Scout Camp

I am going to give you a basic outline of my experience at Camp Bartlett. Let's start at staff week. Staff week was at the beginning of June. We put up our tents and moved in to them. Then we got to making the camp look good for the scouts, even though it rained every day. In Handicraft, (that was the area I was in), we built a fence that surrounded a sewer system. Also, we worked on organizing the Handishack. That is where we keep all the tools and a couple of other things, like the Scout Law sign, Bernie the Alligator, and Chief Koligia.

Also during that week, we worked on our merit badge lesson plans. I was going to be teaching the Leatherwork merit badge. It was kind of easy making a plan. All I did was write down what we were doing each day for the merit badge. I also wrote down stuff about different kinds of leather and haw to start a boondoggle.

On that Friday, 11 year old scouts came up. We just did what they wanted basically. They had this program thing that has stuff that goes to their Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class. They also did some requirements for some merit badges. Then we gave them a campfire program. Then they went home on Saturday.

Our campfire program had really good skits. Most of them I had never seen before. We also sang songs in the program. I got to participate in one of the songs on the last week. Also, I didn't just teach the Leatherwork merit badge. I also taught the Basketry and Woodcarving merit badges. When I taught Basketry, I had a funny experience. The Basketry classes aren't usually big, but when I taught it, the class was nearly full! I thought, "This is crazy!" But it happened.

So, the next week was scouts. Here is the basic outline of scout weeks:

Monday: wait for the troop that you are assigned to be a troop friend with. (When you are a troop friend, you need to visit them at least 3 times a day.) When they arrive, take them to their camp and swim checks. Teach merit badges in the afternoon. Then there is free time after dinner 'till Flag Ceremony at 8:00. Then we do the Monday Night Campfire.

Tuesday: Teach merit badge classes 'till lunch, then there is a 2 hour break. Then we have to teach classes 'till dinner. After dinner is flag ceremony. Now, depending on what side of camp you are on, you do an activity. The Mountain man side does the Honor trail and the Redman side does the John Colter Run. After those, it is free time until 8:00. Lights out is at 10:00.

The Honor trail is a little trail that focuses on points of the Scout Oath. Staffers tell stories that relate to the points.
The John Colter run is a relay race. Here is the spill on what it is:
One person starts by reciting the Scout Oath and Law. Then he runs to a campsite. There, he will tag another scout an they have to tie a knot. After they tie a knot, they run to Boating side Waterfront. There he will tag another scout who will answer a nature question then hop in a canoe with another scout. They row across the lake and on scout jumps out and runs. He runs to a certain campsite and to other scouts will be there and they do the 3 man carry. They go to the Mountain Man sign and tag a scout. He runs to the starting point and tag a scout, which he will start a small fire with flint and steel. the first troop to burn through a piece of twine over the fire wins.

Wednesday: Hike Day! All troops go on a hike and come back for lunch. Then there is merit badge classes in the afternoon. After Flag Ceremony, the Mountain Man side does the Run. The Redman side gets free time. Then lights out at 10:00

Thursday: Merit Badges in morning until lunch and afternoon classes until dinner. After Flag Ceremony, Redman side has Honor Trail. Lights out at 10:00.

Friday:Morning classes. After lunch at 2:00 is the Camp Olympics. The Olympics is where Scouts compete against each other in various events, including Tug-of-War, Pirates of the Caribbean, and the Caber toss. After that is dinner and free time. After flag ceremony, it was the Friday Night Campfire. The troops do all of the skits and we staffers do this little Mountain Man- Redman thing. Then it was lights out.

Saturday:Go home. Us Staffers prepare for next week.

Other than Scouts, we had a week of girls camp and a week of Family Camp. During girls week, we also had Kodiak, (a High Adventure program), and Powder Horn. We are the only camp who does that in the Council. While that was happening, I basically worked on projects that needed to get done. I say that was the most boring week.

On the other hand, Family Camp was a lot more fun. During Family Camp, there was also Kodiak, Wood badge, and NYLT, (National Youth Leadership Training). I got to be with the 11 year old group most of the time. I got to refresh some of my scouting skills.

At the end of the summer, we put on a final campfire for our families and went home. I was tired on the way home.

Well that was my experience at Camp Bartlett. I made friends and learned to enjoy nature a little bit more. I can't wait to go back next year!

Stuff

Yes, I have a Facebook. I have befriended a lot of people and it is kind of fun to see what people are thinking. I haven't really wrote anything on it yet.

Ok, next, I am learning how to play a musical instrument. It is part of the brass section, and it is one of the smaller brass instruments. It is the..... TRUMPET! Just barely, I finally got a sound out of the mouthpiece. I just need to keep getting that sound and then I need to get that through the trumpet.

