Hello.

Wow, my summer has passed by so fast. It's July 17 and I start school on.... the 6th I think? Not sure. But where has the time gone?!
I'm actually kind of excited to get back to school. Not sure why, except for I can't wait to see all my friends. But I think the other reason is that its nice to have a fresh new start. The second semester of last year was awful. My grandmother was really really sick, and my family was insanely busy, and I let my schoolwork slide some, and I just got really bogged down and everything was so hard for a while, and I was so glad for the schoolyear to be over. But now that I've had a nice break, rested and had some fun, I'm ready to start anew.

But summer's not quite over, and next week I'm going to Student Life Camp with my youth group. I think it'll be pretty kick awesome..... especially since we're going white water rafting at the end. Plus, it should be pretty interesting because we have way more going than usual, and there are new leaders going.
Today me and my brother went shopping at American Eagle because we needed some clothes for camp. It turned out great. I got most of my stuff on clearance (two pairs of shorts that I got were $11.99... score!) and everything I got I love. And I'm so proud of my brother because this is his first time getting AE clothes. He looks amazing in them.
Tommorrow we are going shopping for our secret pals (its a tradition in my youth group to do secret pals during camp. We draw a name and give that person gifts all week, as well as pray for them, without them knowing who it is, and at the end of the week, you find out who was giving to you/ you tell the person you had that it was you.), and I have to do laundry, then on Saturday we have to pack, Sunday we leave our luggage at the church for people to pack in vans, and we leave at the crack of dawn on Monday.
On top of all this getting ready and such, VBS is going on at our church, which me, my mom, and my brother work at, and my sister participates in. So I am crazy exhausted and this week has been busy. (I really enjoy working at VBS, though. It's fun.)
So on Monday I leave for Georgia and the highlight of my summer. I can't wait.

Here's hoping that the rest of your summer is amazing, too!