Summer Camp

We've just finished our big week of "summer camp." Everyone was gone for at least three hours every day to a camp. Here's the low down:

Meghann was gone to girl's camp from Monday morning until Thursday evening. We missed her a bunch. It was the first time we've sent her off without us and it was wierd to have one missing from the dinner table all week. I worried several times that she was going to get hit by lightening because we had some fierce storms here, but she said they only got a trickle of rain a few times, not the downpours that we had here. I should have been more worried that she would get eaten by an alligator - she said they saw about 10 on their canoe trip! She had a great time.


Tucker was at Cub Scout day camp Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. He had such a fun week - they had the police K-9 unit there one day, a helicopter landed one day that the boys got to tour, they had a giant blow-up water slide for 2 days, a wildlife man was there one day with an alligator, teaching them about gator safety (only in Florida, right?). The local news station was also there this day and we were able to see Tucker on the 6 o'clock news that night! He made lots of fun crafts, some of them are in the picture. His favorite things to do were the BB guns and archery that they did each day. What an adventure!


Jordan was at his own little Adventure Camp that my friend put on for about 12 little kids in the ward/neighborhood/school. He learned about his senses all week and had such a fun time. This was actually his second week of the camp and he missed the first week because we were in Miami. So my friend had 12 kids over every day (Mon - Fri) from 9-noon for THREE WEEKS doing Adventure Camp. Can you imagine? I would be crazy after week one, but she did it for three! She's amazing!


I enrolled Spencer and Courtney in Vacation Bible School M-F from 9 am to noon. They went with our friends, the Roberts, and had a pretty good time! They came home the first day thinking it was a little wierd because they said a pledge to the Christian Flag and a pledge to the Bible...but they went back for more and actually liked it a lot by the end. We had to correct a few teachings at dinner each night, but I think all in all it was a good thing. They especially liked the songs they learned, a little more rock and roll than what they sing in primary!


So, I had about three hours of quiet time every morning and that was just heavenly. I got two talks done for EFY (I was hoping to get 5 done...but I'll take 2) and it was just nice to have that little break in the middle of the summer. Now everyone is home again, but Brady goes out of town some of this week and again some of next week so I'll be entertaining full force by myself. He also has a birthday coming up on Tuesday and we're getting excited to celebrate that!