Long Weeks

This is Isaak writing on Mom's blog. You've probably heard from my mom that Scout Camp was fun, but hard. We had to sleep in platform tents and go to merit badge classes. Out of the 4 classes I had, I'd say First Aid was the worst, because it doesn't have any flare, besides the "unconscious" dummies. We learned about what to do when someone is unconscious, which lead to CPR, which was at first taught to my Swimming class. Swimming was tough; the water was a bit too cold at 10 A.M. but warmer later. Cooking was fun, but it wasn't meant to be, because we didn't really pass off most of our requirements, but played games like Mafia and Lava Monster instead. (Sooner or later I have this feeling that someone may sue those merit badge counselors!) Environmental Science was my favorite, and that turned out to be the only merit badge I got at camp. That was because, unlike First Aid, there wasn't much spice in it. We got to observe nature and sketch drawings. It was said to be the hardest merit badge earned at camp, but it was the easiest for me! The food at camp was usually great; I tried enchiladas and breakfast cake, but when there's something at camp that I don't even attempt to try, I just have a bowl of cereal or I make the meal a peanut butter jelly time! (Too bad there weren't any dancing bananas, or even regular bananas at all! But there was a skit that included the Peanut Butter Jelly Time song.) I loved the skits there. There were some remade classics and some new ones. I think this camp will never be forgotten.
Kiwanis Camp was different than Scout camp, and the previous Kiwanis Camp years. We went rafting and went to the Mt. Hood Skibowl! It was absolutely fun! But there were drawbacks. I almost got hypothermia during canoeing, because it was about to not just rain, but there was an upcoming thunderstorm! What's worse, when I headed to my tent, a bee landed on my nose, and stung me! The stinger was fat, and it hurt. I needed meat tenderizer on my nose and Benidryl (did I spell it right?) before I go to bed. It doesn't hurt anymore, and my nose probably stopped swelling, but it left a mark, and I think of a different condition, I have a bad cold and skipped Sacrament Meeting today. But the past two weeks have been quite an adventure, pushing me out of my comfort zone in the summer and I got to do greater things. Hopefully the next years will be even better!

August 2, 2009

Isaak made it home safe and sound from his first overnight Scout camp. I think he had some inflexible moments, but nothing major, and he said he had a great time. Today, I take him to Kiwanis Camp, overnight camp for kids with disabilities, for a week. This year, he's old enough to do a "Tent and Travel" camp where they are camping and doing daily excursions like River Rafting and rope courses. I didn't mean to sign up for one camp after another, but that's just the way it happened.

Maggie gets to spend the week up north with family and friends. She's excited. And I'm excited to have a week home alone! Dave's still on Army duty for another week, so it'll just be me and my work. I plan on getting the first draft of my book complete (fingers crossed) although I do have some clients I have to see. But, I'm really going to shoot for it.

I took the kids to La Push last week with my sister and her kids. It was fun! It's her family annual tradition that we plan to keep crashing. The kids love it.

My good camera battery ran out, so here are some cell phone pics. I got a disposable camera after I took these, but I haven't gotten them developed yet. What a pain film camera's are! :) Those are mostly of when we went into Forks and took silly tourist pictures. It was so fun.

Maggie's crazy hair. She's trying to grow it out. At least I'm encouraging her to. :) She looks better without bangs.


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La Push beach. It was overcast and "eery." We kept a watch-out for werewolves.

So, who's seen Harry Potter and who wants to discuss it with me!?!