As I mentioned, they posted far fewer photos this year and I found myself scanning the crowds of all the photos to spot Samantha like in this one…

or half of her face like in this one…

and I was super happy to get polaroids in the mail like this!

She also took her Camp Snap camera and came home with some cute pics on that like this…

But Samantha was having so much fun and her letters were (mostly) so happy that it was hard to be bothered by the lack of photos. They had an awesome 4th of July at camp…

Fun camp days!

Love these cute braids for corn roast!

I saw this picture and didn’t know what award Samantha was getting at Council Fire….

but then we got this email and I could not have been more proud!! Way to go Samantha.

My Greystone girl! More pics tomorrow!!

Last week I picked Samantha up from 4.5 weeks at Greystone. This was her first time at Main camp and, wow, 4.5 weeks is a long time. I never really thought I’d send one of my kids away for that long but I could say with 100% certainty that it was the right decision. Greystone is a special place and Main Camp at Greystone is the specialist of the special. Samantha was more excited than nervous to go. She got homesick the appropriate amount but, as she said in one letter, I think I was more “favorite daughter sick” than she was homesick! I am so incredibly proud of this girl. I think she spread her sunshine all over camp!

Night before drop off in Greenville!

Drop off at Greystone! Off she goes to TL4 and the fun began!

Top bunk!

Greystone had a new photo policy this year and there were significantly fewer photos posted each day. I didn’t mind at the beginning because I was still getting plenty of pictures of Samantha. Then I went through a 6 day stretch with no photos at all and my “favorite daughter sickness” kicked in big time! I sure was happy to see any photo I got.

Lots more pictures of camp fun to come!