Family Dollar - We had The Meeting, involving the Boss, the Diva, T-onda, Niu2, ReyRey, and myself. I don't think I said much because my crew had my back. The Boss even had my back, and I admitted to things that I could of done better. All you kept hearin from Diva was "Yeah but" nope dude you're done. You tried to talk smack bout me to parents, that's strike 1. You tried to lie and save your own behind from trouble, that's strike 2. Lastly, you tried to blame my Dream Team members bout their own faults, that's strike 3. Every year a new person tries to trump me, but time and again, I show why they call me, The Great One.

Today's highlight was when ReyRey and I bought a case of Powerade to last us through the week. I also bought a pack of Squeeze-It's!

Now the countdown has begun to CCUC! Only 1 other team in the A division for b-ball, our arch rivals CCUC themselves. I've already begun my training and playing everyday to prepare myself. Nothing better than workin out outside in the 100 degree plus weather, it just made me want to push myself harder.

Wait

My Mei eatin Krispy Kreme

Dunkin Donuts is still better, this joint is overrated.

My Munchkin Tag Team Champs just still 2 cute when they are together!

Munchkins baby!

More Munchkins!

Munchkins are everywhere!

Bye to Mengchen, and I hope his move to Canada goes smooth.

Super Size Girls

Dream Team ReyRey, Crystal, The Great One, The Boss, Lily, T-Onda, Debra, and Q. Missin is Niu2 :(

DX will not die, as long as The Great One is here.

Pecan - This mornin I got a phone call from Niu 2 as I was in the D pickin up kids. It turns out that if I don't apologize for what I did at Camp Mad-Hts. then he will ask the government of Mad-Hts. to investigate camp. I know in my heart what I did is not wrong and I'm not to kiss anyone's butt to please them, I am not gonna comprise my beliefs.

The Diva really spaced herself from me, which was fine because it just showed what type of person she is. Everyone saw that I initiated with her on everything but as a counselor put it, "she really hates seein you." I'm left to wonder if I am the bad apple of camp now and do I step down so I don't cause the camp to fall.

Niu2 spent time with me and kept tellin me I can't because I would be lettin the kids, and counselors down to lead. She didn't want me to lose this battle with The Diva, but how can I compete against her if she already bad mouthed me to the parents? Niu2 encouraged me bout how I've been the bigger person in everything, takin blame, acceptin responsibility, defendin the counselors, etc. She reminded me how of childish Diva continues to get with her antics. I told Niu2 that I was ready to step down on Monday.

I prayed a lot, and tonight I spoke with the other parent. All I could ask for was that my heart for everyone be sensed and that I didn't want his kid to leave camp. Keep in mind, this father is pissed at me because Diva has turned him against me. I asked him to hear me out and wipe everything he's heard because I was there. By the end of our long convo we came to an agreement and we understood each other. He knows from now on that he will come to me instead of Diva because my integrity and character stuck out to him. Thank God for sendin me a messenger in our Bus Driver in remindin me bout the passion.

So if ya think I'm bout to quit or step down, think again. The Great One, leader of DX is back because I have Camp Mad-Hts. to lead and I'm not gonna let my Dream Team members down either. Plus someone needs to stand up to The Diva, she can bad mouth me all she wants. The Truth bout me will be able to defeat whatever she says. I will not let her beat what can't be beaten, my heart fueled by the love of my kids.

Ice Pack

Fire Marshall Bill showin us the Mad-Hts. Fire Department

Camp Mad-Hts. with The Mayor

Eh, I drew this because we were playin Hangman :)

Gotta love the masks, I hope to see their smilin faces at the end of the day.

Summerslam - I've been prayin, reflectin, meditatin on His Word the last couple of hours. Today, Camp Mad-Hts. escalated to a new level of seriousness. My Dream Team counselors all agree that a lot of these kids have been disrespectful to a lot of adults which we have tried to correct it. One of my DT Counselors got into it with Diva bout how to encourage kids to go to the lessons. Like I said from Day 1, if one of my counselors is upset then I am upset. I will back up my counselors all the way. I stepped in and tried to mediate but it turned out to be Diva bein pissed at me.

