Happy Campers

I should note that the trip to Arizona landed in between Gimme's week at Girls Camp and Mulligan's week at Boys Camp (not really "Scout camp" since we don't do scouts...).

This is the doll that Ace helped make for the Humanitarian Service Project at Girls Camp.  See how he added the Nike Swoosh? 

Ace champed it up (yet again) and spent the week at both camps.  He walked away a master at sewing, and a master at corn hole.

I was able to sneak up to girls camp one day to go white water rafting.  I also jumped off a cliff.  My friends went first.  Plus, once you shimmy up the rocks to get to the cliff, you can't turn back.  There's no other way to get down except to jump. So many life lessons can be drawn from this.

Like, you get into situations and the choices you've made have led to consequences that have taken your freedom away, and the only way to recover is to take a leap of faith, and repent, and rely on the saving grace of Savior's Atonement to bring you back to shore.

Anyway, there were so many lessons from the rafting trip that I learned.  I walked away more inspired and uplifted than most of the young women I suppose.

While Ace was away at Boys Camp, with Mulligan, we got to dog sit.  We are pretty good at it. We walked the dog.  We pet it.  We loved it. It only made our children's desire to have pet grow.  We may have to borrow puppies more often.

Ace had a great time at Boys Camp too. There was even sewing there too (hammocks!).  He was so great to give up his time to spend a week with Mulligan.  Mulligan loved it and those two came home even closer buddies.

The only misfortune was that Ace was involved in an intense game of Capture the Flag.  He came home with a terrible sprained ankle and twisted knee.  He was in a lot of pain.  The good news is, he got to ride the cart at Wal-Mart, and he got a nice walking boot. #silverlining