Scott turned 55 recently!  I'm so lucky to be married to him.  Here are some little seen pictures of him from the last 15 years when we went digital. Some things I realized making this post:  Scott is not in very many pictures because he's usually the photographer--it helped when I got a smartphone.  And Scott is always up for any adventure or project. Turning 40 while Mindy turned 1 Neuschwanstein 2005 A rare date during our time in Germany--an art museum in Munich Super Dad at Schoenbrunn near Vienna 2006 Visiting the nation's capital after Kent's wedding, 2007 Playing stickball in Nauvoo Being a dad on Father's Day 2008, looking a little tired Standing in front of Bergeson Hill, 2009 2010 Talmage's baptism, 2010 Greeting David at the airport 2011 (I was at the hospital recovering from kidney donation) 2012 At Niagara Falls 2013 The new dad and the new grandpa, 2013 On the Green River, 2013 Welcoming Jan home, 2014 Helping Mindy with stilts, 2014 Going to wor...

 A few months ago I decided I wanted to start a cousin camp tradition.  My oldest grandchildren are getting old enough to do more activities with and most importantly they now live close enough to easily get together.  I wasn't sure exactly how to do it, so I did what I always do in these situations--I found a book about it.  I bought this book: I won't say the book was all I wanted it to be but it did give me some ideas and encouragement.  Maybe the most important thing I learned from the book was just to do it without making it too elaborate.  On the recommendation of the book, I decided to do camp with my oldest two grandchildren who are 4 and 6.  They are siblings so it wasn't technically a "cousin" camp but someday it will be when my other grandchildren are older.  Having a few children still at home was helpful but I had to schedule the camp around them.  Camille had her final dental appointment on a Wednesday morning so I decided I wou...