Camp iHope 2013

It has been a few weeks since Camp and I still catch myself sometimes singing

"and we form the orange. form. form. the orange."

Oh Camp songs.

We had another successful year at Camp iHope! I am so thankful to be apart of such an amazing little family. This was a tough year with several of our campers losing their fight with cancer and others having to start the fight all over again. This part is never easy.

 In spite of many of our campers dealing with tough health issues we were able to all pull together and have one amazing week of camp! We saw old friends and made many more new friends. I had a lot of the same girls I have had for a few years now and we always have so much to laugh about! These girls keep me on my toes and make me feel like the funniest person ever! haha My famous flamingos returned for another year and the pranks began! Of course I couldn't leave my friends at home so my trusty wigs made the journey with me. These girls LOVE my trunk full of wigs, costumes and odds and ends. The last night we spent two hours doing improv. LOVED IT! Many memories!

I am amazed at how many people give a week of their life to come and work hard, have fun and serve these kids in so many ways! People ask me all the time if it is hard volunteering at a cancer camp? I don't really look at it as a "cancer camp". I go to a camp that happens to have kids who have had cancer. For some you would have a hard time even picking out the children who have had cancer. We focus on having FUN for a week. If cancer comes up, it comes up but for these kids it is all about hanging out with friends.

Looking forward to next summer and hoping the husband will be able to join me and see what takes me away from home for a week every year. Counting down the days until my boys are old enough to join as well. Serving as a family...now THAT would make this mama HAPPY!

If you are interested and want to know more about this AWESOME camp I am always talking about go to http://campihope.com/index.html .We are always looking for people to join our family and if you would like to help send a camper to camp you can find out more information as well on our website!

Cindy and I take our annual photo from camp!