What a weekend!

Nate finally made it home from a week at "Fantasy Island" Scout camp, which is located on Naval property. He had a great time and earned his Nuclear Science and Space Exploration merit badges. We were able to visit twice and enjoyed our time with him and his troop. Nate was also able to meet scouts from around the island of Guam and from a troop that came to Guam from Japan. Nate says he is looking forward to the next camp where he won't be the lowest ranking scout in the troop again!

Jean is recouping from her ant bites, but had a serious injury on Friday. She was stung by a local bee deemed a "boonie bee" which caused great pain and swelling. So much swelling in fact that Scott and a doctor had to cut all 4 of her wedding rings off before her finger was permanently damaged. Jean is upset about her rings and Scott assured her she could've upgraded at anytime without all of the extra stress!

All is well here on Guam and we are all greatly anticipating going to China in just a few weeks, about a month actually. Please enjoy the photos of Guam and our family. Thanks for all of your prayers and thoughts. We miss you all!

Boy Scout Camp

This week Nate is attending his first Boy Scout Summer Camp. I dropped him off at the scoutmaster's home at 7am Monday morning. I think Nate was a little nervous; he's never camped away from home for more than 2 nights. This year's camp runs from Monday morning through Saturday morning.

Last night was Family Night down at the campsite. Scott, Drew, and I made it down in time to hear Nate shout his Troop's "cheer" (for lack of a better term) all by himself, in front of the other troops. The rest of Troop 20 was busy cooking the hamburgers and hot dogs for dinner that evening. Nate is not one to be quiet so he did just fine on his own. Just as I was trying to capture a few photos Drew and I stepped into a nest of red ants. OUCH!!! I can't believe how those ants can hurt you so much! One of the scout moms had a first aid kit so we doused the bitten areas with AFTER BITE. Those bites just itch so bad. I awoke through the night just scratching like crazy. I have been bitten before, but not this bad. Needless to say, Drew and I will have shoes and socks on when we go down to the campsite Friday night to watch the troops skits and bonfire.

Nate is having a great time at camp. He has been working on his Nuclear Science badge, Space Exploration badge, and his Shooting Sports badge which includes Archery and BB gun shooting. I didn't have much time to ask him how things were going...he was busy with serving food, changing out of his Class A's, and finally eating. He is sooo tired. His scoutmaster said Nate fell asleep in the chair at camp Tuesday night by 8:30pm. He was almost asleep in a chair when we left him last night @ 7:15pm. I wonder how many days it will take him to recover once he gets home to a hot shower and a comfy bed?