Weekly 2014.3.9

My family is starting a new tradition of sending out a weekly email to update each other on what is going on in our lives, since a lot of us are living in different states now.

This is my submission for this week:

Rachel took the ACT this week and thought it was easy. (Ha!) She decided to join the track team but is still deciding whether she wants to run, jump or throw.

Aaron's new job is going fine. He was happy that he could drive to work everyday with Rachel but she took a hiatus on her job to do track, the second day he was on the job. So now he has to ride his bike! Bwahahahaha. He got his braces put on, on Tuesday.

Thomas went camping with Stick and the scouts Friday night on Antelope Island. They had remarkably great weather for March in Utah. They have a great group of about 12 scouts, all good boys. They saw buffalo, deer, rabbits and birds.

Spencer is a Lego maniac, spending lots of his spare time building new creations and perusing the Lego magazine and catalog.

Harry says he's the best football player at school, and that he can run faster, throw farther and catch the ball better than any other kid. We are glad he's so humble.

Rebekah declared this week that she is going to be a Cougarette when she grows up, and that she is going to wear lots of makeup.

I, in a moment of crazy decided to do my own version of March madness. In the MS world there is a commonly known diet named after Dr. Terry Wahls. To sum up a long story into one short explanation, she is a doctor, she had severe MS, she devised a diet after extensive research and after one year she was able to get out of her wheelchair and lead a fairly normal life. Also, she had chemotherapy and some kind of electric stimulation. So, I decided to see if her diet would help me in any way. Although I am not going to have chemo or electric stimulation.

I'm only one week in, so wish me luck. It basically involves 9 cups daily of fruits & veges, grass fed meats, organ meats (I'm skipping this), and some seaweed. No dairy, no wheat, no sugar or processed foods and eventually no corn or potatoes.  It turns out that one week in, the thing I'm missing most is Cheerios with milk.

I can't decide if I want it to work so I'll feel better or not work so I can eat what I want!

Stick is a great scout leader. He doesn't believe in gross food like hot dogs for camping so the scouts always eat really well. They had carne asada Friday night and bacon and eggs Saturday morning.  He always sends the tents home with the boys to clean out and fold up, then they return the tents to the scout trailer so they're ready for next time.  Last night two of the scouts who had taken a tent home, (twins) decided to throw the tent poles at each other, like javelins, for fun. One of the boys was then partially impaled in the leg by a tent pole. He had to get stitches. Ah, the scouts are hillarious (and crazy).