For the third year in a row, Patrick, Troy and Cliff spent a week at Scout camp. We missed them SO much!
Jake, Coree and I went up to visit them on Friday night for family night (and Jake got to spend the night!). It was great. We got to sample the food they've been eating (which was much better this year now that they hired a retired Navy cook) and attend their closing campfire and award ceremony. The guys were a little miffed because for some reason they didn't present the awards that their group won (the triathalon, campwide games and scoutmaster shoot...Cliff!) Oh well, we know they are winners! Cliff and I (as veterans) were able to participate in the flag retiring (burning) ceremony at the end, which was special.
The real surprise came when Patrick told me he wanted to stay on as a staff member for the next two weeks! Coree and I were not really happy about it because Patrick brings so much fun to our home, but we are being unselfish by wishing him well! I am sure that it will be a great experience for him. It's going to be really hard for me, because that means I won't see him for 3 more weeks, because he comes back the same day I leave for Indiana for a week...that means I will spend a month with no Patrick!:( We bought him some M&M's and his favorite beef jerky at the commissary today so we can send him a care package. Who knows, we might even go see him on Friday for the closing campfire. Knowing him, he'll be the star of the show.
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Looks like you guys had a lot of fun. Wow, this will get you used to having a missionary out.. ha!
I was thinking the same thing! Jake told me I shouldn't have let him go, and I told him it was like when you send out a missionary...you don't want them to leave, but you want them to have that experience. Jake said, "Only it'll be 51 times longer."
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