Scout Camp

Ok, I went to scout camp this week, and it was AWESOME!!! I left Sunday at 1:30 because registration ended at 4:30. My troop went to camp Hahn, which is at the Lake of the Ozarks. We were introduced to our guides and had a 'pack shake down'. We were told to take a tent to camp, at shake down, we were told not to take them. My supplies I ended up with during the shake down were: 2 shorts, 3 shirts, 4 pairs of socks, a sleeping bag, my tent fly, a camelback an army shovel, and very little other things. We then got the meals we were going to carry, 1 package of poptarts for breakfast, and 1 MRE per meal. We then gathered and started the week. We hiked about a half mile in the dark up a hill and got to camp. I slept very poorly, lets leave it at that. We then woke up and ate a pack of poptarts. Here's the basics of the week:

Canoeing 3 miles

kayaking half a mile

blacksmithed a horseshoe into a bracelet

threw tomahak

shot my hat with a black powder gun

backpacked a total of 5 miles throughout the week

slept a different place each night, only one night with the rest of camp

went in a sweat lodge (VERY CLEAN FEELING!!!!)

went on a sailboat and slept on it

ate horrible tasting MRE's all week

climbed on a climbing tower and repelled 50 feet down

did a huge C.O.P.E course (I'll explain it when you come)

That's about it. . . . . . . WAIT!!! Friday night was the best ( and when I say 'best', I mean HORRIBLE!!!) night ever. We were all tired and ready to go back home and then went to bed at 11:30, we were then woken up by our scout master and were put in the canopy because there was a severe storm siren while we were sleeping. This was at 1:00. We then stayed under this for an hour and a half while the rain soaked all my possesions I brought because I set up the tent I brought, and my fly came off. 

All in all, it was a very, very productive week.

And now I'm sick. I really am.

The End

I Finally Have it!!!

Months ago I decided. . Oh I want to learn how to play "Fer Elise" on the piano. So I got the whole first simple part down and didn't learn the rest of it. I just didn't really want to learn the rest until summer started. I, just one day, decided to learn the rest of the song before summer ended or else if I didn't learn the rest if the song. . . I'd drive my self CRAZY!!!! just doing that first part of the song. So. . . I taught myself the rest of the song. I now if it ALMOST FULLY memorized!!! I think it's just crazy I taught myself the song. . . with some help with one of my used-to-be piano teachers and mom. I'm so happy i finally have the whole song down now. . . . Now I just need another song. . . . maybe even harder???? lol 

LOVE YOU ALL!!!!

On a good note

Well the good news is that our gardening is done, and we are almost done putting all the last min. touches with the pool. It turned out really pretty and the pavillion is beautiful!

What an accident prone week!

Well, what can I say, my kids take after me! We were finishing up our garden in the back last Saturday, and Toriann dropped 50 lbs of rock on my "good" food. Split the tip of my toe, bless her heart, she felt soooo bad. Needless to say, Logan had to administer first aid because Kevin left for Michigan for the week. We called Bob Pearson in our ward, who is a Pediatrist and he came over. I then went to see him the next Monday to check on my toe and my other foot that had surgery on. I had staff in the incision, so I'm on antibiotics again.

Yesterday we were swimming and Morgan came out of the pool and hit a metal pole and sliced her toe open in between her pinky and her 4th toe. Needless to say, Kevin said she needed stitches, so I called Bob again, and we went into his office. Sure enough, 5 shots and 4 stitches later, she has a very cool purple bandage.

Logan today was at wrestling camp, and a head found his mouth, and he may lose his front tooth, we are going to visit a dentist hopefully tomorrow. He had fun until that happened. Logan is the least accident prone person, so this really surprised me.

Tomorrow, Rylan is having his nose Cauterized again so they have to put him to sleep, that will be no big deal, just something added on top of everything else.

The bruised toe is mine, the purple foot is Morgan's and Mr. Fang is Logan