Whitewater Rafting.

Not the best pic . . . It took this pic

with my phone off of Luke's computer.

This picture is not worth a thousand

words, but the expression on Luke's

face when he got out of his 

Scoutmaster's truck was!!  He had a

wonderful time with his troop 

camping and whitewater rafting on the

Kern River in Cali on a beautimous

day!!  I am so, so, so thrilled for him!!

He is my outdoorsman!!  This is just

what my sweet Luke needed!!  I am

thrilled that he had such a wonderful

time!!!!  Now to get my guy into a

shower and the haystack!!!!

Whitewater Rafting.

Luke is going on an exciting whitewater rafting

trip with his Scout troop this weekend.  Today

was a flurry of activity as we packed his

backpack and gathered all of the necessary

items that he will need to have a fun time

on the Kern River in California.

Unfortunately, Luke is comparing this trip

to his birthday river rafting trip where I 

took Zach, Sam, and Luke down the 

Truckee River when it was running after

a season of the most rain in like 100

years.  It was a disaster!  Seriously, we

are lucky to be alive.  The waves 

crashed around us, submerged our

raft multiple times, rocks hit us,

trees scratched our faces . . . We 

were seriously out of control,

unprepared, and totally unsure of 

what to do on the Truckee River.

Hence, my Luke is a wee bit nervous

about this experience with the Scouts

as he is comparing it to our horrendous

near-death experience down the Truckee

on his birthday . . . 

Can't wait until he returns on Saturday

to see how much he loved it!!!!

Happy Camper.

My Luke had a fantabulous time hiking and

camping in the wilderness.  He came home

one tired Scout.  Before I new it, he was

cozied up under the CHRISTmas quilt

right.next.to.his.Dad.

Chuggin' Along.

 Today we traveled to Boulder City to

the Nevada Historical Train Museum

so that Luke could earn his Railroading

merit badge!

 About 60 other scouts met there also.

 . . . of course, our Luke is THE handsomest!

Congrats on a hard days work . . . 

We got to ride the train with Luke.  It was

a pretty crazy day as the temperature

dropped 17* in 30 minutes.  Pretty chilly

temps while we were waiting to ride

the train, but  a really fun day

with our boy!!!