My Summer Plans

For the past three weeks, the boys have been going to summer school, which they really enjoyed. It seems to be more fun than school, which is fine with me since after all, it is summer. Lots of people here enroll their kids in the 3 weeks of summer school, because it helps to shorten the summer that often seems too long to keep kids entertained. I went to Girls' Camp during the first week of Summer school, then I have have been back to my part time Front Desk job at the Dutton Inn for the past two weeks. However, next Monday life will become more busy again. I will be starting up the "Dutton Day Camp" which is a 4 hour per day enterprise that I designed to put my recreation management skills to good use. We did our first week of Dutton Day Camp the week before summer school started and it was a great success. The theme for that week was "Underwater Adventure Week". Next week will be "Discover Nature" week. Later in the Summer we will have "We love Animals Week", "History Week" and "Creative Kids Week". I really enjoy working with kids, and these particular kids are so much fun. There are 18 kids (ranging from 2-13 yrs. old) among the 5 performing Dutton siblings and their spouses. I only take up to 12 at a time, and my own boys get to go along each day as well. They love it! I took some good pictures during our first week of day camp, but of course we can't find the camera right now and I have not yet gotten them downloaded. So, for now, I will post a link to the Dutton Website to introduce you to the families I have the privilege of working with. The Duttons have a spectacular family show, which is a must see if you ever come to Branson. I've probably seen it 10 times by now, and I still really enjoy watching them every time. Go check them out on You Tube if you are not familiar with them. Anyway, I will write more later about our adventures, for now I just wanted to provide a brief update of what we are up to.