Scout camp 2018- Camp Crooked Creek (KY)

Sunday, 15July, we said goodbye to the boy as he headed off to scout camp for the week.  As this is his third year in scouts, he is one of the older scouts for the week as the older boys (14 years and older) are away at Northern Tier- a high adventure camp in the boundary waters between Canada and the US. 

So Rocket and his buddies as in coming 8th graders are the patrol leaders this time around and one of the older boys (15) is the senior patrol leader.  This year the troop is going to a camp 2.5 hours away in Kentucky.  It is a little scary putting him on the bus, but I know he will have a great time.  We are going down to see him on Friday for Parent's night and then he will be home on Saturday before noon.

 Making sure they have everyone accounted for before leaving.

 the required picture in front of the bus.

 the 4 patrol leaders- all boys going into the 8th grade- friends since kindergarten.

 one of the moms went on the trip and she took this picture of the boy out on lake kayaking.  He worked on Kayaking and Archery for his merit badges.

The second part of the day, he did COPE (it is a challenge/personal growth course). Think high ropes, 10 foot walls to scale, team building, etc.  He had a great time.  He did tell me when he got home that he fell off the wall.  He gave me all the details like blacking out and then finally told me that he only fell 2 feet.  My heart was racing, but his doctor is the scout master on the trip, so I was confident that he was checked out and found to be fine.

one of the closing ceremonies during the week.

the boy

playing GAGA ball with his troop- Rocket is coming into the picture on the left side.  See that blue shirt, apparently that was all he wore from Wednesday on.  OMG the stench was foul when get he got home on Saturday.  Into the wash with all his stuff and he was sent to the shower.  I think he still needs a few showers to recover from camp, but that is the just the boy smell now.

arriving home on Saturday- Mom- no pictures.  stop now.

completely worn out

notice, they are not bunching together.  Rocket was not the dirtiest of the boys by a long shot.

 

He came home, emptied his pack, took a shower and slept for another 3 hours.  He got up for dinner and then went back to sleep for the rest of the night.  Sunday, he took another nap and still went to bed early.  He slept until 10 am today.  He has a swimming party tonight and I think he will be sleeping late tomorrow too. 

 

One of the best things since he got home is how he just jumps and does things without me asking- putting away stuff from dinner, helping with dishes, just doing his chores and his other household tasks.  I like this growing up Rocket. He is becoming such a cool young man.

 

love and hugs,

Deb

catching up from our vacation

So things have been pretty busy around here since we got home.

 

I have been fairly quiet about things that have been in the works and I knew once we got home, things would be moving pretty fast.

 

The weekend of 30Jun2018, we had sis and bubby spending the weekend.  The siblings are in foster care here and the county was looking to move them to us.  in the end only sis moved to us.  I can not show you her face due to privacy issues.  She is settling in.  Rocket is glad to have someone else in the house, although both of them still can't figure out what to do without me making suggestions to them.

 

 

Here they are making pizza for dinner on Friday night.

We went to the soccer game with Rocket's school- though there was no one from the school that I recognized in our section

this is our initial section- but the sun was very hot and shining in our faces, so we moved to empty seats across the field. 

Rocket's buddies came over to sit with us.  I like this picture of all the boys stretched along the seats!!!

Bubbie and sis watching the fireworks.

Rocket and E discussing something.

fireworks over the stadium

Sunday, we made homemade peach ice cream.  we are definitely trying this again.

Rocket and sis in Chewbacca heads while we were out shopping for "entertainment" (AKA games, crafts and puzzles)

this past weekend, we finally got to celebrate cousin Jas' 26th birthday. 

out last Tuesday with friends for Taco Tuesday dinner. 

 

Sis moved in on Tuesday- literally with 2 hours notice that she was coming.  Bubbie wanted to remain with his current foster family due to sports and school and his request was honored.  Now we just have to get the kids together every so often for sibling visits.

Wednesday was 4th of July and we all got up at 5 am to get ready to go set up for the 5K run that is in honor of one of Rocket's school mates.  His friend died between K and 1st grade due to cancer.   Sis just jumped right in and pulled her weight and more.

 

 

I think that is it for today.  Love and hugs,

Deb