What I Did This Summer

School has started, and that usually means students have to write an essay on what they did this summer.  Except for me.  My teachers didn't even ask.

But here's what I did this summer:

We all worked at Camp Steiner, a boy scout camp. 
All along I had intended to take a picture of the whole family, wearing our Steiner staff uniforms, standing under this sign.  In the end, we just took a picture of the van under the sign.

We slept in a cabin. 
When it rained really hard for a long time, Rachel's bed got dripped on.

Kaylie shared a room with Bruce and me.

Every morning when I woke up, I saw this view out my window. And every morning for about the first four weeks I'd think it had snowed over night when I saw this.

Here's where we lived all summer.





Michael, Jason, Lindsey and Brandon slept in tents with other staffers.

We went boating . . .

. . . and shooting 

. . . and hiking, where we saw interesting and beautiful things.

leaves were changing color by the beginning of August

When this tree fell, it uprooted this rock . . .

. . . the rock is as tall as Rachel.

Jason does the limbo to get under this tree that had fallen across our trail.

Lookout Rock

Can you see the hidden critter?

We saw chipmunks, squirrels, marmots, mice, deer, moose, ravens—lots of birds—wild hamsters (at least that's what they looked like), rabbits, and some critter that swam the lake to catch a fish and then climbed to the top of a tall pine tree to hide from us.

We made new friends.
Carlos tries out his hammock in the dining hall.

Hallie ties Rachel up. Later they were all swinging
from the rafters—literally—on ropes they'd tied up
themselves using the only knots they knew . . .
slip-knots.

Christian taught the girls better knots to use
when swinging from the rafters.

The Nature Group and Rifle Team helps rope off the rifle range. Alex, Jamie, Michael, Ryan (North—there were four Ryans at camp), Spencer and "Pebbles"

We worked. Bruce teaches the scouts about rifle safety.

Lindsey stocks the Trading Post.

Michael and Carlos practice CPR.

We played.





Sometimes it rained . . .
 . . . hard!

We had milkshakes at Dick's Uinta Drive-In.

 



We saw Santa Claus.

When camp was over, we stopped to see the Provo River Falls on our way home.

Our family had a GREAT summer!