So the line has been drawn, it seems Diva has turned some of the parents against me, and tryin to get some counselors to spy on what I'm doin with DX. With so much tension in Camp, there will be a special meetin on Monday with some of us. I love my kids too much and I hold to heart in what I believe in, and what kids need to know to become better people as they grow older. I've tried workin with Diva but everytime it has to do with her kids then things get twisted. I feel as if my love, passion, and beliefs are compromised especially if I have become the thorn of Camp now. I've already told some of my Dream Teamers if it gets to that point that I am leanin now, then I will step out of the way. My love for the kids and camp means more to me, and I don't want to see it be torn apart. I don't want The Boss to have to choose between The Diva or The Great One, I'll make it easier for her. All I ask is for my Dream Teamers to keep it together if it comes down to this.

It hurts, to know that I may have to do this in order for Camp to stay together. I ask Him if this is in His Will? Humble heart, quick to listen, and slow to speak is what I ask for.

Respect

Gel - As CCUC is drawing nearer, I finally made this year's purchase to sport for kicks :) It was a tough year for shoes because not many have come out. As I'd like to call it the K13 VI (I think that is 6 for Roman numerals?). The unveilin will begin soon, let's just say I'll be sportin one of my favorite players for 2 years straight which would be #8 but now #24 because that's all we do, 24/7.

81

6-1-9!

My boy Red!

So this how M&M's are made!

Zeo - Man some peeps crack me up, the "D" word. On the plus side it was a lot of fun goin to Jeff's party. The Dirty South, and I picked up a lifetime supply of Transformers to watch, classics of course. Yup bout 60 miles from my house to their's, but a fun ride nonetheless.

Today was the first day, that I worked without T-onda. My kids are too funny, and it sucks part of my Dream Team is gone. The only members left this week are Q, ReyRey, Niu2 and myself of course. T-onda, Crystal, and Lily are missed this week that's for sure.

The G-1er'z = DX have grown strong baby! Gotta lead my troops and some peeps aren't ready for it.

Well I got Wednesday nites free now because Dumar's don't need me for August which is great to have some more time for myself. However, that's a hit in the pocket because it is one less pay check I collect :(

Thinkin of the Spirit Squad right now, man that's kinda insultin. That's the break I guess? Time to flip the X and show my kids a lil more positive way to do the X ;)

MTA

Red and I chillin before the M&M 3D Movie :)

Low Blow to Yellow rockin the Pirates of the C attire.

16 Cups of Coke products from around the world all for my sis and I

Some of it was butt nasty so I needed some real Coke to wash it down.

I finished close to almost all of them, yes we were all carbed out for the night. I was wired for the night too.

Claydol - Ahhhhhhh, I let it slip away from me :( The best chance to have beaten Crystal was in today's Ping-Pong Finals. A lot of the kids came out to watch this and even the counselors! They all were entertained by the match, just fast paced, and emotional. It felt like pay per view, and Crystal is sweatin it now that I've changed my style of play in how I grip the paddle. I will be champ next week!

So I lead my Super Size kids in Iron Chef as they competed in groups of 2 in who can make the best tasting waffle. The counselors were judges, and it was a lot of fun. I made fun of Amy because she tried to put some Maple syrup on the waffle and missed, she squirted it all over the table. Next thing ya know, I squirted the syrup and missed and it went all over my clothes. Dang it, I was sticky for the rest of the day.

My Super Size also came out with a new name, well actually a couple of nicknames for our crew now. They still regard me as The Great One, but now they are The Gr8 - 1z, K-Peeps, and K-Unit. T-onda and I were talkin too bout how this week's counselors by far have been the best we've ever had. I keep tellin The Boss that this is The Dream Team for Camp Mad-Hts. It's also been fun playin Boss because The Boss have been gone and everyone just skips over Diva so everyone just comes to me.

Can't wait til tomorrow to see what happens when Camp Canton meets Camp Mad-Hts. Ya know I've been preppin my Super Size and Munchkins for this ;)

Lutheran

The place my parents wanna buy in Vegas. I do admit I like the setup.

This is like the uh family room I guess.

1 Bedroom

2nd Bedroom

3rd Bedroom

4th Bedroom

The Kitchen

Family room again, there is like 3 1/2 Full Baths which is why my mommy likes it. Pretty cool place though and close to The Strip. No grass, though just rocks on the lawn, boo!

Bamboo - So for the past couple of weeks, I've been visiting my G-Ma at the nursing home. The drive has been hard because it's on 15 Mile and Drake, so there is like no fast way of gettin there. Like do I travel on M-59, or 696, or just take 15 Mile across? Found out today, that it looks like she will have to stay there for the rest of her life, which reminds me I forgot the phone number again since some CBC peeps wanted to check on her. The drive is actually even harder for my parents as they come down pretty much everyday from Lapeer at 7:00 a.m. to spend time with her before goin back up to open the restaurant.

