Construction Camp

The main question I have gotten lately is "what are you doing with Rachel this summer?" The answer is I don't know, and yet somehow it all seems to be working out. Rachel told someone last weekend that this is "the best summer ever." With a little of this and a little of that life is full. Rachel has been able to do some independent adventures, we've been the recipient of some free tutoring, and my amazing support system has continued to take turns loving on Rachel for a day here and there, giving her rides and keeping her in line. She is even hanging out with friends a little more :-).

Rachel got to kick off the summer by going to a Construction Camp for girls at the local University. It was a free day camp in the town of San Luis Obispo where I work (about 30 minutes from where we live) so we got to ride to and from work/camp each day which was fun! Construction isn't really her cup of tea so I was surprised when she jumped at the idea of attending. She seemed to have so much fun each day that I wanted to ditch work to go with her. It was run by a bunch of women in the construction industry and they got to do all kinds of fun hands on projects in different areas of construction including electrical, concrete, surveying, power tools, safety and basic contracting. Rachel got to bring home some of the projects she did along with a hard had and a pink tool belt... what more can a girl ask for? While she had a great time at the camp I am not sure how much she got out of it. They had a little "graduation" with a slide show and in every picture she was the kid that was totally distracted looking in the opposite direction of the instructor. That's my girl!

The next adventure we are looking forward to this summer is our camping trip to Big Sur, then Rachel is going on the 10 day youth group Mission's Trip to Utah. It was fun to see Rachel get to experience being a "normal kid" and really relax into that role. This being our 3rd summer together there is such a difference and it's amazing to see the increase in her maturity as well.

As a single mom who works full time, summer is all about God's provision... he has blessed us greatly!