The Fuzz Slapper

Granny Sherry picked up Reed from tennis camp on Friday evening. 

He said it was better than last year and the food was even better.

Reed talked his way in to playing with the "Top Gun" kids (one of the kids is in the top 10 in Mexico and one is in the top 150 in Germany) so he basically spent 7 hours each day getting the tar beat out of him.

So much so, that he said he only won one match in the camp tournament. 

But where most kids wouldn't think losing all week was "fun", Reed feels like he got so much better playing against these kids.  He said, "I got way better practice than if I had been the best person in the group." He also told me he "got aced a lot." 

He got the "fuzz slapper" award, which he had to tell me means that he hits the ball really hard. And he was excited about that.

Vail Pass

If you thought we were outdoorsy before, well, today takes the cake!

Jason and I rode from the summit of Vail Pass to downtown Frisco on the bike trail. 

Ok, now before you get overly impressed, it was pretty much downhill the entire way.  But it definitely couldn't have been any prettier! 

Here we go!

 We stopped at Copper Mountain and had a snack (and a photo op)

After our snack, we were back on the bikes to enjoy the awesomeness all around us.

 We had so much fun and I'm so glad we are "so outdoorsy"! 

Fairies to a Troll

Jason and I went on another hike today (I know, we're so outdoorsy).  

And here's what we found today.

And here's the full view.

And yes, I was a little uncomfortable standing in between a troll's legs.

Adult Camp Day 1 & 2

Adult camp is going great, yesterday's activities included eating out for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Today we went on a hike.

And we found the fairy forest!  

It's become a Breckenridge tradition to leave a fairy house on this trail, and there were at least 100 houses.  We saw houses that were "inhabited" by fairies, unicorns, dinosaurs, gnomes, mermaids...you name it. 

We took pictures with some that made us smile, and if you know me at all, you know I'll be adding to it next year. 

Many of the houses were made out of wine and champagne corks...obviously lots of stressed out mamas have plenty of those sitting around for the kids' craft projects! 

And then we headed back in to town to eat...since that's what we do best!

All the Camps

Jason and Granny dropped Reed off at John Newcombe's tennis camp for the 2nd summer in a row yesterday.  Jason said he was excited and looking forward to the week.

Using photographic evidence, it certainly appears that Kyle is staying busy living his best camp life.

And can we discuss that not one article of clothing he's wearing for the Kentucky Derby party actually belongs to him.  

JR finished up his debate camp this week and is headed up to spend the rest of the week at Camp Maw-Maw and Paw-Paw.

And since Jason flew in to meet me last night, Adult Camp is off to a great start too. 

Girls Gone Breck

I just finished up a super fun girl's week in Breckenridge.

Pretty scenery, perfect weather, and lots and lots of laughs.

And, of course, a fox sighting!

Camp Drop Off

We dropped Kyle off at Camp Olympia on Sunday.

He was assigned to a cabin that JR was in when he was the same age.

I know he is going to have a great 2 weeks!