Scout Camp

The  first week of summer was scout camp. This was Dallin's first year going and Tyler's third. 

Tyler's also going backpacking with the high adventure scouts.

Here are all the boys and leaders from our troop that went. Nathan and Dave each spent 1 night there.

Instead of doing an established Boy Scout Camp, they combined with 2 other troops and just did their own thing near Lake Lopez. They completed so many merit badges, like 7 or 8 each! 

This metal sign they made with their previous scout leader really comes in handy! They hung it from a tree.

The camping hammock was a huge hit. 

The boys all helped with the cooking. Some of them were earning their cooking merit badge.

 Of course Dallin was excited to chop.

Even though they earned a ton of merit badges, they had plenty of free time. They spent most of it whittling, playing Bang and Phase 10, and swinging on the rope swing.

 

Poor Peter came down with a horrible case of poison oak and had to go home early. His family was in Utah, so he spent a day with us and a day with grandma and grandpa.

I'm glad our two wards camped together. We're both small in numbers, and the boys get along really well.

They took their mountain board (which is why Dallin's wearing his helmet). Apparently there were some great hills for it.

 Selfie stick!

Some of the boys took a birdwatching merit badge. 

This is my favorite!

They also had visits from a mountain lion (right through camp, in the middle of the day!) and bears, who stole their hamburger. There were 3 bears one night and 2 bears another night.

I wonder if they had any problems sleeping after that!! 

 Tyler tends to button his hat string into his shirt.

I'd like to thank Aaron Keep for taking all these fabulous pictures at camp! 

He fits right in with the boys. 

  They have an amazing scout master (yellow shirt)! Thank you for taking such great care of our boys!

 You can see them getting dirtier as the week went on.

We were so happy to have them home!