A day in Park City

Went to Park City, Utah for the day, mountain biking, alpine slides, etc.

Waiting in line for the alpine slide
The excitement builds
Deciding who gets to ride by themselves
James won
Ben and Jacob come in close second
James with Ammon in the background
Anthony spent the day riding on the mountain bike track
Samuel too
A nice dinner after the fun day
Sams excited for food
Having fun even waiting for the food

Clean shaven

At scout camp I challenged the boys to earn all of their merit badges. And promised that if they did, I would shave my beard, which I had been growing long (with my hair) for scout camp. They did, I did:

Before
Minus beard
After haircut

Sam’s Webelos woods

Webelos woods day camp at Jerimiah Johnson Scout camp up Mapleton canyon.

The crew
Sam posin
In class
Learning to put up a tent
Mastering the slack line
Learning the ropes
Rocket-man
Powering the trebuchet
Juggling is an important skill for the future
Met up with Uncle Dave Lewis and cousin Stewart also in attendance

James’ Eagle project

For James Eagle Scout project he chose to make small blackboards for a school in a Liberian refugee camp located in Ghana. The young adults in the ward also wrote messages to the kids in Ghana and included their pictures.

James’ Eagle Scout project
Painting the primer coat on the boards
Sanding the edges (Anthony) and painting the primer
Quality control and oversight by James
Applying the chalkboard surface paint
Painting ninjas – cousins Matt and Brandon Leavitt pose with Sam
Ammon surveys the work
Ammon models the finished product
They also collected and organized supplies for mothers and babies
More supplies
Dad helped by cooking breakfast for the crew
Samuel helped eat it
Jacob and Ammon lent their moral support
The Young Women/Men of the ward helped by writing messages to the kids in Ghana
The message included a bit about themselves and a picture
Like this one
But not like this
The notes were bound into a book and delivered when Anthony and Benjamin went to Ghana with LaReita later on in the year