June 10 in Pictures...

Hey K2 Kanakuk Parents,

All caught up as promised...shoowee! Now I'm really off to bed...please pray for survival for me during the triathlon...just kidding! Okay, so maybe a bit serious...hahaha!

(p.s. our photographer gets time off so pics from June 9th are not happening as she was gone. Just fyi!)

Window to their World, 


kanakuk ashley robbins 
ashley@kanakuk.com

June 10...

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Hey K2 Kanakuk Parents,
What a day!!! We had amazing weather today and it was another normal, AWCREPIC day! (is the usage of awcrepic seeping into your every day life? No. Okay, I'll keep using it!)

Devo: Acts. The Infectious News.

Morning: Normal periods 1-3. Cabins 13-14 had Treetops.

Afternoon: Normal periods 4-6.

Night: K-LIFE TONIGHT! The hubby, woohooo!!!, spoke tonight about being numb. Begging the kampers to check their heart and lives to see if they have become numb to the world around them. He asked them to check their compassion radar and to become a HERO to people and for the cause of Christ. It was soo good!!!

Night ya'll! I will be heading on time off for 2 days. I am going to do my best to blog ahead but please forgive me if I run out of time. Okay, headed to bed I have a triathlon to run tomorrow...these young pups are so fast!

Window to their World, 



kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

June 8 in Pictures...

Told you I'm catching up...

Window to their World,





kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

June 7 in Pictures...

Hey K2 Kanakuk Term 1 Parents,

Here are some great pics from the day...sorry I'm behind. I'm catching up...Promise!

Window to their World, 

kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

June 9...



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Hey K2 Kanakuk Term 1 Parents,

Oh, my heart feels a sense of being overwhelmed today. That might sound negative but quite the opposite. I feel overwhelmed by your kiddos! I just hung up the phone with a wife who's hubby just deployed to Afghanistan and their sweet girl is here with us. They trusted us to have her during this time. I teared up as I spoke to this courageous woman. I choked up as I talked to the kamper and she just wanted to know all the details of how her dad was doing. I had another gal that each day we are getting some great talk time as she is really homesick. She knows God has purpose and is trying to not let fear stop her from having a great time. To share Isaiah 26:3..."He will keep in perfect peace all those who trust Him whose thoughts turn often to the Lord" and to see a calm in this precious 13 year old heart. I'm telling you, you all as parents amaze me. Are you perfect? Probably not...but you are LOVING your kids by showing them that Jesus is in control of them. You are showing them that you want their hearts to be poured into at some crazy Kamp. I hope each girls feels loved and encouraged to seek Jesus each day because there is life, forgiveness, and HOPE in seeking Him. I am a bit emotional (totally not pregnant though, just normal emotional!) and humbled by you all. Thanks for impacting me and yet I don't even know you by name.

Okay, here was the day...

Devo: John. That you may believe.

Morning: Normal periods 1-3. Treetops was cabin 9 and 10.

Afternoon: Normal periods 4-6. Period 4 on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturdays is optional period. The girls can either hang at the pool, play tennis, write letters at Backwoods (our girl rally spot), chat it up in the church or do the slip n slide (I think that was an option today?).

Night: GIRLS MOVIE NIGHT! The girls as I type are all just relaxing (after a hectic Pod day that was so full of action and left them a bit tired because it was so full of fun and awesomeness!) watching Tangled. Tangled is my new favorite Disney movie...HEART.IT! We have made a special treat of normal popcorn with m&m's or like special popcorn with a bit of butter/brown sugar mixture! Both are Deeeeee-lish!

Okay, hope you all are doing great and please continue to pray for your girl's heart. Pray for the Lord to simply use each of us from directors to counselors to our precious kitchies to show kids Jesus with each moment and each word. To stretch them outside of themselves for them to see the potential of a christian leader in every single one of them! Off to watch Tangled...

Window to their World,

 

kanakuk ashley robbins

ashley@kanakuk.com

June 8...

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Hey K2 Kanakuk Term 1 Parents,
Oh, Wednesdays....you are so new to me and I have decided I like you! We have begun a totally new program. For parents that know K2 lingo we did not have higher ground this year. Instead we are doing what we call "Pod" days. Basically it's a break from their normal schedule to do some "outside of the box" activities such as but not limited to:
missions (service project at Kids Across America)
waverunners/blob
kayak to bluff jumping
meat for meat (memorizing scripture and going to pizza hut on lake)
cheer
tennis
pool fun and sun (aka Kanakuk Resort)
Dogwood Canyon nature hike
Caving
Hike/Rapelling

The list could go on. Your daughters go to pick either an all day pod (there were only 2) or 2 1/2 day pods. From all the girls I have asked they seemed to love it...we learned a lot today with it being our first day but all in all it went great.

Devo: Luke...Jesus, Lord Over All.

