what do you do...

for your son's 14th birthday? You send him camping with the teachers. Does that make me a mean mom? I hope not. The scouts are meeting up on the rim tonight for a camp out. Tomorrow there are diffrent scout troops all over near by mountains displaying mirrors. They are supposed to use the mirror and the sun to locate each other. Then they will use a compass to determine where they found the other scouts and how far they are. So that is one reason why I sent Cody. What an experience to witness. Heck I wished I could have gone. Of course I asked a member of the bishopric to take pictures of Cody. I told him it's his birthday and I would love some pictures for his scrap book. I didn't tell him the pictures are really for my blog and for our Family News letter. Sneaky aren't I??.. My kids call me crazy.


Cody was and still is one of the smallest boys. He would wear his clothes out. He is a pretty tough kid though. Cody's is also very sweet, thoughtful and caring young man. I don't have to worry about him in a new group setting. He make friends real fast. You can always count on him too.

I hope he has a great time camping. When he gets home we will take him to dinner. He's not a picky kid at all. He doesn't like cake. So trying to get an answer out of him on what type of cake he wants is like pulling teeth. He would be happy with a case of olives and dill pickles.
How do you put birthday candles on those items?

Craig also went camping tonight. The sad thing is he is camping at another camp site then Cody. Craig had to go as a Stake Young Men's rep for the deacon camping trip. So Craig couldn't be with Cody spending time with him on his birthday. I guess that's life serving in the church.