Jacob survived Scout Camp, or rather I survived Jacob being gone to scout camp! It was hard sending him off for a week. Our family was a little lost without him. Daniel and Sarah weren't really sure how or what to play because their fearless leader wasn't there to tell them what they were doing. We have all enjoyed having him home again. Me and the kids headed south to visit some family and enjoyed seeing everyone again. Jerry's garden is as magnificent as ever. Daniel and Sarah picked some peas and sat on the front porch eating their harvest. I remember doing that at Bert and Ada's house. The peas just taste so good! Janet and Sarah created wonderful watercolor paintings together and we just relaxed for a while before heading over to Nick and Andrea's house for some cousin time. Sarah got to stay the night, much to Daniel's dismay so he and I went to a very late movie and enjoyed a fun date night together. I am sure the movie was cute, but I had more fun watching Daniel watch the movie. He enjoys life so much!
Jacob lost his sunscreen for the first two days and to say he is sunburned is an understatement. He is seriously fried. They spend a great deal of time in the water this past week and I hear it was freezing. There is just nothing like those boy scout camp swimming merit badges!
I think he is leading a flag ceremony here. He said he didn't sleep much but had fun. Alan went up in the middle of the week to chaperon and said they went out in a canoe one day. There was a floating dock out a ways in the lake and they decided to paddle out that far and hang out for a little bit. When the arrived at the dock and got out, Jacob tied the canoe to the dock only to see it start floating away. Apparently, the rope wasn't tied to the canoe! Alan said, "go get it Jacob!" So after a brief but intense back and forth about getting in, Jacob jumped in the freezing water and took off after the canoe. He was able to recover it but was not thrilled about having to do it. They were up at Bear Lake, which is a pretty hot vacation spot up here. I am excited to check it out for myself in the near future.
4th of July has come and gone now and we can't believe 1/2 the year is over now. It is amazing how fast the days go by. We celebrated quietly at home and really enjoyed taking the day in. It started with a parade in Clearfield and the kids came home with quite a load of candy. It was like Halloween again! We had a great spot at the end of the route and it wasn't too hot either.
I find it ironic we allow the kids to run out into the street during a parade to gather up candy that is being thrown on the ground. We spend most of their childhood teaching them to not run into the street and don't eat candy off the ground!
I am not sure how many dum dum pops Daniel ate, but I am pretty sure this wasn't his first.
The kids all remembered to bring their own bags for candy. I thought that was hilarious. They have learned to come prepared to events in Utah. Candy will be given out in massive quantities!
After the parade we went to purchase the obligatory giant package of fireworks. They are sold everywhere here from the 4th of July till the 24th of July (Pioneer Day). It is a pyromaniacs paradise. The kids had their pops to throw everywhere until it was dark enough to light off the real thing. We had a lovely BBQ on the back patio and the radio even had a tribute to 80's music. It was darn near perfect!
Our neighbors travel to Wyoming quite often so there is no need to seek out a fireworks show. We get one in our front yard. All of the little boys on our street had their fuse starters and were ready to set fire to things. I didn't even freak out. I think that is called growth!
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