Amber's Campaign Video.

Amber's Campaign Video!

Okay so here's my video for my campaign for the Class and School President. Unfortunately the Elections were on Friday and I didn't win. A girl from my old soccer team won which was good. The two twin boys are my friends from school, and then the three girls are some of my best friend. The video was to prove to my school that I can be funny and would make the Sacajawea Channel enjoyable and not BLAH like this year. So I hope that you enjoy this movie and sorry ahead of time about the clicks that happen to make the noise hard! :)

-AMBER

Grandma Betty Boop

Lucky us! We've had Grandma Hughes staying with us for the past 2 months. I feel especially fortunate since I never thought she'd be able to come visit again after her fall a few years ago.

She has been a delight, and except for being miserable for a few days because all the spring trees sent her into a major allergy attack, I think she's enjoyed herself.

Here are a few highlights so far from her stay with us -

Kristin and Trevor's piano recital

The Pinewood Derby


John's Birthday


Allison competing in Jr. Miss


Coloring Easter Eggs with the gang



Talmage, Ashley and Brandon coming to visit - Talmage is her first Great-Great Grandchild



Prom preparations - this was after Allison's friend took her stuff home!


In the end - the mess was worth it.




And of course, the 5 generation picture.



Also included in our activities have been lunches with friends and of course, we've both enjoyed "Dancing with the Stars". Can you believe Ty is still around? Go Cowboy!!!

You can see, we've tried our best to wear her out, but she is made of tough stuff, and keeps up with our every move! Well - mostly. :-)

Things often come full circle, and its been a joy to have Grandma here and for me to help take care of her, as she once took care of me, although she's pretty self-sufficient and just needs a helping hand occasionally. She'll leave us in a few weeks, but who knows, maybe she'll make her way up north again in the future.

Just what did I sign up for???

So, Cub Scouts is a whole new ball game for a mother of 5 girls, and former Young Women's leader. I was expecting new experiences like boy humor - there's a limit to how funny that is; the pinewood derby; cub scout day camp; cub scout energy, (there is no energy shortage in my den); a lovely addition to my wardrobe (khaki is one of my favorite colors, luckily)!

You know, things like that. But no one ever said I'd have to be brave around scorpions!!!

Here's the story-

Our field trip in April was to a fossil dig not too far out of town. The boys were excited, the weather was very cooperative, and we were having great success finding leaf fossils, when suddenly there was a cry - "Here's a scorpion!" Said crier was not talking about a scorpion fossil. There, crawling along the dirt was a real life scorpion. Tiny but with his stinging little backside up in the air. I bravely took my shovel, moved him across the road and we continued. As the boys chipped away at the hillside, two more "friends" were unearthed and thanks to a sharp-eyed bear cub scout, I didn't grab one of them as I was reaching for a rock. Well, in the end, no one was stung - good thing since I didn't brush up on my scorpion first aid before I came. FYI - you treat a scorpion bite much like a spider bite, unless the symptoms are more serious, then go right to snake bite first aid. One of my cubbies was a little traumatized, but he has come to den meetings since, so I think he must have overcome his fear.


So...who knew my horizons would be broadened in such a way because of this calling? We are always growing aren't we?