Leaving it to the professionals....

I totally lucked out and got to hang out at Scout Camp with Buddy. He went for two weeks to work as a Junior Staff member, the first 4 days he was cleaning the campsites and getting them ready. Then I showed up to be a medic during the Cub Residential Camp for two days, then we had a week of Boy Scout Camp..... 

 During camp, he made sure to take lots of showers....

 Invented a new delivery system that is maybe not efficient

 but definitely cute. 

He turned a new corner with all this newfound responsibility, and is finally breaking free of his fire starter ways.....

 Just kidding! He told me that they fill those cans with fire starting liquids when no one is around....not sure if I believe him, but......it is Buddy we're talking about here!!!

While he was working, he had time to polish up his food service skills....

and his whittling skills....

Since he was the quartermaster this year (translation, newest kid in the group so most boring job this year), he really got his time for whittling in!!! I, on the other hand, got to polish up on my sharpshooting skills...

(with my personal instructor, nonetheless)

AND

I got to practice my pancake flipping skills....

https://www.facebook.com/johndlandersiii/videos/10218718620814606/

 Hopefully that link works, because I'm pretty amazing and those pancakes were huge!!!!

I'm lucky that I get to have insider info on the whole camp....not because I'm important being the medic, but mostly because the camp director likes me. That insider info brings you this story. The camp director went to go look for a junior staff member to help him one night at camp. He couldn't find any kids, except for Buddy. So he asked Buddy if Buddy could help him with a really "crappy job". Buddy said yes....turns out, the crappy job was really crap!!! Some kid pooped in the shower and someone needed to clean it up!! HA! Thank goodness, for both of their sakes, I think, the shower was one that didn't have a lower enclosure so they just had to spray it out! Seriously gross, but seriously hilarious that the camp director had asked Buddy for help with a crappy job!!!! Our camp director is awesome! We are so lucky to have the best volunteers in the universe....but I may be pretty biased, but seriously, what other group of goofy men will do this....

Just to make you laugh because you told them the camp logo was awfully manly!!!! Yep, that's right, I got me a special edition wild hogicorn mug for my service. Buddy got a knife....because the 15 that he has, just really isn't cutting it! We are already looking forward to next year, and Shane is desperately trying to finagle his way in to join us!!!! 

In other news, in 2 days the Budster and I are headed to Utah, and then for an amazing dream vacation filled with camping, hiking, kayaking and mice! We are super excited!!! So all in all a super fantastic, trying to conquer our laundry mountain, day!

Growing up....

 The boy is headed off for two weeks to work at Boy Scout Camp tomorrow. He's enthused.....

Just kidding, he really is excited to go, if only for me to stop nagging with my prize worthy naggy advice and my 3,397,345 attempts to take a picture of Buddy's new shirt. 

Since Buddy and I both get (thank's dad) to work tomorrow, we decided to celebrate Father's Day today. We looked for hot coals to rake him across...

I guess hot cement will have to do! In other news, Happy Father's Day to this guy...

BEST DAD IN THE UNIVERSE!!!!!I couldn't have asked for anyone better, well, I could've asked, but not sure the dad jokes would have been up to par! So all in all a super fantastic, pre- Happy Father's Day, day!

Summer blasting.....

So we are two days into Summer vacation and we've hit max capacity of neckwear.....

 photo booths....

 and unending cave systems....

 although I think we need a refund, this one actually ended.....

 this is my shocked face......

 Just kidding, that was my normal face when Shane told me I needed to make a normal face for once......that picture is me chanting in my head "just be normal".....I think it worked. 

Today, I wanted to go to the beach......so of course we went shooting....

 Then when we dropped Jordan off with his dad, we of course had to stop by the store that had fancy hats in their windows.....we're not anything, it not suckers for fancy hats!!!

This is Buddy practicing his upside down smile! He's nailing it of course. Tomorrow, the beach....although no one should really hold their breath if Buddy is concerned with the scheduling of activities.....stinking teenagers....no really, he stinks, that's why he needs to get in the ocean! So all in all a super fantastic, summer loving, day!

Winner, winner, chicken dinner.....

Buddy had his 8th grade exit ceremony yesterday.....

He exited in style with his bestie by his side.  There was one part of the ceremony where the kids joined up with another kid in the middle of the room to finish the walk to the seating area. Buddy met Jordan in the middle and you could see the giggling smirks they were trying to hide during the "serious" ceremony. It was awesome!!! Something else that was awesome, Buddy getting a scholarship from a benefactor in the community to help offset the costs for the private school Buddy will be attending for high school! It was a pretty awesome surprise!!!!

 Last night Buddy had an end of year party.....it was such a hit that I had to promise the kids I'd throw a beginning of the school year party in a few months! Ha! Who knew kids love to be dropped off 3 miles away whilst playing a game of hide and seek? Oh wait, we and the 20 kids that we play this game with on a not so regular basis! So all in all a super fantastic, can't believe he's going to high school, day!