The other part I am startin to realize is my old crib will be sold :( My parents have scheduled an appointment with an agent to come check out our old house 17 Mile and VD. I have to go at least once a week to clean out my old stuff there. This place has brought so many memories to me and I don't want to let it go. I mean I grew up in that house from '87 - '00! I still remember the day the house looked when we purchased it in '87. This may sound silly, but since I moved to the Twp, one of my goals in life was to purchase the 17 Mile house because I have a hard time letting go. So many memories that I just don't wanna let go, I'm thinkin bout shootin some hoops there tomorrow after Camp Mad-Hts. although it is missin the backboard now :( I'll miss my neighbor Ken and his family, he has such a lovin heart and always helped us out.

Tinkler

I-15 view of my hotel

My sis doin the Stratussphere challenge, where one ride actually throws her off the buildin or swings her off. This is like the size of the CN Tower!

My sis and I rockin a pic of our favorite M&M's, well mine is Red :)

One of these days I wanna go on a ride on the gondola.

A view of The Strip from my hotel.

Still don't understand why anyone wants to live out here?

Speedin in a T-Blaze this time as a rental, gosh I hate SUV's.

Gamma - Well back from Spring Arbor once again, and it seemed like it went by really fast. My thoughts bout it was all over the place. I could say that I had fun but that would of been like the middle parts of the weekend. It started bad and ended rough for me. My Friday evening started off with havin a screw in my tire. Then I got too many complaints bout rooming assignments because amazinly some peeps wanna stay with their mommie's and daddie's or they were forced to. I took responsibility for it, and it was frustratin to hear peeps complain bout stayin back in Delta compared to the Village. I felt like I let those peeps down in promo because I told everyone that we'd all stay in the Village. Then peeps come to me to buy things for them on Friday evenin because they forgot too, and need to realize that I can't drive with that screw in my tire.

Which leads to Saturday, where I completely overslept so I was off on everything. I drove into Jackson to Discount Tire so they could fix/rotate my tires. I come back to Spring Arbor a lil more laxed now because no more complaints and all that ish. After dinner, I was lookin forward to hearin Pastor Kurt but I was asked to do nursey which I had no probs with. However, I get yelled at by a parent for not callin her cause her kid was cryin. First of all y'all don't inform me of any special health concerns, and I ain't a doc, lastly I'm not a freakin mind reader with 6 babies to take care of.

Which throws it all back to Sunday where it's like the same thing as Friday. I chose just to skip lunch so I can retreat from the retreat. The good part was to finally hear Pastor Kurt preach His Word and I wanted him to keep goin after the extention hours. It just stinks because I felt like I gave it my all in my heart to try to make this year's retreat the bomb since I missed out on last year's with surgery. I felt like I served Him whole heartedly, yet it wasn't good enough for peeps and too many discouragements makes me wonder if I wanna serve next year's Retreat. I was reminded today, that all it matters is that He knows my heart.

Hide N Seek

I wanna come back here and train, ya know hike with the 110 temps. This is a new goal in life I have set for myself.

My sis and I at the South Rim entrance.

I wonder how much money people throw into The Grand Canyon?

DX is back baby!
Break it down...
Down where...
Down here
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Playdough - So it's been hard tryin to keep up with so many things. Anyways, last night we had our last CBC Retreat meeting, I'm really lookin forward to everything! It feels good to be back for the whole weekend after only goin on Sunday last year because of my stupid knee surgery. The rooms are set, and I got my boyz, Pelliper and DJ next to me, while my OCC girlz are across from me. Man, it's gonna be a long nights with Spoons, Risk, Ping-Pong, Air Hockey, Pool, Foosball, with the messages, prayer, etc. The only down part was that I'm stayin in Delta which is the old buildin so I miss out on last year's living it up in The Village :( We had to sacrifice our good rooms so hopefully more peeps will enjoy their stay. It's all good because I got some of my peeps with me.

Camp Mad-Hts. is startin to heat up with the Diva vs. DX (counselors) because she feels she don't have as much authority as she thought she had. I can't wait til next week when The Boss ain't here so it makes the Diva in charge so to speak, but we know who everyone listens to. Gosh I miss Tracy, but gotta lead my troops.