Morning: They picked a pod. Blast!

Afternoon: Either continued their pod day  if it was all day or did another 1/2 day pod.

Night: K-LIFE TONIGHT! Dr. Joe White spoke on one of his greatest passions...The Creation Talk. He had the kids outside under the stars and spoke about how vast God is and yet still intimately knows each of us. It was so great and such a beautiful night to stand in awe of our creator.

Each day we also have a 2 cabins do Summit. Also known as Treetops. The cabins climb rock walls, do an entire ropes course, and end with our amazing zipline. Today it was cabin 3 and 4. I will try and remember to add this in.

Okay, off to bed...Sure can't wait to meet you all or at least have you here in 9 days!

Window to their World,

kanakuk ashley robbins

ashley@kanakuk.com

June 7...

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Hey K2 Kanakuk Parents,
Okay, so it's June 8th and I'm just now doing June 7th...oh, please forgive me! We have so many NEW (new means awesome!) programs at K2 that it is leaving this director with little time to blog! But trust me I am hitting a good stride of "normal" days coming so the blog is back at priority...1. The Lord, 2. My hubby, 3. My kids, 4. THE BLOG...just kidding, your kiddos come next!

Devo: Mark. Each day will have a "tagline" of sorts. So the actual study was focused on "of faith, favor, frankness, forgiveness and fortitude."

Morning: Normal Periods 1-3 of each individual schedule.

Afternoon: Normal Periods 4-6 of each individual schedule.

Night: WARBALL! We had the ultimate Warball showdown. If you don't know what warball is it's basically dodgeball but more awesome! I'm sure that is clear to each of you! Haha! It's so much fun! We have an official bracket of a tournament of Kickapoos versus Kiowas. The girls are all in their tribal colors of blues, yellows, reds and some blacks. It's so much fun! We even have our staff gals dress up too! We play a tourney and then we have  the kamper versus staff game. I must say the staff LOVE this night. It's all in good fun though! I think the staff won again this year...we have some athletes! I sadly and I know the staff really missed me athletically was not able to play but they won anyways...I JOKE! Trust me, I joke! I am 100% awful at warball!

June 8th is all new and going to be AWCREPIC!
Window to their World,

kanakuk ashley robbins

ashley@kanakuk.com

June 6 in Pictures...

I'm catching up K2 Kanakuk Term 1 Parents...I told you I would! Have a blast checking out the day in pics!

Window to their World,

kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

June 6...

(#6 Picture coming)

Hey K2 Kanakuk Term 1 Parents,
Routine! Yeah! I love it once schedules begin and the normal K2 schedule is happening! Well, today started that! The girls were headed to their individual schedule and it was a beautiful day! The classes were great and we also had our first backwoods of the summer!

Devo: Matthew. The devo really focused the beattitudes (blessed are the...) and I honestly can't wait for you as parents to hear about what your daughter learned...hopefully. They have about 30 minutes of quiet time to do their devo, journal in the book and just think and be still. We lose that somewhere being able to be still and rest in the Lord to hear his still gentle voice.

Morning: Normal morning of periods 1-3. Each kamper got to pick a specialty (main sport: basketball, fit-nut, dance, soccer, volleyball, k-equip, K2U (deeper version of K-Equip that is just for this term of kampers, triathlete (Woohoo! That is what Shay and I run together) and I feel like I'm forgetting one...My brain is a bit tired I guess. They also pick electives to do: ski, tubes, waterslides, crafts, leather, aerobics, canoe, kayak, tramp, etc.

Afternoon: Normal afternoon of Periods 4-6. They had competition of Kiowas versus Kickapoos in Soccer and a girl version of Flag Football. Super fun! I am gone from kamp so I'm not sure who got 1st place and who got 2nd place.

Night: K-LIFE TONIGHT! Don Ford is speaking tonight. He is the president of AFTERdark and PUREexcitement. He travels around basically sharing the gospel of Jesus to college campuses! It's awesome! He is also getting married to a gal in a few weeks! What a story they have! I know the kampers will be impacted by Don's message of truth.

Please join me in praying for the 11 days we have left with your daughters. Pray for soft hearts to see that they are loved and created with purpose by a God who loves them with all that He is! Thanks for being great parents!

Window to their World,


kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

June 5 in Pictures...

Hey K2 Kanakuk Term 1 Parents,
Ugg...I am trying to catch my breath! I am so sorry for how awful I have been at posting. I keep telling myself it's day 5 and everything is  new this year for us and it's going awesome...but NO EXCUSES! You are moms and dads dying to hear and be a part of glaring into the window to K2 girls side...please forgive me! It's 11:15 PM and I'm not going to bed till I post June 7 and June 8 details...get ready!

Window to their World, 

kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

June 5...

