Summer Camps

Well June is coming to an end and I have worked 5 camps in 3 different states so far! I started my summer off in SC working SCISA camp, then headed to Auburn for a camp and just finished the month off with 3 straight camps at Tennessee! I have had such a good summer so far! Tennessee was a lot of work (since I am heading all these camps this summer), I didnt get a lot of sleep but I made some great new friends and had a lot of fun! If I thought that the month of June was tiring I am in for a rude awakening because July is going to be longer with no days off!! But it will be worth it to spend time with some great friends, making memories and money!! I love my job and being able to be with people I love doing something I love!!  Hope everyone else is having a great summer so far! Enjoy a few pic that I have taken so far this summer!!

Chloe :)

P.S. At camp every summer we have a pep rally and this summer the pep rally is summer splash. That is why almost all my pics are in pool/beach gear! I def have a lot of fun at camp with the summer splash and like to get into it so the campers see that I am enjoying myself at camp just like them and the rest of the staff!!! 

Wilmington for Prestons 1st Birthday

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY P MAN!!!!

This past weekend I went to Wilmington to hangout with my Bestest and visit with the cutest little redhead in the whole wide world, P Man!! I was very happy to go and see them this weekend but more excited because P Man turned 1 today! I was so excited to give Preston his birthday presents and just love on him! I was also excited to see my Bestest since I hadnt seen her since Feb when they moved to Wilmington. I arrived Friday night and we just hung out at her house and ate some crab legs for dinner. Sat we went out and about in Wilmington. We went to toys-r-us and I bought P Man the 2nd part of his birthday present. It is a train he can push and ride and it teaches him his abcs. It is so cute and he loves it already!!

 I had to leave yesterday morning to drive to Atlanta for the night. I am off to Auburn today for my 2nd camp of the summer. My visit was way to short but I am so glad I got to see them both and wish P Man a Happy Birthday in person!! I miss them like crazy already but I am going to make it a point to go back and visit very soon and not let it be 4 months before I see them again!! I hope you enjoy some of my pics I took this weekend!! Now off to Auburn!! Until next time!

Chloe :)

Call Me Maybe Video

This past week I worked SCISA....my first camp of the summer! This was my 6th year working this camp and it is normally my first of the summer! I really enjoy working this camp, the campers are so much fun and full of energy the whole 4 days and the coaches are so nice. I also enjoy this camp because it is at PC and I always get to spend a few days with Laurie and her kids (cant believe jay is 15 and Carolina is 13). When I first met Laurie they were 7 and 5. So yes I really enjoy coming back to this camp year after year!! So this year we all know the Call Me Maybe song is very popular and the Harvard Baseball team has made it even more popular with their YouTube video. Well on the first day of camp I played that song and well lets just say the girls have watched a little to much YouTube :) So we had the bright idea of videoing the whole camp doing that song. Well it turned out great and the campers and coaches loved it so I thought I would share it with all of you!

So my first camp of the summer is in the books. I had a great time and worked with a great staff!! I hope you guys enjoy the video of the campers doing their best version of Call Me Maybe!! Until next time!

Chloe :)

Let Camps Begin

So almost 2 weeks ago my summer full of camps began. I started my summer off working at SE Cheer Work Week! That was such a fun week and a great way to start my summer! I got to spend lots of time with some of my favorite UCA staff members and just enjoy having a easy time getting ready for summer. I sadly did not really take any pic during work week for some reason so I dont really have anything to share on that end :( but know that I had a lot of fun and I really have enjoyed working this the past 5 years!

Next stop was Lake Geneva, WI for VCA vet training. I couldn't attend the training session in my own region due to the MAATA conference so I got the chance to go up to WI for 24hrs. Yes you heard that right, I flew out on Sat at 6am and landed back in Raleigh at 10pm on Sunday. So I did not get to spend lots of time there but it was so nice to see some VCA and UCA friends that I do not get the chance to see very often! I also got the chance to make some new friends and meet some NCA people that I will be working with this summer. This small amount of time in WI made me every excited for the summer and to get camps started!!

The only bad thing about this 24hr trip is the fact that Sunday was reporting day for my first camp. I landed at 10pm on Sunday, slept for about 4hrs and got up at 4:30am to drive to Clinton, SC for my first camp of the summer. I had to leave so early because I am heading the camp and wanted to arrive before registration started. I am very weird about my balance sheets (for those that dont know what that is, it is just the payment sheet that coaches have to sign agreeing to make payment) so I had to be there before it started. haha So thats where things are with me right now. I have had a very fun and exciting last 2 weeks and the summer is just getting started!!

So heres to a great summer of great camps with some great staff!! 