Please buy Bubble Tea from Aunti Lili's place because my goal is to make CBC customer of the month. Thanks Elektra for helpin me out today :) What's frustratin right now is also how I cannot beat Crystal at Ping-Pong at Camp Mad-Hts. I am at least 0-10 against her right now, and she is ranked #1 while Pellipper is #2, and I'm #3 :( Lastly, I've been very blessed with a lot of things and I feel like I don't even deserve it, actually I don't. Kinda ironic how things have been shapin out, since CCUC 2 years ago. There's a difference which I always make known, is ya can't kill what ya can't hunt, my heart. The Great One is built and trained mentally strong, which is why they still cheer for me.

Taboo

My mommy and her baby at Grand Canyon

My Daddy and my sis below me

OU representin in Arizona

Baby picture

My Daddy showin off his coffee

What a view

Sugar - So one thing bout Vegas that was a dud, was the 4th of July fireworks. My sis and I had a good view from our hotel, and we kept waiting. All we saw were like fireworks goin off from other far away places. Then we saw cops out on Las Vegas Blvd, and we're thinkin this must be it, time for the show! Nothin happened, and I kept watchin the cops stop traffic along with The Strip. My sis turns on the tv and we saw breakin news of The Strip. Apparently, there was a shootin right outside bout half a mile from our hotel at Barbary Coast. I wanted to run down there to take pics and stuff, but I was already disappointed by the lack of a fireworks show.

Anyways, so today major drama surroundin the Diva. It has been frustratin on my fellow counselors how she keeps spoilin her kids. So I had it today, and I moved her son's pin to yellow. He gave me an attitude bout it so I moved him to orange, meanin no free time, and he can sit by himself at lunch as well. I even told him "Just cuz your mommy works here don't mean she can save you." Of course, Diva has a prob with my discipline and said "it is unacceptable." I mocked her by sayin "why is it because your kid ain't perfect?"

We came to a compromise, she agreed not to favor her kids no more and follow the system that I set up as long as I don't let her son sit by himself at lunch. Only a couple of hours later, when we passed out Yogurt for snack, every camper got one each. However, Diva's kids each got 2 Yogurts and the other kids were complainin to my counselors how that ain't fair. Like I told The Boss before, if the Diva don't bother me then I won't bother her. She may be higher than me on the "authority" scale, but somebody's gotta step up against her. Leader of DX is back baby!

Mango

Sunset over part of Chinatown

Early fireworks celebration at the Flamingo

Not a bad way to enjoy the show after eatin a lot at the Village Seafood Buffet

Watchin the Masquerade Show in the Sky while waitin in line for my seafood!

Tankini - So obviously back from Vegas, eh it was ok. Nothing great because I did pretty much everything you could do out there and I lost bout $150. The best parts of the trip was the Village Seafood Buffet, man I downed bout 9-10 lobsters and other goodies :) The other part was goin to The Grand Canyon, which was really cool. I wouldn't mind goin back there because I saw a lot of challenges that I'd love to attempt. The weather was great too, 105 was the average and it was just fun to experience that on a daily basis.

I guess I'll jump to today, thank God Daddy Moy saved my butt today in terms of Jr. Church. It was wierd but honored to have B-12 observin me teach. I really think she's got the potential to be a great teacher and it will be fun trainin/preparin the material with her for 5th/6th Sunday School.

It was wierd goin to 12 Oaks today because I was with all my Canto Girlz and their momz. I proved the theory correct, that guys shop faster than girlz too. I went to all the stores that I wanted to go, while all my Canto Girlz were walkin through each wing of the mall. Afterwards, B-12, AngelKitty, and I went to Jennay's Party, where we formed our Canto section. Although I was close to beatin the crap out of Jennay's cousin, who wears pink, lives in Novi, yet thinks he is a gangsta. He kept pushin some of my CBC kidz to play against him on GameCube for money. He thought he could intimidate me while I was playin b-ball too. I really held back a lot, err makes me wish I could go back in time and get in his face but I kept thinkin bout Jennay's Party and her folks.

After the party, then back to the Canto side, where we had a huge dinner at Pearl. It was funny that B-12, AngelKitty, and I were relegated to the "kiddie" table which I was cool with because I got to sit with my Yu 2 Sistaz, Elektra, and Jo. We had a good game of matchmaker too, man way too funny of a night.

Mpire