expedition day camp 2013

Whew! What a crazy, hot, exhausting, adventurous week this has been! This is the second year that I've gotten to photograph these adorable kids, and they certainly kept me busy! From scavenger hunts at the museum to panning for gold, from water wars to watching how volcanoes and earthquakes work, we all had a ton of fun! Above are some of my favorite moments that I got to capture. You can also view and purchase all the photos I took here--because there were certainly a lot of great moments! These kids are just the sweetest, and I'm so glad I got to spend an entire week adventuring with them.

the world is infinite

day 194








Yes, it is July in Alaska, but it seems like we traveled to a different world today. Just an hour outside the city there are glaciers and driving wind and rain (at least today there was) and I felt like we were on a different continent. The cold and rain and wind actually added to the fun as it made for a real adventure.







We sledded down the glacier and tried to stand against the wind, but it was so much fun we hardly noticed the rain soaking through our jeans. After about forty five minutes in the kids were ready to go, so we hiked back out and stayed in the comfort of a warm car.







Thankfully my friend is coming up so we may have to come back to this spot. It was truly an adventure.

I see the world in front of me

(the zoo)




day 193





















For today's day camp excursion we went to the zoo, which I was especially excited about because I love the zoo. There was also a wedding going on, so if you've been following the blog for a while, you know that I nearly died of a cuteness attack. Sadly I didn't get too many good photos of the animals as I had not even thought about bringing my telephoto lens, but lucky for you guys (and meee!) my friend from Oklahoma is coming up next week and we will definitely be going to the zoo one day.

aim and fire

(messy games)




day 192






The second day (to me, I missed the first day because of our weekend vacation.) of the day camp, I stayed at base camp to take photos of the messy games. And they definitely were messy. Food flying everywhere, cold water on a cold day, kids eating food off the ground ... (okay, maybe I might have done that maybe possibly I don't know.)

The first game was marshmallow wars, with marshmallows flying everywhere and people running and screaming.






Then there was a giant sling shot. I got to shoot it a couple of times and it really was quite exciting.





This station was called "Play with your Food," and that's probably the best description of it ever. The victims wore shaving cream on their heads while their partners threw cheesy puffs at them. The goal was to be the team to get the most cheesy puffs stuck to the shaving cream, but everyone was having so much fun that they didn't pay attention to the results.






There was also a food eating game where you had to eat pieces of candy as fast as possible, as well as an egg toss.




Then there was my personal favorite, the water gun fight. I snapped a few photos before being asked to join, and since I had been pretty bored the whole day walking around taking photos of other people having fun, I happily obliged. There's a saying that goes kind of like this: No one looks stupid when they're having fun. I had so much fun, I didn't care about what I looked like (I only hoped I had a ton of paint on my face!). Not caring meant maximum fun and I think I had the most fun I've had all summer.