Girls Camp +Camping

Hello. I just returned girls camp. I was called to be a YL mom(they call them staff girls where I'm from) It was a lot of fun. We went to Ft. Parker in Mexia, TX. We had cabins. With frigid AC units. It was great, until you ventured outside and melted from the heat. Or until you get drenched with water from your sweet little young women and have to try to eat your hot dog in the freezing dining hall shivering like a chihuahua. There was also a awesome old creepy cemetery we walked through everyday to get to the lake. The girls had their snipe hunt IN the cemetery. I was too scared/superstitious to join them. They looked so hilarious with toothpaste smeared all over their faces. Camp was a lot of fun, had many great experiences and got to know the girls in my ward better. These are my cute YW in my ward.

I also started No-Pooing my hair while at camp. Perfect timing since I could care less if my hair looked gross or crazy. Turns out its going pretty well and doesn't look or smell gross at all! here's a link to what thats all about if you are concerned/interested http://livinginanotherlanguage.com/blog/2013/05/22/i-still-dont-use-shampoo/.
The kids were super jealous I was going "camping"so I had the brilliant idea of having them come up Thursday night and pick me up from camp, then we could go camping as a family at the primitive camp spots. So they did. NEVER go camping in Texas in the summer unless you want to be drenched in sweat, mixed with sunscreen, topped with insect repellent. The bugs/crickets/frogs/demon spiders were sooo loud it was hard to fall asleep. And just before I was almost asleep Truman started saying, "I need to poo..I need to pee" (we just had taken him and so we thought he was just saying this because he does sometimes) Me in my sleep deprived exhausted sweaty state mumbled, "Just go to sleep you can poo in the morning" he then started whining and we hear SQUIPPLOOSHH runny poo everywhere!!! So disgusting. Stu and I jump up he carries him out of the tent as I try to wipe up poo drizzles. I felt really bad told Tru we were sorry and should've taken him. We wiped him down good with water and baby wipes and went to bed. The next morning we look at the spot we were cleaning him up at and there was a monsterous spider web and creepy huge spider not two inches from where we were standing. Yikes. Then we cleaned up camp and swam in the lake. The dirty muggy stinky lake. But it was fun. The End.

School's Out!

My little schoolies are out for the summer. Even though it's been a few weeks since they have been out, I thought I would post some cute pic's and tell a little bit about their class and school year..Eleanor graduated Pre-K this year. She was in Ms. Mayfields class and she loved it. Here she is all dressed up in her graduation gear.

 Her teacher always said that she is so quiet and shy in class..which if any of you know her, you know that is not the case at home. I'm pretty sure she just holds it all in during the day just to come home and release the kraken, to drive me crazy-on purpose. I love her still. She learned a lot this year. She is already sounding out words, and she can write quite a few. She is also boy crazy. Already. Heaven help me. Her favorite thing about school was when her teacher would dress up.

She was once Penny the Pumpkin, Tessa the Turkey, Bailey the Bunny, Cat in the Hat, Christmas Elf, and maybe a few more I missed. Her teacher was awesome, and spoiled her kids rotten. My favorite thing about her pre-k was it was all day. Sweet freedom.

Little Beanie completed 2nd grade with flying colors. She was on the A honor roll all year, and had perfect attendance. She is quite a popular little thing. She made a lot of good friends this year. Her teacher Mrs. Burke was awesome. She bought one of Molly's puppies from us, and she dressed up like Rihanna and did a sweet dance for the talent show. She also was a great teacher and Ava just adored her. Ava's favorite part about school this year was they had attenDANCE's once a month for the kids who didn't miss any school. They got to go to the cafeteria and have a dance party. Ava LOVES to dance. She was also in the newspaper club and did morning announcements over the intercom quite a few times. Love my little cuties and it's been a fun summer so far with them home!!

Future Pilots Wife

Yes! My super, awesome, smart, and might I add SEXY husband got accepted into Warrant Officer Candidate School. That means he will be a student in training to be a helicopter pilot for the Army. He worked VERY hard putting his packet together and endured many anxious and annoying moments dealing with the "process" but it all paid off in the end. I'm so proud of him and all he does for our family, and so happy he is finally able to work toward his dream of becoming a pilot. The school is at Ft.Rucker in Alabama, so we are starting to get ready to move. He starts school Sept.4th. So let the organizing/packing/cleaning begin!! We are all very excited to start a new adventure.
Stuart, I knew you could do it! So proud of you and I love you so much. I know you will be awesome at this and I KNOW that because of all your hard work and determination you will be able to eventually/finally grow a mustache pilot style. XOXOXOXO