A Day on the Lake

This sure has been a busy week and to top it off Matthew and I spent most of yesterday out on Phantom Lake with members in our ward.

We spent the morning and early afternoon hanging out with members of the Special MIA/Scouting group that Matthew has been working with for the past few months. We did a craft involving leather stamping and sent the scouts and young women through an obstacle course that included shooting hoops, kicking soccer balls and finding the beauty and uniqueness of the nature surrounding us (this also including finding a "face" on a tree) Merwin Hanneberg was the host and one of the trees in his front yard had a scraggly looking face including eyes, nose and mouth on it. It looked like it was a yard decoration that he and Brit have had there for years. We ended the activity with lunch that included hamburgers, hot dogs and roasting marshmallows in the fire pit.

After the activity at Merwin and Brit's home Matthew and I were headed to the other side of the lake to enjoy a summer get together with the ward choir. Matthew and I joined the choir so that we could meet and connect with people in the ward a little bit faster since when we first moved to the area we didn't know anyone. I love our choir. As we often say, we may be few, but when it counts we are mighty! As we were getting ready to leave for the ward choir activity Merwin told us we should just use his canoe to head across the lake! So Matthew and I jumped in the canoe and paddled across!

We enjoyed spending time and talking with our choir friends, as well as eating more good food. We also gave some canoe rides to the children that were there. It was a perfect day to be on the lake.