Monday is the day when all the scout troops arrive - although, this week a large troop of 32 boys and about 20 leaders arrived with their Semi-truck on Saturday (troop 411 - I will mention them later, so this is why I give these details). This was also the weekend that Marie and Jordan, Matt and Lucy came and stayed with us in our little cabin. It was so fun having them there. We started out with a yummy lunch and then decided to take a couple row boats out on the lake. We played some cards into the early evening and then decided to go for a little hike and have a late dinner, since we pigged out on treats and snacks (As it should be when you are camping). So, on the way to our cabin to get ready, Scott and I took Conrad's hands and did the 1,2,3 swing and right away he began to cry. But it was one of those cries that says, "Ouch, that hurt and I don't know how to respond to that." So I picked him up and he usually cuddles and stops crying, but he kept a painful wimper going. Well, as Mom, I could of course tell right away that this pain he felt was not going to go away in a few minutes. We took him into the cabin and he did not want me to put him down. He held his right arm close to his body. I tried moving it around a little to check if it was broken. He didn't scream in pain, it was more of an uncomfortable-pain. We figured something was dislocated. He also could not even grip his binky with that hand, but he could with his other hand. So, we decided I needed to take him to SLC that night and get it checked out. I left right away, bummed to leave the fam and the LeBaron's, but of course I needed to help my poor little son. About 30 minutes away from camp, when I finally got cell phone service, I called Insta Care and told them Conrad may have a dislocated shoulder or elbow. The lady told me, "Oh you have to take him to Primary Children's ER for that." I said "What! Why! Can I please talk to a doctor or nurse!" I was very frustrated that he may have to go to ER, only because I could tell is wasn't that bad. But, after talking to the nurse, she said to come in and check it out. I guess if it was the shoulder, because if his age, they'd have to knock him out to set it in, but if it is an elbow, it is easy to set back in.
So, to cut to the ending, it was a dislocated elbow, and about 3 minutes after the very sweet doctor set it in, Conrad was using his arm as usual and pretty much forgot about what had happened.
(Needless to say, it was a not-so-fun drive down to SLC (1 hr, 30 min). Conrad fell asleep for 1/2 of it, but when he woke up it was a rude awakening for him to be reminded of his arm. Anyway, it all worked out and he is fine. We stayed at our house in SLC that night and got up early the next morning and drove back to camp.)
We had a very FUN day playing in the lake with the Lebaron's, when we got back. Jordan funkified his knee climbing back onto the dock from the lake, which I hope is better now. We played on the water trampoline, and I have to say that Marie wimped out on doing a trick off the trampoline, but it was pretty cold water. ;) Anyway, we are sooo glad they came and would love it if anyone else wants to come hang out with us up there.
Oh also, while I was in SLC with Conrad, I got a msg that my cousin Corey was in town. I called him the next morning on the way back, we chatted for a bit, and later that day he showed up at our camp and hung out with us, after the LeBaron's left. It was so fun to see him for a few hours.
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So to get back to our week with the scouts there. . . On Monday while all the scout troops were checking in, two troops showed up that were suppose to be there last week. This started out my craziness, because it is my job to deal with stuff like this. Basically after lots of confusion we got it all worked out and they turned out to be pretty cool troops.
But the really fun part for me and Scott was hanging out with that huge troop I mentioned earlier, troop 411. I was there camp commissioner, so to basically make sure they were taken care of (I was also working with a few other troops too). I visited them a few times a day to share in their fun and to make sure they had all they needed. Scott and the kids joined me a few times as well. Scott also instructed several of the boys in 411 to get the climbing merit badge. It was fun because they were an incredible example of how a scout troop should really be ran. If you are familiar with the scouting program you will know what I am talking about as I explain their troop. They had about 5 or 6 scout patrols, and 3 leader patrols. Each morning they had their own flag ceremony and patrol report, yell and cheer time. They call it Gilwell, named after the field where the scouts had flag ceremony at the very first scout camp on Brownsea Island, in England. Anyway, they were a great and fun example for all scouts.
On Thursday night they invited us to dinner and asked us to join them in their closing flag ceremony for the evening. During the ceremony they asked our little family to come to the front and gave us troop gifts and invited us to be honorary members of their troop. They explained that they would usually do it Saturday morning, but since we were leaving early, they did the ceremony with us that night. They also explained that each summer camp they attend the boys in the troop choose a couple staff members who exemplify true scouting values and share the same excitement for scouting as their troop. The Scout Master said that by unanimous vote, they chose Scott and I as those people, to be Honorary members. We were truly honored and so surprised. It was a very cool, fun experience.
That is our week - yes a long read, but worth it - thanks for reading.
