June 2, 2025

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• This morning was the first day of Camp Geyer here, so I was awake at 6:30. After I finished a few chores, I went upstairs to start waking everyone up. Keaton had spent a night with a friend, so it was just Campbell and Reagan in their room. They both were pretty quick to get up.
• However, Whitman was the quickest for sure to wake up. I woke him up, and he sat right up and started getting ready. He has been so exciting about working this week-only twice today was he mistaken for a kid and not a worker. 
• Reagan had to leave a few minutes before the rest of us, and Campbell and Graham went with her. Then Anderson, Whitman, and I left. Anderson and I both drove-Reagan drove the suburban so this morning Robby filled her car with gas and returned it during Camp Geyer.
• I did my cooking track today making apple pies and pizza pies. Everything went well in my group. And all of my kids that were guides said that everything went well in their groups too. 
• When it was over, Reagan went to lunch with all of the church interns, and then she worked until after her usual quitting time today. Anderson went out to eat with some of his buddies, and the rest of us headed to Nonna's house for lunch. She made quesadillas and had cheese dip for lunch. 
• At home this afternoon, I planned on taking a short nap, but I never got around to it. I really didn't even read much of my book. Robby was working outside and decided to clean the roof so I couldn't go back in and leave him unattended.
• Then the next activity was to hang a netting over some of the back of the house-we started working on mission bat removal. Robby hung the curtain in hopes that the bats could get out but then could not get back in again. After we hung the netting, we pulled out our chairs and waited.
• Eventually, the bats started coming out of the net-I'm not even going to tell you how many came out. It was enough to get most of the kids outside to watch at some point. A few got stuck so Robby had to encourage them with a long pole. Once the bats are out for a few days, Robby will work on sealing it up, and then we will move on to the next hole. We actually should be making a bat box to put in the yard, but hopefully they will figure out they are not welcome here!