Thanksgiving Family Weekend

Hey everyone,

Hope that you had a great Thanksgiving last week! Every year we have a Family Weekend right after Thanksgiving and it's always one of our favorite weekends of the year. A lot of the families that are there come every year so it's cool to see the same people year after year.

This Thanksgiving Weekend, a bunch of summer campers came with their family and friends: Tierney, Hannah, Estee, Ben, Ashley, and Alex. It was so great to see all of them. You can see them in these pictures along with Diana, Gil, Jamie and Mike. Fernando, Alex K., Sarah and Reiss were at the weekend, too, so it was a lot of fun to have them around.

On Saturday night of the Family Weekends we always take the families on a hayride and counselors sing camp songs with them during the ride. When I was driving the hayride I realized how those camps songs are burned into my memory. I don't think I had heard any camp songs since Labor Day, but as soon as I heard the first line of "The Littlest Worm" or "The Canoe Song," it felt like it was just yesterday that we were singing those songs in the dining room. Sounds crazy, but if you're a camp person then you know what I mean.

When I was taking the wagon back to the barn Sarah and Alex K. jumped out and tried to scare me, but I had a feeling something was up so it didn't quite work. Beau and Heath gave me a good scare at another Family Weekend one time, but that's a story for another blog. :-)

Anyway, if you haven't been to a Family Weekend you should definitely try to come to one. Hope you all are doing great.

Jay

Hi Camp family!!

Hey everyone!
Look at me..writing a blog. It wasn't that long ago that I didn't even know what one was! I hope all of you are well and take part in our blog. It will be great to hear from you. I have been busy with Jay in the office getting the new brochure ready, organizing weekends, and always preparing for camp. I am going to the ranch today to facilitate a group weekend of dads and daughters. The rockwall will be open and Beau, Matt B., Brian, Arthur, Tristan and Joe are working. The group also does horseback riding so I will see Cindy and Sherri, too. It will be fun. Bo the dog will be there, of course. He really misses all of you. It's boring at my house...lol. Well, have a fantastic weekend. I always think about all of you.
Miss and love you,
Diana

Welcome!

We welcome you to Circle F, we're mighty glad you're here!

Welcome to the new Circle F Blog, "All Day Long!" If you've been to summer camp with us, you will recognize the first line of this entry as the beginning of the Circle F Welcome Song. It seemed fitting that we start things out here the same way.

Our goal for this blog is to keep the members of our camp family updated on what is going on at camp throughout the year. And since Circle F wouldn't be what it is without everyone who makes up that family, we also want to know what you are up to. So be sure to leave a comment for us before you leave!

If you are new to Circle F, you might be wondering why we've titled our blog "All Day Long!" That phrase is part of one of our most popular camp traditions that takes place every morning. You also have to understand that there is no such thing as a "just okay" day at summer camp. In fact, every day has its own name:

Marvelous Monday

Terrific Tuesday

Wonderful Wednesday

Tremendous Thursday

Fantastic Friday

Sensational Saturday

Su-u-per Sunday

At the end of breakfast we always have announcements and just after declaring our camper and counselor of the day, someone shouts, "What's today?!" Diana, our director, responds "It's Marvelous Monday!" (or whatever day it is) and the crowd yells back, "How long?!" She answers, "All day long!" and everyone replies, "We hope so!"

And so we hope that you enjoy getting to know Circle F better and we look forward to seeing you soon.