Hi to everyone.

I haven't written for a while but I have had a busy weekend I would like to share with you. This weekend Seth and I switched roles. I went to a Boy Scout camp out and Seth stayed home. I went to a Leader Training weekend. I had a good time. There were about 17 of us getting trained and several trainers came in. Probably about 25 were there most of the time. It was raining all day on Friday and still raining when I got to the camp to set up. The camp was held at the lake near North Platte, we have a boy scout camp there called Whispering Cedars. So I did not have to leave home before 5:30. I believe I have more of an in sight to what Seth feels before a camp out. A little apprehension and nerves. The rain let up when I set up my tent so it did not get too wet. Others from our troop were Russ Hoatson and Doug Zimbleman. They are great guys and I am so glad they have joined our troop. They will be great Leaders for our boys. Also one of the men that was leading this training was our Scout Master Jim Parish. So I knew I was in very good hands just like I know any boy from troop 293 is in very good hands when they go camping. There were leaders from all over there including, Gothenburg, McCook, Superior, Cambridge, Ogallala(Carman Troxall) , North Platte. We learned about knot tying, fire building, flag ceremonies, dutch oven cooking, water safety, high adventure camping, first aid,compass use, church services, Order of the Arrow, Eagle Scout orientation, service projects, how to sharpen knives and tools, skits and songs. They kept us busy from 6p.m Friday night to 3p.m Sunday afternoon. We were lucky and it stopped raining on Saturday and really was a very nice day. It was cool but I think I would rather need a sweat shirt instead of get a sun burn. It made the coffee taste better and the fire feel good. It rained on us again on Sat night while we slept but Sunday again was nice. I even planted a Silver Buffalo Berry bush at the camp with my name on it. On Friday I froze and did not sleep well but Saturday I got a couple of extra blankets from my car and Russ gave me a couple of Hot Hands packets to put in the bottom of my sleeping bag I slept really good. I was definetly ready to get a pop and a shower on Sunday.

While Seth was home alone he said he really missed me. He vacuumed and wash clothes. He even went to church by himself and gave the announcement of Sarah in the Relay for life and asked for donations. He actually got 30 dollars raised for her. She now has 60 towards her goal of 100. If anyoned wants to donate you can go to American Cancer Society, Relay for Life and Sarah is listed under Selleck. You can purchase a luminary for $10. The luminaries line the track they walk on. Sarah will be walking 11 to midnight on Saturday April 25th. I was very very proud of Seth for doing this for his Sister.

On Sunday our lawn mower would not start. So Seth and I loaded it up and took it to Denny and loaded up his to take to our house. We got the lawn mowed. It really needed it.

Seth was in the track meet in Grant. His weight mans relay team got 3rd place. He was happy with that. He got a medal and lettered in track. He threw the shot 28 ft. The best thing for me was Seth finally got excited a little about track. I said I think he can throw 30 at the next meet and he didn't argue with me and say no I can't. To place at meets you will have to throw at least 40.