Halloween

 The kids enjoyed dressing up for Halloween.

At the trunk-or-treat. Sarah dressed up like Clark Kent/Superman, Matthew like a pirate (complete with a pirate ship for holding the candy) and Megan like a vampire. Matthew actually changed into a Poe Dameron costume so he could go around to all the cars twice.

The pirate ship Matthew made to hold his candy.

Before going trick-or-treating: only Megan wore the same outfit. Matthew dressed up as an astronaut and Sarah dressed like a cat.

People carved or painted pumpkins.

October 2022

 Here are a few more pictures from October.

Matthew climbed up the wall in his closet.

The YM/YW went horseback riding.

Matthew on his horse.

Megan on her horse.

U on his horse.

Matthew during the ride.

Megan, Matthew and U

Megan and a couple other girls made a graveyard for a YW activity.

Some of the graveyard.

Me flew out to California to pick up Sarah from Evolve.

Miracle seems like a good animal to fly with.....

Sarah and Me walking along the beach.

Sarah liked our rental car. (It was $2 more than the cheapest car. It's what happens when you make a last minute reservation.)

Me driving the Mustang.

It was the last flight of the pilot of our flight home so there were lots of cool little things. Like the salute from the Harbor police and fire department. And playing "Danger Zone" as we waited to take off.

Earlier this month, Megan explained her keratosis pilaris as follows: Basically my fingernails make too much stuff so it goes into my skin and I get bumps all over.

Science Camp

We headed up to Science Camp in Prescott. Here is a photo of bus 1, which was the lead bus. Our driver was also an ambulance driver so was able to maneuver the bus with ease.

Can you spot Matthew? Me? Megan? (Hint: Megan sat next to Me.)

Matthew and his group at Science Camp: Tyce, Myles, Aleem, Jacob and Matthew

Megan and her group: Arya, Sahasra, Me, Kaylee, Megan

Megan snuggled up in her bed.

The girls waiting for orientation.

Kaylee's long tongue (it won the competition)

Stinky socks! Our group won that one as well.

The Antelope group

Learning at the speed line about rational and irrational fear.

Matthew all ready to go.

Megan all ready to go.

Here comes Matthew!

Here comes Megan!

Mrs. Babcock was finally able to go. (This is the first year they let the adults go and she has been wanting to go since Sarah went 6 years ago.)

Another ride for Matthew.

There's Me.

Next up was the hike. Here, Matthew and Megan are learning about ponderosa pine.

Baby tarantula we saw on the hike. We also saw an acorn woodpecker and a pine tree

Dinnertime

Tractor ride. They called it a hay ride but since there was no actual hay....

Megan, Arya and Sahasra having a thumb war before speed pictionary.

Playing speed Pictionary. Megan and Me's group won.

A couple of photos of chair games.

Building bridges

Sahasra, Micah, Avery, Jacob R and Matthew

Megan with her bridge getting weight added.

Gaga ball: Kaylee, Megan, Arya, Sahasra, Matthew, Alejandro

Nikhil and Matthew running through the eliminator course where an air cannon shot tennis balls at 35 psi. The kids had to hold hands although if one kid got hit, the other continued on their own.

Megan and Jacob ready to go.

Jacob and Megan running.

Run, Megan, run!

Matthew running a second time by himself.

Learning about fingerprinting at forensics. Matthew has radial loops and Megan has arches.
Natalie, Kaylee, Cruz, Matthew, Micah, Malaika

Megan, Jacob, Nikhil, Adam

Sienna, Myles, Matthew's chaperone and Megan

Next up, archery.

Matthew

Megan

Matthew was very proud of his bullseye.

Next round.

Learning about heat transfer, aka making ice cream.

The finished product. It was good.

Megan and Matthew enjoying their ice cream. Right before dinner.

Skit night! Our group did a skit about river water being used to clean dishes. River water turned out to be a dog....

Matthew is opening up a Coke bottle that another kid drank and "caused" a third kid to burp.

Jacob and Megan enjoying s'mores.

A bunch of kids including Megan and Matthew.

Human foosball.

Last meal at camp.

Kaylee, Sahasra, Me, Megan, Arya

Matthew, Tyce's dad, Myles, Aleem, Jacob and Tyce

On the ride home.

Matthew and Me

Jacob and Megan