Last Thursday, Friday and Saturday Zac had the opportunity to go to Camp Helaman. It is a missionary prep for young men ages 16-18. They are divided into districts and each person has a companion, just like in the mission field. We loved hearing all of Zac's fun stories of the adventures he had while he was there. He had a great time with the boys in his district and with his district leader and companion. They gave all the boys who participated at tie and handkerchief and a coin like the one below. It was a great experience for him and I am so thankful to our stake for providing it.
We got to hear all about their arm wrestling matches at camp Helaman. With all the talk of arm wrestling, Steve couldn't help it and he challenged Zac to an arm wrestling match. In order not to embarrass the old man, I won't tell you who won. I'm sure though that he was weakened by the otter pop in his other hand (and possibly the 7 he ate before the match).
On Friday and Saturday, my sister Lauren participated in the Utah Special Olympics. On Sunday we had an Olympic Champion Dinner in her honor. She showed us all the medals she won and also told us all about her adventures at the Olympics.
Zac told us about Camp Helaman.
We managed to get a few games of Speed Rumikub in.
That night I announced to everyone it was time to get up off their boo-tays and get outside and appreciate and enjoy the fantastic weather and scenery we are so blessed with. Everyone complained because they were perfectly content sitting right where they were. I didn't give in though. I kicked them all out of the house. Once we were outside, they got into the spirit of the whole thing and we had a lovely walk. "Our" horses were happy to see us again. They used to be in the pasture right behind our house and would always come over to talk to us when we were outside. A few weeks ago they were moved to the next pasture over and we have missed them.
I pointed out the lone cow stuck in the pasture with the horses (that explains the mooing we hear at night). Steve and Zac paused to check the poor lonely cow out, and I had to take a picture since they not only look exactly alike, but they were also standing exactly alike as well.
Every. Time. I. Go. Walking.
I wanted a cute picture of the girls on the bench. They would not cooperate. I took about 20 pictures of them acting like this, until they finally complied and I got one good picture.
Zac, giving Emily a lift back home.
We were able to watch the sun set on our way home and it was absolutely gorgeous.
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