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That is a HEAVY title.  We have had five and a half unadulterated years with Baby being able to come and visit anytime her parents bring her, but with the start of kindergarten, our lives will never be the same again. (Well, at least until one of my other children either has children or even gets married, but that's another topic for another time...but what a blessed day THAT will be in my life.) So, we made the most of it.  We visited Glo countless times at Five Guys, and it was always so fun.  She gave us some free food, we ate a lot of food, and it was tasty food.  SO MUCH FOOD.  And we got to see Glo.  I think Brother will be vastly disappointed anytime we go now, not seeing Glo behind the counter, and not getting his personalized hot dog.     We swam.  The babies hadn't been here all summer to swim, so we swam.  Just about everyday.  I loved it.  It's crazy to think back to the beginning of last summer when Baby needed a s...

The Beginning How to begin with Girls Camp? At some point during the summer, after Mommy had been invited to Girls Camp, the leaders of Young Women's also asked Hannah and me to come along. I agreed, thinking it would be an easy, fun time, and although it turned out WILDLY fun, it was by no means easy. What started as a responsibility-free couple days of camping soon had the Kennedy women working in high gear to get ready for girls camp. At first I was invited to bring my guitar. I start learning a few songs, nothing too difficult right? Everything must be planned and ready to go months in advance right?? WRONG After receiving a text from the Girls Camp supervisor, the Kennedy women realize we may have underestimated the planning of Girls Camp. Over the next week, we are assigned 2 hours of large group games (Hannah), a Favorite Things activity (Mommy), Fire Making class, scripture doodle activity (Me), and recycle raft boat competition (All of Us). Undeterred by the challenge, we ...

A couple of months ago, I was asked to attend our ward's girls' camp.  Because of COVID and the individual sensitivities of members of the different wards, the stake let go of the reins and turned everything over to the wards for their own camps.  When I think about how poorly this would have worked in State College with our three young women, and knowing that the Ann Arbor stake has some wards with very few young women, I was grateful to hear that the Northville Ward boasts a healthy population of youth with about 30 young men and 30 young women.  I didn't even hesitate to say "yes", and I even offered Glo and Hannah as able-bodied leaders if they were needed. I'm not sure why I said "yes".  Some of the reason certainly stems from the fact that I'm trying to get people in the ward to know me  so that they will consider me for callings.  Another reason could be that I really miss my connections with the young women, and I was hoping to make new f...