Camp Texlake

This past weekend we went camping with some friends at Camp Texlake, which is a Girl Scout camp, but in the off-season they have family camp too. We had a nice cabin with everything in there except a kitchen. We also had a nice private camp fire ring that drew in a little visitor--Mr. Fox. Apparently he just sat about 5 feet away from Duane at night and watched the camp fire with him. I think his main mission was to get any s'more remnants he could find. He ended up chewing the heck out of a Capri Sun pouch too.

On Saturday we hiked around and later in the afternoon we did archery for about an hour. It's a nice area, and very secluded from the city. It was unfortunate that the lake was so low as we were not able to do any boating or fishing.

The recent rains had brought in about 5 boat docks from other locations on the lake. One of them alone appeared to be about a $500,000 dock. That was quickly found however because the wealthy woman who owned it had a GPS system on it that tracked it. I have to laugh when a boat ramp costs more than my house!

Anyway, we had a nice time, and it was nice to get out of the city for awhile.

Chapel Time!

Every Wednesday is chapel day at school, and they boys are required to wear white shirts. The tie is optional, but Jack always insists on wearing one, which I think is very cute. He goes about his morning routine, and he buttons the top button and clips it on. After chapel however, that tie is off and the button loosened!

Baby Sister and Indiana Jones

Anyone know what Jack plans on being for Halloween? Duane was able to find a bunch of very good Indiana Jones clothes and accessories, and Jack has been wearing them ever since! He is very excited to have that costume.

While Indie was playing on the computer, Baby Sister, as she is called, was hanging out and had a few seconds to pose.

The Future Tony Hawk?

Jack is a skateboarding maniac now. For weeks we heard about how he wanted to practice the "Ollie." The problem was, he didn't have the correct gear to actually be out there boarding. Lucky for him however, his birthday wishes came true, and he got all the necessary gear.

I am impressed with him as he has been checking books out at the library and studying up on skateboarding tricks and so on. Who knows, he actually may be the next Tony Hawk!

Happy Birthday Jack!

Jack celebrated his 7th birthday on October 8th, and who showed up--that's right Kelso (yes, I know he appears to be Kermit the Frog). Kelso sang happy birthday and gave Jack a ton of kisses. As you can see by his expression, Jack was very amused by it all.

Besides doing little side trips to sing, Kelso's main job at school it to be a role model of how to treat people. He talks about bullying and you name it. As far as I can tell he's quite the hit with the kids, and I am sure the adults too although they may not admit it.