Mom & Me Cub Scout Camp Try 2

After a disasterous trip in the fall, our group agreed to try camp in the spring. So from now on we will go on the spring, but this year we ended up going once in fall, and again this weekend. What a difference spring can make! We had 70 deg weather, gorgeous blue sky, and incredible scenery. Scenery we didn't get to see in the rain, like the huge waterfall in the mountains above camp. There were all the usual activities, nature Hike, skit time, BB guns and Archery, learning scout skills, and teambuilding. Everything that went wrong in the fall was great this time. We had a good cabin, with 9 out of 10 boys attending from our den, and a few more from the pack. Great hikes, fun campfire and a funny skit by the leaders (and skits about bodily functions from all the boys), and pretty good meals. The spaghetti dinner was really good, with a great sauce. Lights out at 10pm, and with only 1 nighttime mishap (one boy helped himself to a few too many treats and got sick at night...not Kyler!), and up again for a 6am Polar Bear Hike. We left camp after breakfast, about 9:30am, and were home by about 10:30. It was a fun weekend (I can't believe I'm saying that!), and I look forward to next year with my baby!

Shopping

We had an errand at Home Depot, and the kids were with us. Kyler asked if he had to go in and I said yes. I told him I always used to go with my dad, and that we would do yard work together, and then we'd need something at the hardware store and I'd go. Kyler said, "I guess I'm more the electronic story kind of guy".

2010 Olympics

After 3 tries, we finally were able to get tickets! There were 2 sessions in the fall, and we weren't able to get anything. Yesterday was the 3rd try. It was a pretty rough day... the site kept delaying the opening time, but when they finally opened I was one of the first people on (12pm, instead of 10am). I chose tickets for 3 events and put them in my cart. So you know how when you order something there is often a bar across with a few steps to show you how far you are in the process? There were 4 dots. The first dot was the cart. I had selected everything I wanted and hit Proceed to the second dot. The email we had gotten said that you could hold items for only 45 min in your cart. It was only 12:10 or so now. So the second page was the credit card info, which I filled out. I hit Proceed. The third page had a list of rules to agree to, and a confirmation of your credit card info and the ticket info. I hit Proceed. Then nothing happened. It sat there for about 4 minutes. I was so worried, and all of a sudden it kicked me back out to the first cart page. I had been praying the whole time. But my tickets were still there, so I did it again. It already had my credit card info, so I proceeded again, not sure if I would be getting 2 sets of tickets, or one. This time after about 30 seconds from the 3rd page, same place I was last time, it said that My Session had Timed out and My Cart Was Empty. When I spoke with Kipp he said that his company send the same message when their server is overloaded. No way to know if I had gotten far enough in the process for it to register or not, or if my tickets had gone back to the general pool. I was still logged on their site, but I didn't seem to have any tickets. I continued to pray! By now it was about 12:18. I tried to go look for tickets, but all the events we had wanted were sold out now. I kept checking my email for a confirmation note, but nothing came. I cried a bit. I tried calling their phone number, but it was busy for over an hour, and I gave up (I didn't try continuously, just every few minutes). I sent them an email, but not with much hope. Later in the day, after 3pm, with still no contact at all, I got through their line and left a message, again without much hope. I checked my email throughout the day, and at 6pm, right before I left for Bible study.

At 8:45, when I got home from my bible study there was my confirmation note from Co-Sport! I had gotten all the tickets I wanted, and we are going! God is so good! I don't know anyone else right now who has tickets. The whole family will be going to Short track speed skating and men's ice hockey, and I will also be going to men's figure skating - short program. I am one happy girl!