It's already July????

Well, another month flew by and I didn't post! What's with that??

So...here's what happened around our house-

We started the month by looking for places for our stakes Young Men Duty to God Camp to be held. Scott had his heart set on a campsite at Lake Mendocino and kept waiting for them to open the reservations for it. In the meantime, we kept looking at different places in case it didn't come through. Well it didn't come through...They never opened reservations because they are waiting to see if they are going to get stimulus money from the state....Yep...the state of California with no money! Hmmmmm Anyway..with the camp time coming quickly, and no place for it, it was crunch time to find one! We went from Cloverdale to Willits to Fort Bragg and everywhere in between trying to find the perfect spot! We found camping places that I never knew existed, nor do I care to see them again! Plus, winding roads and me don't get a long too well! Anyway, after searching and searching to no avail, Scott decided to go back to where they went 2 years ago, only to find that it was already reserved, so he talked to some camp hosts and took a different spot-Pogie Point @ Lake Pillsbury, that isn't suppose to be reservable! Fortunately, seeing they could fill most of their campsites, which don't usually happen, they chose to let Scott reserve it!

With that accomplished we then spent time working with the Boy Scouts on the Archery Merit badge....Yes, I now can help scouts build an arrow! I am now really good at helping putting on feathers aka "fletchings"! (I think I can now put that on a resume! :)
The next fun activity was going to the temple with Scott! He is a temple worker every Friday. So, we leave our house at 3:30 a.m., so he can be at the temple by 6:00. Of course it doesn't take that long, but if we leave early we won't hit traffic and he gets an hour nap in the car before needing to go in! It was a great day in the temple! When he works, I get to do 2 sessions!

The next ADVENTURE was a youth boating activity at ClearLake! It ended up being more of an adventure than what we had planned, as one of the boats (from our ward) chose to go to the bottom of the lake instead of staying on top! Yes, you read that right! This is not your cheap boat either, as with all the extras on it, it is about $70,000! Let's just say, the owner is really glad that it was in a shallow lake, there were people willing to help drag it out, and it is now back at the factory getting fixed! Made for an exciting day!

The top of the boat as it is being towed.

You can now see the knee board as it is pulled at the dock.

The boat being put on the trailer.

(They had to tie the trailer to the truck with webbing, and put the trailer deep into the water, so the boat could be put on!)

The next week, Scott, Michael and Steven headed down to Pahrump, Nevada to go to FRONTSIGHT Handgun training. They had 5 full days of male bonding and playing with guns...okay...not playing, being educated on self-defense, gun handling, etc. They all came home pretty excited after that adventure!

While they were there, I got to spend a few days with Kim and the grandbabies as she came to our house on her way back to Utah! Then, I drove with her to Utah, as Michael flew back to Utah from Las Vegas. The babies were great on the 13 hour drive! I was so impressed! Although, Sage really wanted to see "Wader" going across Nevada! She would ask every few minutes to see "Wader" and she wanted in it....We started looking for boats on trailers, etc. to appease her! She then wanted to see "fire"! Yep...another unfulfilled wish! She finally asked to see "Cycle Michael's" aka motorcycles! YEA!!! We were able to find those! It was a great trip and I loved spending a few days with them before flying back to Cali.

Who's in there? LOOK CLOSELY!

She emerges!

All the way up!

When I got back to Cali, it was time to help get Scott ready for his Duty to God Camp. I made 4 batches of Rice Krispy treats, 6 batches of brownies and sloppy joe mix for 150 servings! Yep...boys eat a lot! We also shopped for a lot of food that the cooks would prepare for the 3 day camp. Scott went off to camp with most of the food-I drove up later with cake and icecream for the first night, and other perishables that needed to stay cold as long as possible. From all reports, the camp was a success!

And then, we were off to getting ready for Scott's next adventure-Boy Scout Camp, that our troop does on its own and he is the Scoutmaster for! Of course, I'll tell you about that later, as that is where he is now!

Okay....maybe in the month of July...I'll be better at posting on my blog! No promises!