campers asked if I would show their parents.  ;-)

ABOVE:  My very limited Spanish was tested with the two Spanish speaking campers this year with Mrs. Heyer helping.  It was great to try to chat with them with as little translating help as possible.  It went pretty well and they were just super friendly teens!

BELOW:  |Pics of campers and workers for fun!

 BELOW:  I really like this shot.  My camera battery decided to go dead right before I took this shot.  Bad timing, but happy the royal subject matter was patient while I switched out:  new batteries to the rescue and what a lovely shot.

BELOW:   Lovely camp workers or assistant counselors, not sure which; serving the campers cookies.  It's like artwork, no literally....the cookies make the counter top look like a checkered design.  The question is was that intentional or accident?  :-)

 BELOW:  So Rylie is not quite old enough for camp, but too lovely not to include in this pic.  :-)



BELOW:   The teens checking out the art and photography teen talent entries.

BELOW:  So being an aunt cannot even compare to being a full time mom, but I got a small taste of what it can be like.  Every year, I always try to get to as many campers as possible to chat, as services are the only time I really see the campers since I'm not really involved in camp anymore, but this year, my niece kept begging me to take her outside to see the swans in flight.  I told her I wanted to meet the teens, and she was good and walked around with me, but eventually I took her outside in trying to give her a nice day too.  I missed out on a lot of teen fellowship time, and it hit me, I was having to sacrifice what I wanted to do in a very small way to serve the niece.  Moms are great.  I just experienced a super small taste of that as an Aunt.

 Fun Aunt and Niece Blind Shots

 BELOW:  We ran into the groom to be, Sam Livingston.  The niece seemed to like him.  She gave him not five, but "10."....literally....she hit his hand ten times, though Sam speeded it up by counting 1, 3, 6, 9, 10. or something like that.  LOL!  We're very excited about his and Brooke's wedding tomorrow!

 BELOW:  Back inside!  Ran into Victoria T. here as a bridesmaid for the wedding and also saw Rachel C!  Lovely ladies! 

T'was such a great day!