day camp

This week is day camp for Josh and the rest of his troop.  Thanks to Clyde having summer's off, I was able to sign up for 3 days, even though I was only needed for 2. I just filled empty or absentee volunteer slots for the day. Yesterday I was with Den 6 and today was with Den 5.  Good boys. Today was all about wrestling in my den. I showed them how to leg wrestle...a big hit until one kid got kicked in the face. He cried for about 2 minutes and shook it off...literally. All was well. They thumb wrestled, arm wrestled, and we even got a game of slaps in. Then the boys challenged me to arm wrestling. I had the angel on one shoulder and the demon on the other about letting the boys win. Should I let them win? HECK NO!  (So I guess the demon won?) They had to learn that girls were strong too. I so beat all the boys who wanted to arm wrestle. Suck on that cubbies!

Josh earned the arrow for his shirt, a cool award for shooting at least 20 points in archery. He also earned a 48 in the BB shooting. The weather is hot, humid, & sticky this week. I don't know what I was thinking....I mean we live in NC where the weather is 90% humidity. He still has a few days of camp left and I am so grateful for my friend Andrea who volunteered to go all week and transport boys to and from camp. She is totally awesome. I am glad that Josh likes the camp and is having a good week...and that I was strong enough to beat 8 boys in arm wrestling. boo-yah!

mumford and sons

Clyde did it...he got me to a concert. He has been pleading with me for some time to go to a concert with him. Truth be told, I don't like seeing bands like Mastodon and others with the really loud, crowded mosh pits and cigarette smoke. Just not my thang. The last concert I went to was back in 1996 to see Tori Amos at the Asheville Civic Center.  (I take this back we did see the Wiggles in concert at the Biltmore Square Mall when the older girls were small.) When Mumford and Sons came to Raleigh, we had to go. I really enjoyed the show and spending time with my sweet cheeks and some good friends. Thanks honey for the show! I would still like to see Floggin' Molly and the Avett Brothers in concert...hint hint. (of course the ticket price has to be right.)

This was the Mumford and Sons in concert the night before in Asheville @ the Civic Center:

and live in Raleigh:



Before the show we ate a quick dinner with our pals. As we were sitting, eating and chatting, this lady walks in the resturant with ginormous boobs and no bra. Without even thinking, I totally blurted out, "And she's not wearing a bra!" This did get a good giggliy laugh from everyone. I felt like I was 5 years old and just a smidge embarrassed. Don't get me wrong, I am all about letting the girls breathe and flop about at times, but not in public. When did this become acceptable? I can remember a time in Asheville where some of the gals at church didn't wear bras. Come on gals, wear bras in public!

temple day

Today I went with Erin and Libby to the temple. It was such a perfect day. After their baptismal session, I was able to be go to a sealing, which was very special. This was a great temple day!

yum yum's thursday

Clyde and I realized that our children haven't left the house in a few days. This is mainly due to Penny's croup. We all needed to get out and say hello to the outside world. We took the wardling's downtown to eat lunch at one of the Emerald City's finest eateries, Yum Yums. Most of us enjoyed a hot dog, which is an oddity because not all of us like hot dogs. Jacob said he liked them because he couldn't taste the wiener. Penny wasn't thrilled because the wiener was red.

After our bellies were full, we headed downtown to the fountains. They played in the fountains and then we continued on our tour, stopping at a bakery and the Woolworth's museum. This was such a fun day of our summer vacation.

J's baptism

Last Sunday we went to our nephew's baptism. It was such a fun day spent with our family. J is such a fun kid to have around. Our boys love playing with their cousin.

jury duty

Today I had a jury summons. When I got the letter, I laughed because at a pack meeting, my weblos put on a skit about being thrilled to have Jury Duty. We got loads of laughs. Jury Duty wouldn't have been terrible, except that Penny has croup and was up coughing and or throwing up all night long giving me maybe 3 hours of non restful sleep. There were close to 100 of us in the room and they called out 30 @ a time to go to different courtrooms for jury selection. I was in the 3rd group to go and was selected as an alternate juror. I sat in the hot seat, answered a few questions and was promptly dismissed. Then proceeded to wait the rest of the day back in the main juror room. I did manage to finish The Warlock by Michael Scott.  No, not this Michael Scott:

But this Michael Scott, the author the  Alchemist series.


 I even started a knitting project. I haven't knitted anything in awhile. Clyde was able to join me for lunch. It was fun walking downtown for a bit with my sweetheart. Overall I'm happy that I did my duty as a citizen and am looking forward to spending my $12 check!

2010-11 teachers

honor roll breakfast & 8th grade graduation

Oh what a whirlwind of a day! It began with an Honor Roll Breakfast to celebrate Josh getting straight A's! I was able to sweet talk our principal in letting Josh be awarded first so that I could race to Erin's middle school for her 8th grade graduation ceremony.

It is hard to believe that I went to the 8th grade at the same school that is Clyde now an established teacher and our girls attend. Clyde did a good job with his speaking part in the ceremony. Then again he is really good at that.

Pop Pop was able to attend the ceremony as well. Libby got out of watching "The Karate Kid" to come support her sister. Sa-weet!

Erin not only got her 8th grade graduation certificate, but an art award and a language arts award. We are very proud of Erin's achievements.

Libby also got straight A's. However, in order to get her report card, we did have to pay $4 for a 'misplaced' library book. Thank goodness it was $4 and not $40. The older wardlings are officially in summer bum mode. It begins for the other wardlings tomorrow.

Our day has ended with a lightening'd out pool fun, a PTA nomination for secretary (I'll have to share my rant about this later), and Weblos. Whew...and that was just my day. Clyde had to organize report cards, give speeches, pack up his room to move again, and he even made us a celebration lasagna dinner.  Jacob was pooped after the pool. He put himself to bed around 5pm and will hopefully sleep through til morning. Wouldn't it be great to get a peaceful 13 hours of sleep one night?

raspberry picking

Yesterday we visited with Maylee and Jared and baby Z. We wanted to squeeze in a quick visit before baby #2 makes his appearance in a few weeks. Of course we had to pick some raspberries while we were there too. Maylee showed us the best spots!

 Penny worked hard for her berries!

 Then baby Z put on a fist pumping show for us which was way too cute.

 She didn't know how she felt about Uncle Clyde.

 Good times were had. I really enjoyed our visit!

This is the beautiful raspberry jam made from the berries that were given to us from Maylee and Jared. The brown house smelled so good today!

8th grade dance

field day

Fun day was yesterday. It kinda started off well, with Penny being way too competitive...you know throwin elbows...

 fighting over balls

 but ended pleasantly.

 She did her best. Oh and she cut her bangs again yesterday morning. I noticed it when I was helping serve breakfast in her classroom. Thank goodness her teacher had some sharp scissors so I could do my best to even it out. stinker!

 I watched Jacob's field day too. He did great. He was a good sport the whole day.

 Jacob and his good friend S.

I was looking for Josh's class but apparently we were going in circles and I was missing him. He had fun and played outside for 3 hours. They day ended with a viewing of Yogi Bear. Good times!