Don't let those special memories of family camping trips and RV journeys fade away! Instead, have fun keeping tracks of your favorite campgrounds and campsites, activities, and RV friendly gas stations with this camping journal and notebook. Happiness Is Camping Together is a book you will thoroughly enjoy using. With plenty of space for writing, each camping trip you plan will have an extensive checklist to help you organize your time away. Then, while you're on your way to your destination, enjoy a word search puzzle and a connect the dots game to help pass the time. Once you arrive, you will have 4 pages to evaluate and record information about your site. Not only can you rate things like hookups, restrooms, the view, and many other aspects, but there is even a page where you can paste in the campground map you receive when you check in so you will have a visual reminder of where you stayed. Here are just a few of the things you will find so you can create a long-lasting keepsake for your family times together: A place to create a master list of RV and big trailer friendly gas stations Two pages full of items to consider taking along with you on your trip A section to help you get ready to go out of town A fun word search puzzle and a connect the dots game to enjoy while you are traveling to your destination A place to jot down notes and list items for recipe ingredients, baby, pets, etc. Three pages to record information about the campground and a way for you to rate what you experienced A page where you can keep your campground map for future reference Lots of space for making notes Non-spiral binding so pages won't be torn out easily like they can be in a spiral notebook With enough pages to record information for30 different family adventures, this book will become a special keepsake that lets you look back through your notes and relive those special memories. Be sure to click on the link that says Memory Makers to see additional resources. Spacious notebook with easy portability 8 pages of checklists and essentials for each camping trip 248 pages to journal 30 different camping adventures Flexible binding to make your notetaking an enjoyable experience Non-spiral bound binding so pages won't tear loose Soft, sturdy cover with a glossy finish

Audrey "Sunshine" Monke, mother of five and camp owner-director, shares nine powerful parenting techniques-inspired by the research-based practices of summer camp-to help kids thrive and families become closer. Research has proven that kids are happier and gain essential social and emotional skills at camp. A recognized parenting expert, Audrey Monke distills what she's learned from thousands of interactions with campers, camp counselors, and parents, and from her research in positive psychology, to offer intentional strategies parents can use to foster the benefits of camp at home. Our screen-obsessed, competitive society makes it harder than ever to raise happy, thriving kids. But there are tried-and-true methods that can help. Instead of rearing a generation of children who are overwhelmed, anxious, depressed, and who struggle to become independent, responsible adults, parents can create a culture that promotes the growth of important character traits and the social skills kids need for meaningful, successful lives. Thousands of parents attest to the "magical" benefits of summer camp for their kids, noting their children return more joyful, positive, confident, and resilient after just a few weeks. But you can learn exactly what it takes to promote these benefits at home. Complete with specific ideas to implement the most effective summer camp secrets, Happy Campers is a one of a kind resource for raising happy, socially intelligent, successful kids.

An insightful and powerful look at the magic of summer camp—and why it is so important for children to be away from home . . . if only for a little while. In an age when it’s the rare child who walks to school on his own, the thought of sending your “little ones” off to sleep-away camp can be overwhelming—for you and for them. But parents’ first instinct—to shelter their offspring above all else—is actually depriving kids of the major developmental milestones that occur through letting them go—and watching them come back transformed. In Homesick and Happy, renowned child psychologist Michael Thompson, PhD, shares a strong argument for, and a vital guide to, this brief loosening of ties. A great champion of summer camp, he explains how camp ushers your children into a thrilling world offering an environment that most of us at home cannot: an electronics-free zone, a multigenerational community, meaningful daily rituals like group meals and cabin clean-up, and a place where time simply slows down. In the buggy woods, icy swims, campfire sing-alongs, and daring adventures, children have emotionally significant and character-building experiences; they often grow in ways that surprise even themselves; they make lifelong memories and cherished friends. Thompson shows how children who are away from their parents can be both homesick and happy, scared and successful, anxious and exuberant. When kids go to camp—for a week, a month, or the whole summer—they can experience some of the greatest maturation of their lives, and return more independent, strong, and healthy.

Modern parenting presents fresh challenges, including unrelenting time pressures, lack of support systems, and work demands, that often leave parents drained and worn-out. Erin Leyba, the mother of three young children, has been counseling parents on these issues for almost twenty years. She has developed techniques that help parents not only cope but also feel joy — in their parenting and in their relationships with their partners. Leyba draws from the latest research about child development, attachment, successful marriages, and mindfulness to create effective, doable solutions for balancing, simplifying, and communicating. She presents powerful tools that parents can use right away to de-stress, stay energized, and create more warmth and passion with loved ones. Whether new, veteran, overwhelmed, exhausted, or just interested in doing better than they are, parents will find proven help here.

The Bay City, Michigan, YWCA camp began as a small gathering of 65 women during the summer of 1916 at a rental cottage in Killarney. The second site, selected two years later, was on Aplin Beach near Saginaw Bay. In 1924, the YWCA purchased the Camp Maqua property in Hale, on the shores of Loon Lake, with a solitary farmhouse, and numerous cabins were then completed. After the YWCA sold the property to a private owner in 1979, it was subdivided into 10 parcels. In 1987, the Baker/Starks families purchased the lodge and 14 acres. Ten families continue to keep the spirit of Maqua alive through an association dedicated to retaining the historical integrity of the land and remaining buildings.

Seven-year-old Layla loves life! So she keeps a happiness book. What is happiness for her? For you? Spirited and observant, Layla’s a child who’s been given room to grow, making happiness both thoughtful and intimate. It’s her dad talking about growing-up in South Carolina; her mom reading poetry; her best friend Juan, the community garden, and so much more. Written by poet Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie and illustrated by Ashleigh Corrin, this is a story of flourishing within family and community.

The second chapter of the book of Numbers appears to do little more than list the tribes of Israel, identify the arrangement of the wilderness camp, recap the number of fighting men, and identify the leaders of each tribe. Come on a fascinating journey through this passage seeking answers to questions such as why was this information included in the Bible, is there more significance to this data, and several similar questions which reveal the numerous treasures of God’s divine design hidden in these verses. The motivating questions for this journey are why and what. Join the author as he uses these and other questions to explore such topics as which tribes camped together, why the wilderness camping and marching order, and several others subjects were so significant God felt it necessary to include them in Scripture.