YW camp

So, for the 4th year in a row, Glen went to Young Women's camp, which is held at Buck's Lake near Quincy, California. And I got to stay home. It's a good arrangement. Glen is a bigger help at camp than I could ever be and I get to sleep in my own bed. Works for me, though I wish I could be at camp for some of the things...just not the sleeping part. He had a great time, as always, and came home with lots of goodies. Those goodies include M&Ms, sparkle lip gloss (sparkle which stands for Scriptures-Prayer-Attitude-Respect-Knowledge-Love-Eternity), and his craft project. He kept the M&Ms for himself, but gave me the lip gloss.

Glen's craft project. The year's theme was Look Up. Press On.

Glen went on the 3rd year girls' hike up to Chuck's Rock.

Buck's Lake--a view from the hike

Friday evening, after he came home, we watched a Netflix movie together: "Once I Was a Beehive." It's about a girl who goes to Young Women's camp for the first time and she's not a member of the church. Glen laughed harder than I did as he knew just what they were talking about. I highly recommend the movie, by the way. A bit of a tear-jerker but full of laughs, too.

Alex and I had a nice quiet week while Glen was gone. We played a game of his choosing each day. I won the Scrabble game but lost the 3 "7 Wonders Duel" games that we played. I taught Glen how to play 7 Wonders Duel on Saturday thinking I'd finally win a game...nope, Glen won. Oh, well. It was fun anyway.

not sure what Alex was doing--this showed up on my kindle photos...

In addition to playing games this week, I got some much needed weeding done--a little every morning while it was cool, of course. My back and thighs still feel it, but the yard and garden are looking better.

I caught 2 mice in the traps Glen had set (I'll spare you the picture I took of them)...and then I spent the rest of the week feeding peanut butter to the mice as they just kept licking it off the traps. I apparently didn't do a good job resetting the traps. :(

Besides playing games and trying to trap mice, I read a lot (mystery fiction--"Lord of the Wings" by Donna Andrews and religious non-fiction--"The Infinite Atonement" by Tad R. McCallister, which I highly recommend). I also went to the temple and did my big monthly grocery shopping trip to WinCo.

I also played with blending different colors of nail polish--that was fun

Yep, a good but kind of nondescript week for me. I love summer.

like always--just a bunch of stuff

Another good week that truly whizzed by. I can't believe it's Monday again.

I finished my scrap booking project. Three years all caught up. Not the most beautiful, but the pictures are in and labeled with the dates and names. Good enough.

Tuesday was our special seminary training meeting. The new Doctrinal Mastery program is going to be so great. Anyway, one of the talks that was recommended for us is just a fabulous talk. It's the devotional Sheri Dew gave at BYU-Idaho on May 17, 2016 entitled "Will You Engage in the Wrestle?" Check it out:

http://www.byui.edu/devotionals/sheri-dew

Wednesday was a great day because I got to attend a picnic to celebrate one of my friend's birthdays. The food was delicious and the company the best. Then we went to the museum to work on this month's quilt block, only I worked on the one from January--the barn. Can't wait for next month's--a chicken!

Friday night was a get-together of my "Intervention" group because a friend who had moved away came back for a visit. What a wonderful thing to have friends--they are food for the soul. The physical food was pretty good, too.

Father's Day was fun. Hannah, Alex, and I all had projects in the kitchen. Made for a mess and lots of yummy things. Hannah is becoming quite the handyman. Her gift to Glen for Father's Day was a new shower head (with various settings and a pause switch). She installed it Saturday night when Glen wasn't home, so he had his surprise when he went to take his shower Sunday morning. Good job, Hannah.

Trying to get a good photo was a difficult task yesterday. I love the series I wound up taking. By the way, his gift was the new book "There's a Message in There Somewhere: A Collection of Stories, Thoughts and Essays from the L.D.S. Blogger Known as 'Middleaged Mormon Man'" by Bradley McBride.

And today is the first day of summer. Had to go for a walk first thing, of course. Gorgeous morning.