June 26, 2026 - Thursday



Today was a BIG DAY! I took Ollie to get her ears pierced! Okay, let me back up. I took Jonas and Ruby over to camp for their last, extra long, day, relaxed a little, then brought Ollie and Clem to the mall to get Ollie's ears pierced! We go to the piercing place there that uses the needles because I had so many bad experiences with the piercing guns. I kept giving my little girl outs, but she's been begging for a long time now and she was READY. They ask her to verbally consent to having her ears pierced and she determinedly said, "YES!", so they took her back and did it! It's wild. 

After the ear piercing, we wandered around the mall for a bit and spent some more money I didn't plan on spending. :) Bath & Body Works was having a huge sale, so we got a ton of yummy smelling stuff from there, then we went to the pretzel place for the girls and Cinnabon for me. Man, Auntie Anne's and Cinnabon, both, have gone up in price so much! The girls each got a pretzel and a drink and I spent $22 there! I just want to cry seeing how much I spent today. 😭

After doing some chores and Ben getting home, we headed to the camp for a family party that they always host on the last day. They got Chick-fil-A again, which was delicious. I had grilled nuggets today, for the first time. SO GOOD! I always thought they looked dry and tough, but they were not. They were seasoned well and perfectly cooked. The party was fun though! I helped serve food, because I can't stand sitting around doing nothing while other people are rushing around doing work. We caught up with some friends, saw the camp dances, heard about the skits, did some praying. It was a good time! I'm so glad Jonas came around and ended up having a blast. It's an expensive camp, but I think it's worth it. 



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