Early June

Loving low key summer days and sleeping in until 7. 

The irises my friend gave us last summer that MyGirl planted are up and blooming and gorgeous!

 MyMike and MyGirl planted two apple trees last Saturday. Hope they grow tall and strong and give us plenty of apples in the next few years. And we're loving all the green grasses in the field behind us. So beautiful summer is. We've had good thunderstorms which I hope will prevent things from getting too dry and hopefully the arsonist will know these aren't good conditions to light a fire that destroys our neighborhoods again.

 LittleBuddy is off at National Youth Leadership Training camp for the Boy Scouts. He doesn't think he's a leader but he naturally is. He knows how to get things done and he is someone that his friends look up to. He is a hard worker and Yeah, I'm pretty proud of this boy.

 He's going with his best friend, who lives up the street. I'm sure they'll have fun just being together.

His backpack, however, was heavier than the one he took to Philmont. . . poor guy. They have to carry their tents and pads and those are heavy. He is getting taller and stronger though. At his recent physical he was up over six feet tall, almost 6'1". Will he catch up to his brother at 6'2"?? We'll see.

We miss having him around. He comes home on Sat. and leaves again on Monday morning for Stake YM Camp, so yeah, he's going to be camped out. Good thing he loves it though. I'm hoping he gets to catch a fish at one of these camps. Anything but bluegill. He and his brother caught 30 of those last Saturday afternoon. However, the fishing merit badge requires two Different kinds of fish, so let there be one trout who bites his line! And bring him safely back home to me!