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Hey K2 Kanakuk Term 1 Parents,
Day 2 is  HOT CRAZY DAY! It was awesome! Just to teach you all a new word that the K2 girls side is using...AWCREPIC! It is the total word of AWesome, CRazy and EPIC all put together! It's sweeping kamp! You guys can use it to each other...example: Dad comes in from work to say "hey honey, you are AWCREPIC!" Perfect!

Back to your daughter's world. We had a great day! It was full...very full! We had our "store" day where the kampers get all the kanakuk stuff, clothing, hats and nalgenes they want! Good luck with that bill! :) We also do our swim test, cabin photos and since it was a sunday we had a Sunday Funday activity. Here is the summary.

Devo: We start the girls' side devo book tomorrow morning. Each day is a different book from the new testament. So tomorrow we start with Matthew...

Morning: On Sundays kampers can sleep in and we have an "optional" buffet of coffee cake!!! They can come eat from 8 am to 9 am. We then had church where the BEST HUSBAND, DAD, MAN EVER SPOKE. Who you might ask? MY HUSBAND! Shay Robbins spoke to the kampers about the different kinds of "hearts" they might be walking in with. A heart that is broken with a hard year or loss, a heart that is claiming Jesus but not living it with the way they talk to you all...just all different "heart conditions." It was AWCREPIC! (see how to use it in a sentence! you'll get it!)

Afternoon: We had a "Chillax" afternoon (we like to mix words at k2...that stands for chill and relax in the same word). We opened the pool, had sno cones, fresh cut watermelon, trams to take them from the pool down to the dock, a floating dock of dr. pepper and blobbing going on. It was so much fun! It was pretty hot so most kids were in some type of water! It's such a fun day! I love Sundays at K2 as teenagers these days are so busy! It's crazy. I feel like seniors go into college as a junior with so many hours and the push of sports, grades, no time, and being involved just leaves them tired so I love Sunday being restful!

Night: We had a PARTY & Tribals! We had our Justice League Party and it was such a blast! We hid water bottles that had certain colored water in them all around kamp. Each cabin had to go around and find as many as they could and the cabin that had the most won! I actually never heard last night who won...but it was fun! We then had tribals where all new kampers that don't have a tribe are given one. Joe does an awesome traditional indian dance that is amazing! We then call each new kamper down to get her new tribe...Kiowa (red and white) or Kickapoo (blue and yellow). Hopefully if you have never been to kamp your daughter will write you to let you know which tribe she is in! This has such tradition and legacy to it!

Okay, so there's the day! Most days won't be this long. I am on time off with my family so I might be a bit slow to get back to get the pictures up. Hopefully blogger will fix itself soon...Thanks for understanding!

Window to their World, 


kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

June 4 in Pictures...

Coming Soon! I have the pictures but blogger is being all wiggy right now...

Window to their World, 


kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

June 4...

(a picture of a "4" will go here but blogger is doing maintenance currently...boo!)

Hey K2 Kanakuk Term 1 Parents,
Well, opening day is here! Crazy!!! It has been a wild day and full of excitement and sunshine! Our opening day (if you have been to kamp before) is a bit different than some of the other kamps. We, due to the size of our kamp, have a drop off point and then the kampers go on in to kamp to get welcomed with the crazy crew of counselors. I hope you all didn't mind saying goodbyes quickly at the drop off point and prayerfully it was still a great experience. My favorite is when the parents are getting out with cameras in hand...I want to be those parents someday!

So after the kampers arrived we had a picnic, signed up for classes, and had K-Life! K-Life is by far the most favorite night time activity for kampers. They just love it! It's funny skits, games, a video where we spoof a mainstream video, worship and a speaker. It's the best! Joe White spoke tonight and it was great! What a privilege K2 kampers get to get by hearing from him so often during their terms.

All luggage is to each kamper and they are all tucked away for the night. Tomorrow begins more craziness...

Window to their World, 


kanakuk ashley robbins
ashley@kanakuk.com

Let It Begin...

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Hey K2 Kanakuk Parents,

Welcome to the K2 GIRLS SIDE blog! I am so excited to share a small window into the girls' side of K2 and let you all know (in real time, as opposed to very slow snail mail) what is going on at this place. Some things you should know:
1. My grammar is awful. My mom is an english teacher and I am her biggest failure! Haha! But seriously! I type like I speak it.
2. This is only a window. It is very structured so it is something I have time to do each day while still being fully focused at kamp and kampers and not a computer screen.
3. There is no way I can upload a picture of every kamper. I pick 5 pictures a day that are "pictures" to exemplify the day the best. Please forgive me if I repeat certain people...please forgive!
4. Email me anytime you have any questions. ashley@kanakuk.com

I start tomorrow with letting you know the rundown of the day! Feel free to pass KanakukAshley on to your friends and family who might want to know what all your daughter is up to too...

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Window to their World,  

kanakuk ashley robbins

ashley@kanakuk.com