Well, that is all I can think of, so I'll end it here. Until next time, good bye!

Tons of stuff Happening to me!

It has been a LONG time since I wrote on my blog, and a LOT of stuff has happened to me. I am going to be working at Camp Bartlett for the whole summer! It is going to be so much fun! I am going to be teaching the leatherwork merit badge. I will be going in 2 days.

I am fisnishing up a couple of merit badges before I go.

A couple of movies are coming that I want to see . There is Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Toy Story 3, Shrek 4, and Harry Potter.

Our homeschool group put on "The Comedy of Errors." We had a great turn out. It was so funny!

Well, that sums it up, for now. Until next time, good bye!

The Capital Trip Part 2

Ok, so after we saw the model of the base isolators, we went to this one spot that has models of the original Thomas Edison light bulbs. And it also has a kind of a see through glass ceiling/floor. you can kind of see through it. On the 2nd floor you can stand on it.

Next, we went to the second floor. On the way there we saw a replica of the Liberty Bell. every capital building has one in there capital building. We went to the second floor and saw all these paintings about Utah History and statues. Then we went to the 3rd floor and saw this: The Gold room, (pictured). It has stuff from France and England. What a sight!

Here is a freaky optical illusion. good bye!

Capital Trip part 1

Today I went to the Utah Capital building. It was great! While wewere going there, we saw a lady and waved to her. And when we got to the Capital the woman happened to be our tour guide! Isn't that a little freaky?

So first we saw a model of a base isolator. A base isolator is a round metal thing. It has a layer of rubber, then steel, then rubber, then steel. In the center is led that will liquify during an earthquake. (the base isolators were put in to make the Capital "earthquake-proof".)

(I'll need to finish this later. I got something I need to go to something).

Yes, your honor...Objection....Innocent, (or guilty)

I am not getting any vacation with this mock trial! It is a court thing for teens. It is taking up almost every day, (until February 27th). I am on the defense side. I am a witness bomb expert. The case is State of Utah vs. Casey Campbell. Casey is accused for putting a bomb in a trash can. I am the bomb expert, Dr. Avery Atkinson. I need to point our all the flaws in the bomb. (Note that thos is fake).

Now moving on to a new subject, I am going to be working a t a SCOUT CAMP!!! Yahoo!!!!! THIS IS GOING TO BE SO FUN!!!!!

Until next time, good bye! (case closed).

A Great Day!

On Friday, I had one of the best days of my life! First, I went to a place in Layton called Speedstreet. For my first time at a go-cart wheel, I was pretty good. I got in 8th place the first race, then I got in 5th place. I improoved. Then I had one of the best foods in the world, and I could have all I want.....PIZZA! PIZZA! PIZZA!

After I ate, I played a couple of arcade games. I mostly played pinball. Then we left.

Then once I got home, I had to get ready to go on a campout. I was going Snow Caving! And I wasn't tired. We went to Snow Basin with our troop. One of our leaders helped dig out my snowcave. I was sharing it with another member. After that, we ate and went to bed because it was really late. That was Friday

Until next time, good bye!

Planetarium Trip

Today I went to the planetarium at Weber State University. It was really cool! I learned about Galaxies, planets, the life of a star, and Earth crash into me, (it looked like it)!

This is my favorie planet:

I like Jupiter because it is big, it is red, and it has a big storm! That is cool!

Until next time, good bye!

New Stuff

I GOT NEW BOOKS!!!!!!!!

Books are one of the best things in the world. I got ERAGON, the first book in the Inheritance Cycle, and Bionicle Graphic Novel #4, "Trial by Fire". It is about the Toa Hordika comics. If you were part of the Lego magazine club in 2005, you would have gotten them, but I would like them in book form.
you want to see a harry potter movie? It has the Harry potter song from moosebutter in it. Here it is. Click on the address.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CvmvRJXtKo


That is all for today. Until next time, good bye!

Happy Birthday!!!!

Happy Birthday, to me! Happy Birthday, to me! Happy Birthday, dear Joseph, Happy Birthday, to me! A couple days ago, It was my birthday! I turned 14! I didn't really do much except play Heroscape with one of my friends, and go to Applebee's. But I still had a great time!

Here is a list of what I got:

1. Lays BBQ chips
2. Ice Cream
3. A card
4. Herosape: the 4th Manhattan Militia and Anuebian Wolves (collection 2)
5. A bionicle named Tuma (pictured)
6. Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 Platinum

I am so happy! I also had a great day! UNTIL NEXT TIME, GOOD BYE!!!!!!!!!!!

