Ducks, and Picnics, and Paddleboats, oh my!

We spent Sunday afternoon at Frank Liske Park. Emily and TJ rode the paddleboats, and amazingly enough, neither one pushed the other in the lake. We had a picnic on a blanket next to the water. Katie, Tyler, and Cole fed the ducks while we ate and waited for Emily and TJ to get done riding. Cole decided he was going to pet a duck, but after much chasing, all he got was tired. Emily, as usual, refused to miss a chance to have her picture taken. Sitting on the dock of the bay, wasting time....Don't rock the boatDuck, Duck, Silly GooseNever miss a photo op

Camp Rock Enon

This week I went with my boy scout troop on a camping trip. We went to Camp Rock Enon. That trip was 7 days long. I took four merit badge classes including frontiering , first aid , swimming and radio communicating. I got all the merit badges. I also got my carving chip. I had fun. We had campfires every night. The staff were nice. I will definitely go next year. The staff had nicknames like Miles,Machine and Pooh Bear.The lake was less than 40 degrees. One last word to Camp Rock Enon is rock on. The hardest part was the eight and a half hour drive.

Far from home

TJ is at camp at Rock Enon in Virginia right now. Travis has been upset for 2 days because we haven't heard from him. But then we got an email from his Scoutmaster telling us all about the trip so far. They have been voted the troop with the most spirit so far this year!! Our troop is known for doing service projects, so summer camp was to be no different. They are already working on a number of them!! To give you an idea of how many people there are, a group of our scouts (boys and men) made over 1,000 pancakes and 100 pounds of bacon for breakfast yesterday!! These are a couple of pictures taken by one of the men.

In case you can't find him, TJ is the second boy from the right on the dock. (In the red, white, and blue blue shorts)

Fun and Sun

This weekend was like most others in the Spicer house. BUSY!!! Saturday morning, it was off to the laundromat. Only 3 1/2 hours, 19 loads, and $55.00 later, it was done. Then it was time for TJ's physical for his camping trip. (Yes, just like everything else, we did it last minute). Then it was home to pack his stuff to drop off at the church at 6:30. He had to be there on Sunday morning at 5:00 to leave. Then we took off to the beach for the day. We had more fun than we have had in a LONG time. The kids had a blast, and so did we!! The only down side is that TJ wasn't with us. But we will take him back there when he gets home. Here are a few highlights.

Our sand monsters

Even Daddy relaxed!!!

Cole fought the waves, but the waves won.

Emily marked her territory.

Happy 4th of July (a day late)

We had a very exciting, and BUSY 4th of July. After stuffing 3,300 candy bags the day before, we left for the parade in Harrisburg at about 5:00 AM. We got in the line up by 7:45, and got it all together. We were done by 11:00, so we took everyone to Ci-Ci's pizza. Yeah, that's right. Want free pizza? Be in the parade next year!! Then it was off to Dane's 1st birthday party. It is hard to believe that he is that big!! But after watching him demolish his cake, we took off to Perri and Dave's house to cook out and watch fireworks. Jackie and Danny and Dane joined us for the fun. There is nothing better than spending a day like that with good friends and family.

What a difference a year makes!

Whether you count it in days, or weeks, or months, Dane is now officially 1 year old. For months, Jackie and Jenny have argued over whether 4 weeks and 1 month are actually the same. It doesn't matter anymore. 1 year is 1 year. In some ways, it doesn't seem like a year has gone by, but it also seems like he has been with us forever. Either way, we couldn't do without him!!