Camping with my Granddaughter

This was the 1st time Jeseika ever went camping. She had been to various lakes before this trip. However, she had never spent the night in a tent! We spent 3 days at Lake Ft. Cobb. Lillian came with us as well. Of course, if you read my blog much, you know Lillian is a GREAT camper!!! She is ALWAYS the one I want to take. Furthermore, I thought she might be able to help me keep an eye on Jeseika, who is 5 yr old.

Here Jeseika and Lillian are roasting marshmallows to make some-mores. BTW, Lilly made this fire all by herself!!! Seriously, she is awesome!

Here is Jeseika AFTER eating some-mores!

Here is Lillian AFTER eating some-mores!!!

We had a ton of fun!!! Tim ALWAYS wants the tent as close to the water as possible without the waves hitting the tent. The below picture was taken at a time when the lake had normal winds.
However, the last night we did NOT have normal winds. Luckily the water never got inside the tent. The waves definitely hit the tent, but they never got inside! Nevertheless, one of our tent poles did break in the 60+ mph winds!

Camping with the Bennetts is always an ADVENTURE!!! We camp in the "Primitive Sites." We sleep in a tent with no electricity, no running water, and the nearest toilet is a small hike away! Furthermore, the only supplies we take has to fit in our Nissan Maxima!

Watch the below video of Jessie dancing by our picnic table!

Notice, she REALLY starting dancing AFTER she learns I am video taping her!!! The lighting on this video is not very good. Please understand our equipment is limited.

Lilly's ROTC Awards Banquet

Tonight was Lilly’s ROTC Awards Banquet. Lilly won 3 awards!!! She won the award for Exemplary Conduct.

She won the award for Physical Fitness. She had to pass a test on the number of sit-ups in a specified time, the number of push-ups in a specified time, and run 1-1/2 mile in a specified time. There were only 3 freshmen to win this award!

Then she won the award for Participation. This was an award to the cadet who was always happy to participate in all the activities.

She received 3 ribbons for these awards and a certificate. She will also be getting another ribbon next week. The Commander said he just found out the whole unit won an award for excellence!

Lilly already had a ribbon, so now her ribbon count is 5!!!! She has so many ribbons, she will be getting a bar to mount them on next week. As soon as she gets them mounted, and on her uniform, I will take more pictures.

It was funny; she didn’t think she would win anything. At one point during the awards ceremony after she won the 3 awards, I turned and looked at Lilly and she was smiling. It seemed she had a permanent smile. So, I took a picture. She smiled for the rest of the ceremony. She smiled all the way out the door and to the car. We stopped at a grocery store on the way home. She smiled all through the store. She is happy and proud of herself!!

Lilly got her bars for her ranking up

My April 10th part 2

Lillian has been promoted in her ROTC!!!! She had to pass a test and an inspection!!! Now Lilly is a Platoon Comander!!!

------- WAY TO GO LILLIAN!!!!!! -----

PLUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Joshua was selected and approved to go to Vo-Tech!!!!! He was selected to go into Regular Ed Vo-Tech!!!!!!!!!! He was approved for his 1st choice for Computer Networking!!!!!

--------WAY TO GO JOSHUA!!!!!!!!!!---------

This has been an awesome day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!