Field Trip Number 4

  Tanner was in charge of our field trip this week.  We went to a Jr. Fishing Clinic at the Nature Center in the morning.  We learned about fishing rods, bait, hooks, etc....  The boys each got a bag of floaters, weights, lures - fishing stuff - which they were excited about.  Then we went to the movies.  Corey and Kannon had to close their eyes as we went into the movies so they wouldn't know what we were going to see until it came on.  We saw Madagacar3 - it was fun - of course the first one was better.  Tanner had fun planning our day.

Busy Week

  The boys have had a busy but fun week.  Corey left early Monday morning for a 50 mile-5 day canoe trip with the scouts.  Corey had never been canoeing before but he ended up having a good trip.  The first day Corey's canoe tipped over but other then that his partner said he did a great job manning the front of the canoe.  He was glad to get home though and take a good long hot shower with lots of good smelling body wash :)

  Kannon went to Cub Scout Day Camp Monday thru Friday from 8:30 - 4:00 each day.  I went as Den Mom on Monday and Friday.  They did archery, BB shooting, slingshots, woodworking, fishing, leather work, sports, and had speakers come in and talk about different things.  He earned many belt loops and badges for all of the activities.

Yes, that is me with a Albino Reticulated Python wrapped around my neck - Corey was very impressed - I was a little scared during the whole thing - this was during one of the wildlife speaker presentations - Creepy!!

 Sunday thru Wednesday,  Kannon and Tanner went to Vacation Bible School with Barry's mom each evening.  They did crafts and learned songs and seemed to enjoy themselves.

 Tanner has been working in his garden a lot.  He is beginning to harvest some of his crops.  He has gotten cucumbers, green beans, and peppers so far.  We put up green beans and corn (from Barry's dad's garden) for Family Night.  Also, Tanner's All-Star Baseball team played in a weekend tournament and won.  Their first tournament win!  Tanner did a great job at 3rd and 1st base.



Happy Birthday Corey

  Corey turns 15 on Wednesday.  He is going to be on a Scout canoe trip so we celebrated a little early.  We went out to eat at Fat City, which is a fun sports burger place.  Then we came home and had an ASU cookie cake and opened presents.  Later in the month, we will have a family party for him and Dustin.

Viedo games, ASU stuff and of course good smelling body wash and body spray for presents.  All of his favorite things!



Corey has been looking forward to turning 15 - that means one more year until he can drive.  Yikes!  He has been studying the Driver's Manual.  Practicing Driving is on our list of things to do this summer.



Happy 15th Birthday Corey!! 

Field Trip Number 3

  This week I was in charge of our Field Trip.  We surprised the boys with a camping trip.  Barry's parents have had their camper out in their shed for 10 years or more and haven't used it so we decided to clean it up and give it a try. 

  Tanner was our fire maker.

We made foil pack dinners before we left home and had those for dinner that night. 

They boys fished, we played board games, ate s'mores and just enjoyed a night out in the woods.



Kannon peeking out from his bunk in the morning.



The camper worked great and so hopefully we will use it again soon.

Win the Summer

   Our motto this summer is "Win the Summer" which means we all want to learn new things, get better at things we are all ready doing, go new places, basically we want by the end of the summer to be able to look back and see all that we have accomplished.

During Family Home Evening the other night, Barry taught all the boys how to tie a tie.



They all did a pretty good job.

Corey and Tanner took the Hunter's Education class at the Nature Center last weekend.  It was 10 hours over two days with a test at the end that you had to pass to get your Hunter's Ed. card.  They both made A's on the test and received their cards. 



Tanner has put in a garden this year.  He did lots of research on the Internet about what to plant and how best to care for it.  He planted beans, peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, sweet potatoes, and corn.



Green Beans

 His corn patch

Tanner and Kannon went to ASU baseball this past week.  I think their favorite part was riding with Dustin to camp and hanging out in the clubhouse until camp started.  Dustin was one of the player-coaches.

Tanner (with white shirt on) in line to do a drill

Kannon fielding a ball

Tanner and his "Coach" - Claude Johnson the 3rd base man.

Kannon and his "Coach" - John Koch the "Closer"

 They had a lot of fun and each day came home with something to share that they had learned.

Kannon's Cub Scouts are having "Belt Loop Fridays".  Each Friday they are going to work on a different skill or activity to earn a belt loop in scouts.  This Friday was hiking and compass skills. 

A few of the scouts plus a couple of friends.



  We are all keeping busy this summer.  It is wonderful to have this time off from school to learn new things and to go new places.  Happy Summer!

Field Trip Number 2

  Nana surprised the boys this week with a fun "field trip" to Branson to visit Silver Dollar City.

Looking at the map to decide where to go

I am not sure what these two are doing but it looks like they are having fun.

Lunch - Foot Long Corn Dogs and Funnel Cakes



On the Log Ride



On this ride you rode on a boat and had to shoot at targets throughout the ride

Kannon and Tanner waiting in line to walk through the "Dryer" - it turned out to be a chilly day so being wet made it even cooler. 





What a fun day!  Thanks Nana for a great Field Trip!