Anyway,
This year's crew:
This year's t-shirt design:
This year's best tan- it looks like maybe Alex won:
This year's best meal:
I was almost just going to leave it at this (Betsy and Steve's tin foil dinners),
but that would be a lie because I think I created the new best meal when I invented the Rice Crispy S'mores. (by the way, when I decided to be a vegetarian, nobody told me that marshmallows were meat. So since I didn't sign up with that understanding, those are still part of my diet, at least when camping). Anyway, the Rice Crispy S'more- Whoa!!!This year's best portrait (alex again):
This year's safest and most popular activity: Sudoku
This year's most dangerous and disliked activity:
I know it looks safe enough, but all it takes is just a little bit of current going in just the right direction and a couple of uncoordinated paddlers and you have yourself a capsized canoe with my $3000 camera in the water! Yeah, that kinda put a damper on the whole trip for me, but what can you do? Bringing it along wasn't my brightest idea. I have since sent it in to Canon and gotten the word back that it's a goner. Luckily they were able to save the lens though so that's good! The funny part of all this is that literally about 5 seconds before it happened I leaned back and said to Betsy, "If something happens and you need to choose between saving the dog and the camera, save the camera". Of course I was kidding and luckily she knew it cause she went for T! (T is still smiling here as the picture was taken before the accident)
Tatanka was NOT a fan of the water even before this experience. He is really terrified and I'm a terrible mother for forcing him to play my games. But I especially felt bad after this brief but traumatic swim he had to take. He was so defiant about getting back in the boat after it had flipped. I really did feel bad that I had to make him. To read about this story from his point of view- see his blog
Tatanka would have been much better prepared had he been properly equipped (life jacket) for the adventure like Milo was.
Tatanka was pretty beat from his trip and really just wanted to sleep the entire rest of the day and night. Shawn and Morgan had no problems being supportive of nap-time
Shortly after getting back from canoing, it was that perfect time of day when I love to take pictures- but I was sans fancy camera :( I did my best with the point-and-shoot though.
Milo was pretty tuckered out as well (he went for his own dive from the canoe, but he made that leap of his own choice- although I can't say I'm sure he knew what he was doing) Anyway, they both managed to wake up just long enough to participate in this potato-fest, but then it was right back to sleep again.
That night all the girls wanted to sit by Betsy around the campfire since she was "doing hair".
It was just like Girls Camp! While she did a really nice job, I'm not sure that the two French Braids look does much for me trying to look my age.
Anyway, swimming camera aside, it was another lovely year at Mirabel.
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