Aftermath of Scout Camp

I just downloaded these from the camera......I meant to post them sooner. Here is the aftermath of Scout camp. Joseph and I dashed over to the grocery store... and this is what we came home to. Everyone was asleep on the floor in the living room. Stuart was so tired..... he was OUT!!! we let him sleep for like 2 hours... and then woke him up. He wore himself out.

Learning a New Program

This is interesting.  I'm learning how to use Adobe Contribute to manage the blogs.... we'll have to see how it goes.

School Shirts for Stu

so, I got this one done. I ended up making the Men's 36. oy... he is getting to big to fast.
tell me what you think mom... should I go up a size so they last thru the whole winter? He'll start wearing the long sleeved ones - probably in October

Stuart survived Scout Camp...(not sure about his socks though)

Stuart is back from Camp, and he had a great time. He was.. of course.... the one that was picked on the most, but we talked about that before he left, and he figures he can handle it.... and it prevents them from picking on some of the others. He seems to be wearing it as a badge of honor, to be honest with you.

He finished up 4 of the 5 merit badges he signed up for - and he's going to try and get the last one done before the next court of honor.

I'll get more details out of him as soon as I can.

Scout Camp

Stuart left today for scout camp. We dropped him off at the church around 6:45. I hid around the corner, and waited for them to leave..... since none of the other mothers hung around. He was really excited - I hope he comes back with good stories and a good expeirence.

The Beans are in!

And they are in early. We are going to have a great harvest this year. We have been checking everyday (as we harvest zucchini, crookneck, and cucumbers), and I swear, on Monday - not a single bean.

But today, Stuart and Alaric rode thier bikes over in the AM. (they left at 7:30 this morning). It is about 9 miles. Alaric mowes the lawns, while stuart weeds. They called us and said we needed to harvest. We really didn't believe them, but we do now! Rachael, Elaine, and I spent about 2 hours out in the sun this afternoon, picking beans. I brought them home, and have prepped, blanched, bagged, and frozen them

Today's harvest yeilded 21.5 lb of green beans, and 1.5 lbs of yellow wax beans.

The part that scares us, is that the corn is coming to a head,
which means soon, it will be polinating. We'll be doing beans, corn and pickles - all at the same time.

Tomorrows activity is preparing jars. I suspect we will be picking 2 or 3 times a week. I think we are going to sell some of the produce. At least Patti gets home on Sunday.

Music!

I had forgotten how much I loved playing in an orchestra. Wednesday evening, I received a call from Dr. Frost, who directs the Cache Chamber Orchestra. He asked if I could step in and play on short notice. We had rehearsal Wed and thur night, and the concert was this evening.

I didn't play perfectly, but did decently well. Joseph, Stuart, Rachael, Big Nathan, Elaine, and little Nathan call came.

It was fantastic - and soo much fun.

Father and Son's campout 2009

Here are just a few images of the boys. They backpacked up to the campsite - it was only about 3 1/2 miles. They set up camp, and then had dinner (dehrydrated lazanga).
After that they had a great campfire time - singing silly songs and telling funny stories. They packed out this morning, and were home to me by 10:30.

Um... where's my sandwhich?

This is funny. Joseph made himself lunch..... and lost his sandwich. He never left the kitchen, which is what made it really funny. I finally found it. couldn't resist taking a picture.

Stuart and Grandpa

Stuart and Grandpa were able to spend a bit of time working on the railroad. The track is down, all the switches are wired, and the power works. The electricity was much more complicated than I had originally thought, but now we can start working on the other parts of the layout....

I promise to post soon!!

there has been a lot going on lately! and I have much to catch up on. I promise something is coming soon.

but at least... here is a picture of Stu - a random one that the photographer caught when he was taking family shots on Sat.