Ben - A week of wilderness fun.

On Sunday I went to the church at eleven-thirty. We got our stuff in the car and went to Peaceful Valley. Then I messed around until I went to bed.

On Monday morning I had breakfast. Then I went to Eagle-Bound I and learned about orienteering. Then I did orienteering again for Eagle-Bound II. Then I went to the lake with my swimming trunks on and learned the rules of the lake so I could get my canoeing merit badge. Then I did a swimming test to see how good a swimmer I was and passed it entirely. Then I messed around and went to bed.

Then on Tuesday I learned, in Eagle-Bound I, first aid and for Eagle-Bound II I won first place for an orienteering test. Then I did a canoeing lesson and there were these boys in a sailboat who were teasing the canoers, so one of the staff members said all the canoers could splash them. Then I messed around. It hailed really hard, then I went to bed.

To be continued....

Matt - Board Games

Yesterday I did my list and then I played. Next we played some board games for about two hours. Maybe half...maybe an hour and a half. Then next I went to bed.

John-Michael - The "toothless wonder" became even more toothless!

I went to J. W.'s house yesterday and I had a play day yesterday. I didn't get to do water balloons but I still had a fun time. My tooth was loose and I accidentally bumped it on something and it popped out.

I played chess with my mom with coordinates over the phone. I had a pirates of the Caribbean chess board. She had a regular board. We had to end in the middle so we will have to finished the game later.

That was my day.

John-Michael - A day with Mrs. H

I had a fun time yesterday. Mrs. H. watched me while my dad went to work. I watched a few TV shows and then I watched a video tape. After I watched a video tape I went to bed.

With Mrs. H. I had a snack and played at the center Then I played baseball then I played on the swings. The H's have an automatic pitcher in their backyard.

Jennifer/Mom - A point from a friend

A friend of mine recently made the point that eveyone posts but me and asked why? I responded that I post almost everyone else's posts so it seems like I post all the time. I agreed though that I probably needed to post some more.

Of course, as I said back when I was posting more often, I get intimidated by Chris' posts and then my self-consciousness kicks in and....well...."that's all she wrote"....quite literally!

Ok, so back to me posting about me. I got some board games and card games the other day and I have been playing them with "the boys" (including Chris). Racko is a fun one and Rummikub is one of my favorites. Soon I will break out the "Skip-Bo" cards and then next will probably be to teach Ben and Kirsten how to play Rook. I think they would like pinochle also. We'll see.

We also need to get back to doing "Chicken Fat" and the other line dancing songs we have each day. We had a good time when we were doing them every day. It was fun! "Go you chicken fat gooooooooooooo!"

I also read a science fiction book recently but I can't tell you anything about it because I'm not supposed to spoil it for Chris who hasn't read it in a LONG time. I liked it though. Maybe I'll pick up a Tom Clancy book next. There are a few of those around.

Ok, so there is a post from me. The next few posts will be catching up and then we will have the "regularly scheduled" posts for today.

Enjoy!