Faith is my very best friend Kimmy's oldest daughter. She is eight-years-old going on eighteen! I met Kimmy in New Jersey on a Sunday to pick Faith up for her to come spend a week in Massachusetts. This was going to be Faith's first time away from her mother for such a long time and in another state to boot!
Kimmy wasn't worried though, nor was I. All parties were excited, especially Faith! We all had been looking forward to this week for a long time. Faith is like a niece to me and we love spending time together. I had a great week planned for her!
Rather than sharing our week through the blog, you'll have to see all the photos from Faith's Visit and read the captions. I've posted a few fun ones here.
During Faith's time with us, I wrote down a few quotes from her and I thought I would share them with you. She was such a riot to listen to!
"Um, Tom? I thought we were only going for a short walk?!" After hiking with Tom for about 20 minutes. They got to hike up to Hidden Valley. Faith was so excited that no one knew about Hidden Valley;) This is what Tom told her anyway. They also got to see a deer bed, deer bones and some other animal traces. Tom was almost as excited to show Faith these things as she was to see them! :)
"I wish dinosaurs were still around but were friendly so we could get to know them better." This was on our way to the dinosaur footprint in Colrain.
"Dear Jesus, thank you for letting us go camping and thank you for letting me walk Bridgette." Faith said grace a few nights with us before dinner and this was in her first prayer:) She also referred to uncle Frank's camp as "camping." :)
"Does Tom like blueberries? Cuz if he does, I'll leave him all the sour ones and I'll eat all the sweet ones." She sure did enjoy teasing Tom...and vice versa:)
"Ruthie...I think during this vacation I had the most exercise I've ever had!" She said this on the last day as we are getting stuff packed into the car. We did do a lot:) She couldn't complain she was bored, that's for sure!
I miss Faith so much! Not only do I miss Kimmy dearly, now she has 3 awesome kids I get to miss just as much! We do look forward to having Faith here again next year though, and hopefully the years after that. When the other kids are old enough, they'll get their chance too.
Before I sign off, I just want to thank everyone who helped make Faith's week here so special. Frank, we had SO much fun at the camp! Thank you for letting us use the camp for a few days. I think it was the highlight of Faith's week! Also, thanks to Liz and Corey for letting us swim in your pool, thanks to Heather for letting us pick blueberries and last, but certainly not least, thank you Tom for being such a wonderful hubby and for helping to make Faith's week here unforgettable!
