There are still 64 days until Sr. Week begins, but kitchen director Belinda Loughmiller is ALREADY busy preparing and freezing food for Sr. Week’s amazing cuisine. Here’s a little bit of the preparation Belinda has already done: * Cooked 106 pounds of ground chuck * Bought 108 pounds of chicken breasts to grill * Bought 55 pounds of turkey…
The big day has finally arrived and the 2013 Primavera Formal is going on RIGHT NOW! We’ve had an amazing turnout with 52 campers attending this year. Everyone is all dressed up, ready to spend a GREAT night with fellow campers sharing a great dinner at Jonathan Byrd’s, then a little after-dinner comedy and door prizes, then the fun is…
I apologize for such a short post earlier, my time and internet service was limited and so was my blogging ability. The closing ceremony deserves so much more than what I mentioned in that short post earlier in the day, hence I would like to devote more time to this post so that I can include all of the…
So as to not leave anyone in the dark, I’m going to post just a quick update of the winners of 2012 MSC Jr. Week, then I’ll post a more in-depth blog later. Congratulations to team Royal Blue, led by David and Sonja McPherson, for winning first place this year!
Sadly, today is the day in which we go home. We woke up this morning, showered, then ate our last meal here at MSC Jr. Week. After that, all of our teams divided up and began cleaning up the campground, and as that’s brought to a close, we’re preparing for the closing ceremony. Which team do you think is…
Tonight has been, by far, the most exciting night of camp, the night of the pillow fight championship of the world. We had 36 rounds of pure adrenaline leading up the to final match between Cooper Barr and Caleb Cirksena. But before we discuss the final match we must talk about the belching contest. On stage we had a…
Today after the obstacle course, our campers all ate sack lunches while staff set up for the carnival in the lower sports field. We had various games set up and when campers won a game, they received tickets that they could then use on some attraction, whether that be the wrecking ball, giant water slide, or human bowling. As…
Sorry, but I realize that I’m a day late in posting this blog. For clarification before I begin, I just want to point out that I was not in the girls’ study yesterday–all my information comes from notes. Yesterday afternoon our female campers were led in a Bible study by Silver team captain Carrie Elkins. The study continued to…
I don’t mean to sound redundant, but our cooks are really amazing. All of our campers enjoyed a delicious Mexican fiesta of tacos for dinner. Here’s a picture of the spread on one of the tables: