Last year Bubba had his first opportunity to attend Scout Camp. In February last year, they were needing to know if he was going in July. I wasn't feeling too confident about it and Bubba really wasn't feeling too sure...so he didn't go. Fast forward to this year, Bubba definitely wanted to go.
On Monday morning he had to be at his den leader's house at 4am. I still wasn't driving, so Luke drove him over. Bubba had woken himself up around 3am, so when Luke woke up at 3:30, he was already showered and ready. I woke up about 15 minutes before they left. We had family prayer together and then Bubba gave me hugs goodbye. I had tears in my eyes. This was going to be the longest he's been away from me....alone. Six long days. Thankfully his den leader sent me a few picture that evening as well as posting videos and photos to the Scout Camp FB pag. Every evening Luke and I would lay in bed and see if there was anything posted, hoping to see Bubba's face. We're so sappy....I don't know how we are going to survive when this one leaves the nest one day.
Sunday evening we had to drop off all of Bubba's gear at his den leader's house, so they could load everything up. I was pretty sure these bags weren't even going to be opened this week. :)
The boat ride over to the camp. I guess the lake was higher than it was last year. Their Scout camp was four hours from home.
Their hike on day three.
At camp Bubba worked on three different merit badges. One of them was Wilderness Survivial, which he said was his favorite. They had to build a shelter that was away from camp and sleep in it. They couldn't have any food nearby because it would attract animals. Bubba said five of them slept in this shelter they made.
They have some free time at camp and Bubba said his favorite thing to do was take the kayak out.
On Saturday we were anxious to have Bubba home. I texted his den leader around 11am and I was surprised to hear they were already on the road and going to be home at 12:30 pm. We were all looking forward to having him home again. The house seemed so quiet without Biff in the house. Even Tubbs was melancholy and worrying about his brother throughout the week.
Welcome home Bubba. We love you and we are so proud of you for going to Scout camp and all that you worked on there.
That Stop Wasn't On My Itinerary....
So the Hogue's made it to Florida for our first official family vacation. It was Sawyer's first plane ride....and Simon's first plane ride that he can remember. We were excited....the boys were stoked. We had everything we needed! But it seems that Sawyer packed something with him that wasn't on our checklist: a big case of pneumonia. Yes, the little fella made it almost one whole day in Florida before he started heading downhill fast. Our 2nd day in Orlando we were in the Urgent Care south of Cocoa Beach. (By the way, to see a doctor more quickly, it helps if you vomit all over the waiting room in front of the receptionist. Little tip for ya) After chest x-rays they advised us to head to the ER in Melbourne, where they eventually admitted him to the hospital. So, we had 3 night deluxe accommadations at the Holmes Regional Medical Center. The little whipper snapper was a trooper though! The nurses loved him, thankfully, and made us all feel right at home. We were going to send postcards out with pictures of the hospital since we spent 40% of our trip there...but they didn't have any. Imagine that!Hmmm.....maybe its something they should consider.
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