Mongoose Mayhem

 Opening the breast cancer fundraising event down in Deep Ellum, Dallas

 For our last song all five of us went out in the crowd and danced 

After we opened the show we changed and joined the hubbies at their table. It was a very fun evening for all - until the tequila took out a few of the our happy crew.  I was smart and stuck with vodka...

 Veil Dance with Sam

 Camping it up with the cane and Maggie

 More fan dancing - this pose seems to be the photographers' favorite

Our finale pose

 FAN VEILS

 SAIDI CANE ROUTINE

SOME OF US HAVING FUN - BECAUSE WE CAN'T HELP OURSELVES :)

 Several rainbows, even double ones !

Mike having fun swimming in the rain - he jumped in the pool 

and about 3 minutes later a major downpour  arrived overhead.

Mike's first customers

A lull in the rush

The crushed ice ran out so they resorted to just sucking on the leftover lemons and limes LOL  

(I'll bet your mouth just "gleeked")

Mike had a lot of fun doing his stand and plans to do it at future summer park days (with our homeschool group) since he made some decent money.

Mike's masterpieces from art class

Jimmy's masterpieces from this spring

Both boys created several great ceramic pieces as well but I haven't taken photos of those things at this time.

Earlier this year, Mike told us that if he could pick a rock concert it would be Bon Jovi or Iron Maiden.  Well, after so much fun at Bon Jovi we jumped on tickets for Iron Maiden and surprised the boys once again.  This will be a memorable year for them!

 Eddie - Iron Maiden mascot

Sorry, concerts are loud by default.  I brought ear plugs but they didn't want to wear them.

Another concert tee to add to the collection!  

View from top of mountain

Our tentsite

 This mini tourist train ran right alongside our campsites.  We'd joke that all the boys were like a zoo safari whenever it made it's round during the day full of camera wielding folks.

 Lover's Leap Overlook

 Mike being silly

 The weather was 100% gorgeous the whole weekend so it great for lawnchair naps.

Knot tying workshop (surprisingly hard to do with a cast)

Bridge building

 The boy on the far right is one of Mike's favorite buddies.  They've known each other for about 4 years, are on the same soccer team, and always make sure they are tent mates to guarantee a fun camping trip.

 Jimmy did much of the cooking on this trip since he was the oldest one in his Patrol this trip. The oldest Scouts left base camp for an overnight hiking trip.  It was a great opportunity for Jimmy to assume some responsibility and he really proved himself

We drove five Scouts in our Yukon (to & from AK) and this was how the trip home looked in our car.   It was VERY quiet :)