Noth'in will keep you runnin' like summer!

Summer is over and I am not entirely sure where it went. As a family, I am pretty sure that we spent more time apart than any other summer I can recall. I wonder if we had a "Good, Better or Best" summer. I am sure that our activites were not only good but that they at least made the "Better" category. How many were the Best, I am not so sure.

In June I attended Timberline youth leadership training with Chander and Jed. Timberline was a week long event that was held at Thunderidge Boy Scout Camp up Parowan Canyon. Jed was the Senior Patrol Leader and Chander was a participant. I must say that it was in the Best category.

I also took the time to go to Girls Camp for three days. Liesl was there and I chaparoned. In the past I have taken a lot of time to spend camping with the boyscouts, wether my kids were on the camp or not. Girls camp was quite a bit different than boyscouts. We had a good time. I became the jester of the camp. We had a nice little prank ring going. The girls, led by Kia, toilet papered my tent, so I duct taped their thent closed. They, in turn, simply stole my tent altogether. I found it and made them do a dance for leaving it out of place. (If someone left there gear out, we made them sing a little song to get it back.) It was all in good taste and in good fun. The camp ended on a spiritual high with President Hal Anderson giving a fireside on the restoration, and of the prophet Joseph Smith. I was able to provide support and it was good to spend the time with Liesl.

We also ran the "Ragnar" which is a 180 mile race that is completed in about 28 hours. Our team was "Ford - the Best never rest" for Marta's uncle who has cancer. We enjoyed the race, even if it was hard. I ran three legs of it which totalled about 17 miles. It was fun to watch Marta and Chander run. Both were determied to make up time and pass people on the hill, which they did, and did well. When it was over, our time was 29:43:09.5. We already signed up for next year. COOL :)

Then of course was our regular scout camp at Camp Frontier. It is located high in the Uintah's. We took 6 boys and 5 leaders. That is a pretty good ratio if you ask me. We won the most improved award for the John Coulter run. John Coulter was a mountain man who was captured by indians. They gave him a head start and then began to hunt him down for fun. In this race the scouts raced against the clock. The race included canoing, swimming, running, archery, hatchet throwing, shooting and more running. Our Troops Court of Honor is August 26, 2008.

Our family has spent a lot of time together but, not in the traditional ways. We have taken kids to Basketball camp, sent them on outings with grandparents, spent a little time (veyr little time) at the lake and tried to keep up on morning exercise.

We will keep on having fun and trying to keep up with our kids.