Oregon, Deni, scouting, the car, and Twin Lakes

We (Glen, Hannah, Alex, and I) spent a week in Oregon visiting my folks. Had a great time. Even got my dad to play a few games with us. Didn't do much but hang out. It was cloudy for the fireworks on the 4th, so we didn't get to see the fireworks as they just seemed to make the clouds glow. Wish they didn't live so far away.

Since I don't have any fireworks pictures, here's a fun youtube clip of some:

Mom showing Hannah some watercoloring techniques

Denise was able to come for a short visit. We played so many games that 2 weeks later my arms are still hurting from spending so much time leaning against the dining room table. Wish she lived closer.

Alex went to scout camp where he had a great time and did some awesome things. He was chosen one night to be the solo camper...he went off into the woods and spent the night alone. The Seneca run is a race where you do things like shoot a black-powder gun at a target, throw so many tomahawks, run carrying a rock.... Alex came in 1st. He also came in 2nd for the camp in archery. One of the amazing feats he managed to do was shoot at a tomahawk and split the bullet on the edge of the hatchet. (I probably have some of those facts confused, but Alex isn't home to double-check anything)

Glen has been very busy helping with 2 different Eagle Scout projects that have been working at fixing the old movie theatre. The first one was our nephew Thomas's project where ancients fabric wall coverings were take down out of the 2 theatres. The second project was Orin's dealing with painting the walls now that the curtains were down. They did a great job and its look has improved so much.

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Glen painting from the projection booth

Meanwhile Hannah drove up to Rexburg to pick up Eric and Ryan for a visit. They haven't been home since Christmas, so it's been so great to have them here.

One of the projects that has been going on this summer is that Glen took our Camry that had been rear-ended in March and fixed it using the parts from our Camry that died last October, I think it was. Eric and Ryan helped him to finish up.

The guy at the garage said it would cost $2,000 for him to fix it. It cost us $16.00. That's how much the inspection cost needed so we could register it with a salvage title. Glen replaced the muffler, a rod, and the back bumper (using the parts from our other Camry, so they were "free").

We borrowed a friends cabin up at Twin Lakes, California for one night. Hannah couldn't go, so it was just Glen, Eric, Ryan, Alex, and me. The boys went kayaking for a little bit. We played games. Watched The Rockford Files. Bumped into Mont and Elaine who live 2-3 miles from us here but have the cabin next door to the one we borrowed.

It was beautiful, serene, and refreshing. Ahh. And on the way home, we made a quick stop to Fort Churchill. They guys don't think they'd ever been there before.