Greetings all,
Day 2 is in the books.
It's been a long and tiring and good day.
All our participants are now here safe and sound and we are getting to know them.
But let's start with the beginning of the day.
It began at 8:30 with breakfast.
I had a not so wonderful sleep last night.
First, as I was done the blog and getting ready for bed, I pulled out my air mattress I was going to use for the night and discovered it was full of mold. I mean full of it. YUCK. So I went home to get another one I had.
Came back at 1 a.m. and settled in.
Only to find this air matress has a leak in it.
So I found a cot that I knew was lying around and used it, but boy, was it hard to sleep on.
So, I think I got about 2.5 hours sleep.
Here's my office looking neat and tidy.
I bought a new air mattress today, which will hopefully help.
Here's the boxes that hold all the warm fuzzy stuff.
Our kitchen lady in charge for the day.
Getting things organized.
Good morning gentlemen.
Coffee time. Even I had a regular coffee this morning.
I just realized that this comprises our male mentor contingent. Way to go guys.
Chillin' before breakfast.
Awe, good morning hello's.
Breakfast time.
Hey Tobie. : )
Samantha helped prepare lunch today.
Because her dad was in charge.
I got a shot of Christine finally.
Mentor rooms are starting to get messy already.
Nicolette joined us today.
After breakfast we did more training. Joanna went over who our participants will be and we handed out t-shirts.
The towels are starting to take shape once again.
We set up the groups sites once again.
Tobie, always the ham.
Still tidy. For now.
The stage pretty much finished.
Lunch crew.
Final decorations.
The loot bags look pretty good.
Nice touch.
Hey, Captain America's shield.
Cool.
Warm fuzzy table is always a busy place.
The boys, chilin'.
I had absolutely no idea what they were doing.
Ukulele time - if that's how you spell it.
Mary Jane eventually arrived and we did some nurse training as well.
And before we knew it, it was lunch time.
Everyone waiting. Hungry and restless.
Thanks Brenda and Joycegina for preparing lunch for us.
Lunch is served.
Setting up for crafts when our participants arrive.
And they have arrived.
Kyle is enjoying what he's finding in his loot bag.
John is introducing me to his beard.
He's quite proud of that thing. : )
Old friends reunited. : )
A steady stream of families coming to register.
Brianne already at the warm fuzzy table with Katrina.
Chillin' till their participant arrives.
They sounded good together.
Zachary has arrived.
So has Jonathan.
And Jessica.
Loot bag time.
Ryan has arrived.
Jessica getting acquainted with Sarah and Maddi.
Brianne and Katrina doing their craft.
As are Ryan and Jonathan.
Zack and Emily getting acquainted.
Bea and Melanie hard at work.
Always.
All the time.
Relentless. : )
I'm am super impressed every year at what Bea does, and with Melanie's help things just jump up a level. : )
People keep trickling in.
Nicole has arrived.
Nice air mattress Ryan.
Time to get things unpacked.
Love that Beard John.
Trying their hand at shuffle board.
And crocono
Kaitlyn and Stephanie chillin.
Christina having fun with shuffle board.
Daniel meeting Andrew.
So now it's time to introduce our mentor/Participant Pairings. Always left to right.
Christina and Megan
Caralynn and Nicole
Ryan and Shauna
DeShawn and Braidon
Nicolette and Kyle
Sarah and Jessica and Maddi
Zachary and Emily
John and Abbey
Daniel and Andrew
Samantha and Jordana
Shannon and Tobie
Katrina and Brianne
Ella and Tyler
Kyra and Lisa
Lauren and Francine
Corbin and Alex
Ryan and Jonathan
Kaitlyn and Stephanie
Kayla and Benjamin
Janika and DeShawn and Anika
And now our planning team, in no particular order of importance. : )
Bea, who planned our small group times and opening craft time.
Mark, our once again amazing speaker
Mark cozying up to Mary Jane.
Mary Jane, one of our 4 nurses for the week, but one who's been doing this for many years.
Your's truly.
Joanna, in charge or our participants well being.
Harold, in charge of work sites and transportation.
Ruth, one of our Kitchen coordinators.
Annette, prayer partner person and the one who helps handle the many warm fuzzy gifts that come through our door.
Juliette, who will be helping me with our mentors.
Janine, who also helps coordinate our work sites as well as fun events we will be doing.
Christine, in charge of praise and worship.
We will get our missing kitchen coordinators tomorrow.
Alex always in for a hug.
Group picture time.
Just gathering together and getting organized.
So finally a good group shot.
The gang all together.
One to part two
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