Girls Camp

 Because moving wasn't enough going on that week, we also sent Callie and Marian up to Girls Camp in Tokyo from Monday thru Thursday.  We dropped them off at the airport for a 9:30am flight out and they returned (a day early) on Thursday at 6:30pm. I was so happy to hear that they had a good time.  And their amazing leaders sent photos during the week so I knew they were alive and enjoying it.

 They did camp in tents.  Logistically, that was a royal pain to have to pack sleeping bags and mess kits, hence requiring me to either mail them off or carry them around all summer. Here Marian is blowing up her air mattress.

Hanging out on the hike.

Marian and my amazing friend April, who got to go to camp as a chaperone.

Isela, Marian, and our two rockin' leaders, Maria and April.

Callie, being social at the campfire.

Callie crafting.

 Busting the photographer!  She hates getting photos. 

Sneak shot in the wild!

With only 4 girls in our Branch, the skit was apparently interesting.

And vastly amusing.

Our 4 Young Women.  

Marian, making s'mores.

I expect this is how she felt about most of camp, but Marian did say it wasn't bad and some of it was fun.

It's Moving Day!!

 Fine.  June 19th was moving Day.  I'm a wee bit behind, and I expect some forgiveness there, since you know, we were MOVING!

The movers showed up on time at 0830 Monday morning.  They brought about 5 packers and got to work.

 I love the Japanese movers.  They laid out a tarp to protect the yard.  They taped padding to the door to protect the frame, and they lay down floor protection too. This is what it looked like.

See, all nice and safe from thumps and bumps.

My dining room and kitchen are all packed up!

Boxes on the lawn, ready to get loaded on the truck. They packed and loaded till 6:30pm.  They got about 4 crates done that night, and most of the house packed.  I was a little grumpy that they mostly packed all the rooms, but didn't fully empty any room.  So it was ALL craziness inside.  But that is what moving is.

Tuesday they were back at it.  They packed, carted boxes to the lawn and then loaded up the crates, which were conveniently in the truck.

Look how awesome the truck is!  I love the fold up door. It makes for easy access and the crates fit perfectly inside.  We filled this truck and another came to take it's place.

 They were wrapping things up at 12:30, while I was vacuuming the upstairs.

This is what our "Do Not Pack" room looked like.  It was the bathroom and we just hucked everything in that we didn't want packed up for 2 months.  Such a mess!  It was fun to sort it all out and make sure it all fit into suitcases.And by fun, I mean NOT fun at all.

 1pm and they were all done!  Goodbye stuff! They left with 11 crates of stuff and it weighed in at just over 10,000 pounds (which was well under our limit.)

 The house cleaners worked on it on Wednesday and on Thursday, we officially became homeless, as we checked out at 3pm.  Goodbye house!  We sure loved living here.

A Little Haircut

Callie has been growing her hair long for several years.  She decided that now that school was over, she wanted to do something else with her hair.  She wanted a hair cut.  So after our last Sunday in Iwakuni, she asked me to cut it.  A lot.

I didn't think to get a better "Before" photo, but I didn't think of it till almost too late.

I took off a lot, which she asked for and she was happy with it.

Last Day of School

Callie's last day of school face.

Delaney, walking out of this school for the very last time.

Rylee, dashing out of her classroom on the last day!

Elementary School Award Ceremony

On the very last day of school, the Elementary School had an award ceremony.  It was significantly shorter than the High School one, thank goodness.

Delaney was recognized for her good grades.

You can't tell, since I was so far away, but she was so cute!

Callie was on the Honor Roll as well. 

She hid in the very back so you can't see her.

I still got a picture of her!

Callie was back up for the coveted Commander's Award.  She had been working towards it all year.

All the kids in school who achieved this award. 

There was another award called the Presidential Award that Callie received.  I don't remember what-all the requirements were, but Callie got it and I was proud of her.

Only 5 kids got this award.  Nowhere for Callie to hide!

Heh heh heh. 

She really was happy, I promise.

This is Callie's teacher, Ms. Billups, whom I love and adore.  Callie loves her too, but hates to have a photo.

Ms. Billups put on a pouty face to match Callie's.