More Swimming

 We went swimming with our Killingsworth cousins at a Norcross neighbors house.  Again you can see how much they love a diving board!  It was fun to catch up with Joy, Katie and Sally and hear about swim team, horseback riding, and the Robin Hood play they have been up to this summer!

 Nothing like your brother dropping you into the pool!

 All 6 together-2017

back in 2009-they have changed a lot!

 Races in the pool

 Lunch break! 

 You think this is a beach towel but Scott can make a hat out of anything!  Thank you Clarke's for sharing your pool with us!

Pool with friends

 After some planning and many texts to find a date that would work for everyone, we were able to spend a morning at the pool with our friends the Maurers and Finches.  We have gone to church with the Maurers for a long time and met the Finches when Scott, Christian, and Parker were in 3 year old Kindergarten together.  They have all turned 14 this year-very thankful for special long time friends!!!!

Scott, Ryan, and Ashley LOVED the diving board since we don't have one at our n'hood pool.  It was funny to watch all their crazy jumps!

Scott

 Ashley's cannonball

 Ryan

 Samuel

 Christian

 Ashley's star jump

 The 3 14 year olds-Parker, Christian, and Scott-can't believe how grown up y'all have gotten!

Here they are together in 2008-Scott, Christian, and Parker were all 5 and Ryan was 3




 The two Natalies on the board

 Parker

 Christian

 we had lunch

 Samuel and the 2 Natalies

 good natured chicken fighting was very funny to watch!

Scout Camp

 At Camp Old Indian, Wednesday night is family night.  All the families are invited to come up for a visit, have dinner, and go the evening camp fire.

 Ashley was killing time waiting for the boys doing cartwheels

 Here they are

 all the boys at camp get in line every night for the lowering of the flag

 some troop pictures by the totem pole

 below-Scott is in the middle row and Ryan in the front

 looking at their daily schedule in the scout trailer at their troop's campsite

 
 we brought Chick Fil A for dinner

 Ryan's bunk in his adirondack-open shelters with a roof where they stay.  They are inspected daily and Ryan swept every day and was "blamed" for their adirondack getting the award for being the cleanest. 

 We heard lots of good stories about a meat stick eating mole, stabbing spiders with broom handles, and silly camp songs like ending everything with "we threw it out the window."  Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb, Mary had a little lamb and we threw it out the window. 

Ryan was showing us all of his requirements that he had been getting signed off in his scout book

 crazy faces!

 Scott's adirondack-they needed a broom because there were lots of fights with baby powder-

 Ryan snuck away for a  quiet moment to read

 at the campfire

 Scott was called out to his "ordeal" to become a member of the order of the arrow.  This is a special honor for scouts meeting certain requirements and voted on by leaders and fellow scouts in their troop.  The ordeal involves service projects and spending the night outside and time of silence.  His had to be partly indoors because of severe weather but he is a member of the order of the arrow now!

 below are all the called out members for their ordeal that week at camp

 Our two scouts!

 All five of us after the campfire

Returning campers in the church parking lot-unloading and sorting out belongings.  Ryan was tired.  Scott was happy to be in t he car and enjoy air conditioning for the first time in a week.  Ryan said that his trunk was packed so tightly that it might explode when he opened it but it did not!  Scott is showing off his arrow sash-normally it would be worn over his class A khaki shirt.  They had a great time and we are glad they are home!