Cub Scout Day Camp 2011

Wednesday was the beginning of the Cub Scout Day Camp. It was from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and ended today....not that we lasted until today....

While we were in Utah and David got so sick, I teased that I wanted to make out with him because then maybe I would get sick and not have to go to girls camp. I LOVE my calling but I am not a camper, at least not an overnighter. So when David got so sick and we couldn't leave in time to get back for girls camp, I have to admit that was a plus for me. But I woke up Wednesday morning to the big D. David comes into the bathroom and says, "Well, you said you didn't want to go to camp." Which of course, I replied, "Girls camp, not boys camp!!!!!!!" Turned out to be a wonderful blessing because that first day turned out to be a scorcher and I would have been miserable and most importantly, very crabby.

Well, Poppy came to the rescue and took Levi and Brigham to the camp. I can't express how much I love this about my Dad. Today a good friend of mine gave me the compliment of "being the most giving person" that she knew. But she must not know my father all that well because he is honestly the most giving person that I know. When we go over to Mom and Dad's house, he still walks with me out to the van to buckle Hyrum up so I won't have to do it. That is just who he is. He gives when it comes to the little things and the big things.

I was better by Thursday and so that morning I told the boys to get ready for camp. They immediately started to whine that they didn't want to go. I was a little surprised because Levi loved camp so much last year but at the same time I could kind of see it coming in how they came home the evening before with my Dad. They looked drained as their faces were bright red (and it wasn't from a sun burn!).

So they whined and whined and it go worse when I mentioned to them that Hyrum was going to the Wilson's house while we were at camp. My boys adore the Wilson family so that was a double blow! Honestly, I wasn't that much looking forward to the day either knowing how hot it had been for them the day before so I finally gave up fighting with them about it and said, "Ok, if you don't whine all day at camp today, I won't make you go to camp tomorrow." Levi quickly caught on and in a few short minutes, Brigham finally got it.

But the day turned out to be wonderful, weather wise, as a storm was coming in so most of the day was in cloud cover. I kind of wished I hadn't bribed them so soon as they may have been fine with the next day, as Thursday went so well.

Here Levi and his group are learning knots. He got good enough to do it with his eyes closed.

Brigham caught the biggest fish out of his group on this day at 8 1/2 inches long. But I think the record went to a boy the day before who caught a catfish at 20 something inches long! It caused such a commotion that a neighboring group who were practicing an emergency drill were ignored quickly.