Army of "Hyrums"

The other night we were reading about the 2000 stripling warriors. We explained that "stripling" means young, brand-new, inexperienced, teenaged.

Hannah asked, "You mean, around Hyrum's age?". We said yes.

Hyrum lit up and said, "An cloned army of buck-toothed, scrawny, ferret-smelly teenagers shooting pus out of their pimples?!?"

He spent the next ten minutes blissfully imagining the possibilities.

Solar Cooking

I have put together a day camp for our Cub Scouts for the last three years. It’s really fun- I get my camping “fix” for the year and the boys just eat it up. We also get all of the outdoor activities for the year done at once, greatly simplifying the rest of the year for us leaders- bonus!

This summer Hannah checked out an activity book from the library and one project was building a

Goals

Hannah is now a Beehive. She wants me to do Personal Progress with her, and one requirement is to write in a journal. If you think I'm an infrequent blogger...you should see my (lack of) journals. Soo...my "journaling" goal is to post once a week, either here or on the "abilities " blog.

Hope it sticks!

(p.s. if you're confused by all of the odd lingo, just know that 12-18 year old girls in our church are encouraged to complete a series of religious goals to increase faith and knowledge. I will be doing the same things with her!)