Ward campout and Total Eclipse

 We went up to the Stake Scout Camp for a Ward Campout. We got our very own cabin. It was beautiful up in the mountain and the kids had a lot of fun hanging out with their friends in the ward. We arrived early, so we explored the area and found some fun monkey bars to play on.

 our cabin for the night. They shut off the generator at night, so it was pitch black in there. The kid's did great though, no screaming. I think they were all worn out from playing.

The lodge

our car got toilet papered in the night. That was definitely a first for us. :D

THe men did most of the cooking and the ladies cleaned up. Here they are making French toast dipped in frosted flakes. It was really really sweet. Not my favorite, but some people love it.

playing on the food cart

THe kids had lots of fun playing ping pong and shooting each other with ping pong ball guns.




The great American Total Eclipse of the Sun:

Ok, so I wasn't really too excited about the eclipse. There was a ton of to do about it in Idaho, because there were places that would be in total darkness. We had about 96%, and it was actually pretty cool. Everything got really quiet and the crickets started chirping. Our friends who saw the total blackout said that they could see the stars.

We spent the afternoon outside running around and watching the eclipse.

We were told or read that you could balance an egg on end during an eclipse.
Maybe you can, but we sure couldn't........;D

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AN elipse selfie. A must!

 back to ward camp pictures for a minute.

 Owen is soo strong.:D

Toothless watching the eclipse!

 James found a helpful knothole in the deck to help him out. He tricked me for a fraction of a second

Owen roaming around in the jungle. Barry planted alfafa in the garden this year to feed to the chickens, it has grown huge, and the bugs love it.
I really hope he never does that again.

 eclipse games