What happens when a bear, a sock, Alex and a camera collide?

Disaster.

Our camera is now at the repair shop due to a bear wrapped in a sock torpedo. It misfired and hit the camera instead of Jacob. It still took pictures, but the display screen on the back was toast. This has really been a huge bummer for both Carl and I. We love our new camera, and miss being able to capture all the craziness that is our life. Like today, pouring rain, and it is the middle of the All Star game for Jakes league. That would have been a good shot! Jake was drenched, (so were we!) and they finally called the game after everyone had gotten a turn at bat. So, the game really only lasted about 40 minutes. They couldn't even hand out certificates because they were afraid all the ink would run! Good times!

So, for the next 2+ weeks we will be an all text blog...again...boring!

A Bellanger Public Service Announcement

DO NOT BUY THESE FOR YOUR CHILDREN!!!!!

Ok, so you can, but we highly recommend that you don't! Looking on the package label after we had bought these, we discovered that one bar equals to 60% of your daily saturated fat!!! And that is for adults folks, imagine what the number is for my 5 year old. Well, let me tell you, we will not be getting these again. I mean seriously, a half cup of Breyer's homemade vanilla is only 23%! Where is this extra saturated fat coming from?? The candy shell? Seems kinda freaky to me.

WE SURVIVED!!!

Cub Scout day camp is officially over and we have survived! *whew* Didn't know if that was going to happen or not. The whole experience was fantastic for Jacob. And, as much as I complained, I had a pretty awesome time myself. The activities were usually always fun, and the boys learned a lot. Although, I could have done without the drama/trauma of BB's, I am glad that we went. Here are some more photos from our time at camp.

Woohoo!!

Can I just say that the staff at this camp was awesome?! They were so good working with Jacob, especially the shooting range guy. Here he is telling him that he needs to keep his eyes open when he shoots. Yes, he was closing both his eyes and shooting...only my boy! Unfortunately only so much can be done, and Jacob walked away from camp today having never hit any of his targets. He was very upset, but I told them there was always next year.

The fire dept. came by on Wednesday to spray down the boys, but since it didn't get above 65 all day, they decided to just show them the trucks instead.

Jacob really enjoyed the archery. He was pretty good at it as well, and I am sure that with some practice, he will be able to earn a badge for this soon.

Happy Anniversary

Carl and I have been married 8 years today. Hooray!!!!!

Cub Scout Day Camp

For the past 2 days, I have been with Jacob and 11 other boys from our den at day camp. Well, really there are more like 200+ boys at camp, but I am only responsible for 12! *whew* We have all had a great time so far. Jacob has been able to learn archery and how to shoot a BB gun. He has also participated in a space derby, played 4 corner volleyball and shot off bottle rockets to name a few things. And there are 2 more days left!! Tomorrow the fire dept. will be out to hose the boys off. Here are some photos from today:

CSI here stands for Cub Scout Investigations

Jacob with his space derby rocket, "The Praying Mantis"

Jacob at the shooting range. Poor guy did so well yesterday, but didn't hit the target at all today.

This is the hawk that has been stalking the campers. He must be trying to figure out a way to get one of those campers off the ground to take a nibble! Monday he settled for a squirrel instead.

Fathers Day

For Fathers day. Carl got breakfast in bed, but at 6:50 am so we could get to church on time. He also received a half finished tool box. ha ha No really, it was a good day. The boys decorated kitchen tiles for Carl so that he could display them on his shelf. He also got a wonderful (after it got it's last hole drilled) homemade toolbox from Jacob and a picture of him that he can hang from his key chain. We spent the evening with his parents having some BBQ ribs and turkey. Yum!

Strawberry Festival

Every year, the city of Bellville hosts a strawberry festival. I have never been able to go down to it before, but this was the year! We went down with Mandy, her kids and Laurens friend. Poor Carl once again had to work, so he will not be in this feature. :) Here are some highlights of our day!

These are from the parade. We didn't go to the rest of the stuff this year..too broke!

This is so me when I grow up!!

Instead of getting candy, Trey got a nice packet of silica gel. Yum!

Now that is some logical math!