Chloe :)

Summer

Well it is that time of year again for me...SUMMER! And we all know that this means lots of traveling, cheerleading/dancing, not getting much sleep, hanging out with great friends and making lots of new memories! So yes it is time for summer camps to begin again! I am very excited for the summer to start and it is starting out in Chapel Hill at SE Cheer Work Week! I am so excited for this because it might be the only time this summer I really get to see all my wonderful NC/SC staff since I am spending most of my summer in Tennessee. I am very sad about not working my "normal" camps that I have worked for the past 7 years but I am very excited about the new adventure that I will be making working camps at the University of Tennessee!! So everyone keep you eyes out for lots of fun pictures and blogs fill with Orange :) I also get to make my first ever appearance at the vet training in Lake Geneva next weekend. I am excited about this little trip (even if it is for less than 48 hours) because I will get to see some people that I only get to see in Disney World!! So YAY for a summer full of new experiences for me and I am hoping that by the end of the summer I will finally be able to say I have a job! So everyone say a prayer for me that something will finally fall into place for me!!

On a Side note this past weekend I attended the MAATA conference (mid-athlantic athletic trainers association) for the first time since I was in undergrad. I had a lot of fun and got to see some people that I haven't seen in years and also met some great new professionals! Its so different attending the conference once you are all grown up! But I had a lot of fun, learned some things and got to spend time with great people! Yay for getting 12 CEUs towards my 25 CEUS that are needed before Dec!! haha I did not take many pictures this weekend but here are 3 for you to enjoy. These pics are from Sat night at the hall of fame banquet! 

So that is a short update on my life at the moment! I am sure this summer will bring lots of new stories and memories that I can't wait to share with you all!! 

Chloe :) 

Smile

Smiling is infectious,

You can catch it like the flu. 

Someone smiled at me today, 

And I started smiling too. 

 ~Author Unknown

So I am normally the type of person that always has a smile on my face! I don't know what it is about me but I have just always been a happy person. So if I am not smiling people normally ask me what is wrong. After my dad passed away (almost 6 years ago) it took me a very long time to find my smile/happy place again. For those of you that are reading this and don't know much about my background I was/still am the full on definition of Daddy's Little Girl and my daddy passed away suddenly 6 years ago this July (just to catch you up a little on my life). It took me a good 3-4 years to really be able to look at someone and just smile and really mean it. I am going to tell you when you loose your happy place it takes a lot to get it back, and well I didn't really get that happy place back, (because I can never get that place back with my daddy gone) but I did find a new happy place and I am very happy with where I am at with myself today. So since I can finally say I am genially happy again (but I would be way happier if I had a job) I thought I would share with you some of the quotes that I have helped me a long the way to finding my wonderful happy place again. I hope you enjoy them and I really hope that one of these quotes will be something you can look at when you need a smile and it helps you find it! 

"So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, Keep Smiling! Because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about!' ~Marilyn Monroe

"A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures for anything." ~Irish Proverb 

"Life is to short! Smile while you still have teeth!" ~ Author Unknown

 "The world always looks brighter from behind a smile."  ~ Author Unknown

"Let your smile change the world...but don't let the world change your smile!" ~ Author Unknown

 "Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing."  ~Mother Teresa

So those are a few of my favorite Smile quotes, I have many more quotes about happiness that I love and also helped me through difficult times but this blog was about Smiling! So keep on smiling everyone because you never know who's live you can touch or change with just a little smile!! 

 Chloe :)

1 Year Down 1 Year To Go

Well as all of you know that read this blog, I started this blog not long after I turned 28 to document my road to turning 30. Well this past weekend I officially turned 29 and have started my last year of my 20s. I had such a fun and relaxing birthday! When I think back on my 20s, my how the times have changed. In my early 20s I was in college and my birthday always fell on the last weekend of classes so I normally spent my birthday out partying hard with my friends. In my mid 20s I would spend my birthday out at a bar having some drinks and celebrating cinco de mayo (which for those of you that dont know me my birthday is May  5). Now at the end of my 20s I seem to enjoy going to a wine festival and just cooking out at home  with friends. My how getting older changes your way of thinking you should celebrate your birthday! But anyway back to the real reason of the blog, so at this time next year I will be saying goodbye to my 20s and hello to my 30s. I am a little nervous about the thought of being 30 and finally being really considered an adult, or at least that is what my mom says. haha I know this next year is going to be filled with lots of ups and downs and lots of changes, good and bad, but my goal is to make this last year of my 20s the best year yet and I promise to keep you all informed! So heres to lots of memories, great friends and some of the best times we can have!

Chloe :)