All by Myself

Today, I am at home, by myself. Daniel is going to the space camp thing in Ogden, Ryan and Owen are going to the Treehouse museum with one of their friends, and I get to stay home and do school and laundry and read a bokk that I have to get done by Monday. Lucky me! What should I do? Should I burn the house down? Or should I destroy the kitchen? Which one?..... Neither!

School....Read......Laundry..... WHOOPEe!
Rudolph. Moosebutter's own version of the song. I like it. There is also Harry Potter. I like this song. It is all about Harry Potter. Click on the words if you want to hear the song.
Well, better get doing school, (or what else?)

Until next time, good bye.

What I got for Christmas and other things

Today is the 7th of January, and I am writing about what I got for Christmas! Wow! Well, here goes the list:

1. The Axalara T9 (It is a big Bionicle ship. It is cool!)
2. Clone Wars 2 disk edition
3. The Water Horse
4. Mallum and Raanu (2009 Bionicles)
5. Wii games (Mariokart, Star Wars: the Force Unleashed, and Lego Star Wars)
6. Pajamas
7. Clothes
8. A game called Rummikub
9. A model dino
10. Almanac 2009
11. Candy

That is a lot. Now my birthday is coming in 7 days!! That is 20 days after Christmas! I am probably getting more presents!

Until next time, good bye!

Moosebutter

Moosebutter just did their own version of 'Star Wars'! I like it! Let us compare. This one is by a guy named Corey Vidal. He was lip-singing it.

This one is the actual group called moosebutter.

Don't you wish there was an episode 7? It would be really cool.

So which version is your favorite? I like the moosebutter one the best. So, there's 9 days 16 hours and 30 seconds till Christmas, and counting. Until next time, good bye.

I Want.....

What do I want for Christmas? Well, I want... Look on http://www.moosebutter.com/ click on songs, and then click on the arrow next to "I Want..."

I'm kidding. I might want a Ferrari to match my shoes, but I am more interested on other things. I want Bionicles, (especially the Axalara T9), and Prince Caspian, and Clone Wars, and Eragon, Eldest, and Brisingr, and Heroscape.

I might not get all these things, but I will get some, maybe.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!! 19 days, 16 hours, 38 min, and 5 sec.
Bye!

Day After Thanksgiving

The day after Thanksgiving so far: I woke up and read a book for a little bit, then got out of bed. Dad went to the store. I was thinking, "I have a lot of school to do." I did. So I got my science done in no tome at all. So I thought I could do this easily. Our family had pie for breakfast because it was after Thanksgiving. I had pumpkin pie. Then Dad came home, and he got Shrek the Halls! It is a Christmas Video! And it is only 1 day after Thanksgiving! So we watched it.

So now I have this countdown thing going on!

That was my day after Thanks giving so far. I am going to go either do school or play.

Shakespeare

WHO IS THE BEST LEADER: BRUTUS, CASSIUS, OR ANTONY?
Joseph Lewis
In William Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar”, there are three great leaders: Brutus, Cassius, and Antony. But which one shows true leadership? They all have strengths and weaknesses. Which one would I follow?
Brutus was one of Caesar’s friends, and he is a very popular nobleman. People respected him. But he was influenced by other people too easily. In the play, Cassius got him to join the conspiracy by praising him. Brutus thought that if he killed Caesar, the people would still like him. I wouldn’t want to follow him because that makes him untrustworthy.
Cassius was an experienced war leader, he was smart, and he was persuasive. He got all the members of the conspiracy to be in it through different ways. An example is when he gets Brutus to join the conspiracy through flattering. He did sound good, but he had bad qualities also- he whined. Whining shows immaturity. So when things weren’t going good, he quits. Also, in the play, when he saw the war was lost, he killed himself. Not my choice of leader.
Antony was a great speaker because he spoke what was the truth. He was also a war leader. In the play, he allied with Octavius and won the battle. But he was dishonest. He tried to cheat the people out of their inheritance of Caesar’s will. He also kills senators to cheat the people out of the inheritance.
Each of them had bad qualities, and at first, I didn’t know who to choose. A good leader won’t be untrustworthy, he wouldn’t be a quitter, and he shouldn’t be dishonest. Marc Antony is most like this. He is a great guy, (other than killing senators). I would follow Marc Antony.

What a Relief!

Yay!!! Bionicle doesn't end this year! The picture is all of the Toa Nuva (on the bottom), and the Makuta (the top). The Makuta are the bad guys. I got Legends #11 (the last Legends book)in the beginning of November. I was thinking, "This is the last book and the end of Bionicle. Mata Nui is going to be awakened." So I was right. Mata Nui was awakened, but not in the way I thought it would be. The Toa Nuva came back to Metru Nui, and were praised. But then, a rush of wind came, and the stars made up the Mask of Shadows! Makuta, their arch nemisis is controlling the universe! Ahh!!! In space, the Mask of Life is holding the true mind of Mata Nui, traveling somewhere, saying, "I will return."

So 2009's Bionicles are the Glatorians. The new series is called Bionicle Quests. This is the storyline.
· The Mask of Life, possessed by the Great Spirit Mata Nui, is sent hurtling through the space between dimensions by Makuta - and it's up to a new generation of Toa to get it back. In the desert realm of Mazra Nui, the Glatorians of the 6 tribes, aided by the Toa Nuva, the Turaga Metru, the mighty warrior Tuma, and six brave Matoran, must battle against Skirmix, the son of Makuta, and his beastly "pet", Fero, to retrieve the mask and save the Matoran Universe. But what is the secret of Bara Magna, the Toa of Light in an ancient team of heroes?

We will find out in 2009! I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Until next time, Bye!

Shakespeare

MOB RULE
Joseph Lewis
The definition of Mob Rule is when a mob or gang has control of a place or government. They are often violent, making everyone go their way through fear tactics and intimidation. A mob is an out-of-control crowd. A gang is a group of people that just want to be tough. But can any good come from mob rule? Let’s find out.
The Sons of Liberty could be considered a mob. They were inspiring to some, but they were violent in their actions. For example, they burned the governor’s house, dumped tea into the harbor, and hung effigies from the Liberty Tree. The people saw them as heroes, but the British and Tories saw them as a mob.
It is never a good thing to make someone do what you want them to do by using force. That is taking away agency. Mob Rule occurred during Joseph Smith’s time when mobs were persecuting the saints in Missouri. The mobs took the Saints out of their homes and burned the houses, took some church leaders, including Joseph Smith, to jail and drove the Saints out of Missouri in the middle of winter. The governor of Missouri gave the mob permission to do whatever it takes to expel the Mormons. That was a horrible thing from my point of view.
Gangs are one of the modern day mobs. Gang members just want to be tough and controlling of others and territory. They have no purpose for their violence except to be powerful. They are just bad.
Satan is the great imitator and he copies all of Heavenly Father’s gifts to us. The greatest gift is family. Satan imitates families by making gangs look like they will accept you, but if you don’t do what they want, they beat you up, or worse they will shoot you.
The difference between a mob and a gang is: a mob does acts with a purpose, and a gang just is trying to be powerful. The Sons of Liberty is debatable, but, in my opinion, they were inspiring. Gangs are just bad. In conclusion, mobs can be good or bad, depending on what your point of view is, and what they are doing.

Star Wars

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk5_OSsawz4 Watch the movie. Click on the address.

This movie is so funny! My mom found it on msn last night. Star Wars is cool! Everyone knows what Star Wars is, so I won't explain it. The Clone Wars are HILARIOUS!!!! The droids are so stupid. The Lego group even makes Lego Star Wars. I am sure everyone knew that too. Why am I telling you stuff that you already know?!!

Things I like besides Star Wars are Bionicles, Heroscape, Liken the Scriptures, and games. Be sure to vote on my poll for your favorite Star Wars movie! Until next time, good bye!

Key of Liberty

THE AMERICAN CRISIS

What motivated Washington’s soldiers to fight twelve hundred Hessian soldiers in the freezing cold on Christmas day, 1776? It was words that George Washington read to his soldiers written by Thomas Paine called “The American Crisis”.
The words reminded the soldiers why they were fighting. They were fighting for freedom of future generations. Thomas Paine wrote: “If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.” They fought for me and for every citizen of America.
It also said that to have freedom, it is going to be tough, but we can work for it. “…lay your shoulder to the wheel, (sound familiar?), better to have too much force than too little, when so great an object is at stake.” We also need to work to have a better life. We can “show our faith by our works, that God may bless [us]…the blessing will reach [us] all.”If we work hard, we will get blessings.
Paine’s writings inspired Washington’s soldiers that there was “no real cause to be afraid.” The soldiers didn’t need to fear, and we don’t need to fear, because God will help us in our hard times. Heavenly Father had a plan for America. I am thankful for those troops who fought in the Revolutionary War for future times.
The American Crisis is an inspiring paper. The paper says what our world is like today. “These are the times that try men’s souls.” That statement is true for today, as it also was back then, because our world is in trying times. The American Crisis reflects on our times. It was really uplifting for me to read.