Aspen Grove- WE MADE IT!!!

HURRAY!!! Day one at Aspen Grove, and we are fully in the swing of things.  Yesterday Jaxon and Dave drove to Vegas, where they ate a delicious dinner (AND DUTCH OVEN PEACH COBBLER!!!) with Grandma and Grandpa Rogers, and with Tricia and Scott and their 5 girls.  Jax loved every minute and got to stay up till 9:30 because it was the only time he was going to be able to see his Silva cousins.  This morning Jax was so excited to get on the road that he woke up at 4:45am!!!! Which made for  a VERY SHORT NIGHT FOR HIM!!! They then caravaned with Grandma and Grandpa Rogers to Utah (where they were going to visit other family) and Dave and Jaxon made it to AG just a few minutes before me.  Jaxon was no where to be found (of course) because he was off with his cousins. We got to meet Aiden and Jack for the first time which is so exciting, and get to see Tyler, AnnaMarie, Katie, and Jane for the first time since February! Reunions are the best!
   I think that seeing Jaxon with his cousins might be one of the happiest things in my life.  It's probably how other parents feel about seeing their own kids love the heck out of their siblings, because that is how much Jaxon loves his cousins.  He grins from ear to ear, can't take the hop and skip out of his step because he is so excited, and will do just about anything for his crew!!  We headed out to dinner with everyone who is here and just had a fun time getting reacquainted!

 

After Dinner we signed up for all the activities we wanted to participate in..I will mostly be a spectator but did sign up for archery and Air rifle with Dave! Dave will be doing Volleyball, walleyball, paintball, basketball 3 on 3, ping pong singles with all the guys. 

Remember how I said Dave was kinda headed to Crazy Town--- please see the following picture...

 (Actually, we agreed to leave ALL CRAZY in Arizona, and we are having the times of our lives!)

  We took the kids off for a short meeting/ get to know you with their counselors, and Jaxon is in a group with both Kalle and Hailey, so he is super excited!  They learned a short cheer, as did all the other groups, and after the adults got our orientation at the outside amphitheater, the kids all came back and performed for us! It was great! 

Then the counselors put on a "Camp fire show" with little skits and songs and got lots of crowd participation.  Jaxon was truly shaking with uncontained excitement the whole time. He jumped up and down alot and sang loudly whenever the crowd could participate.  His favorite part was when the counselors threw balls and Frisbees out to the audience, and he got two!!!  After everything was over they just played fun music over the loudspeakers.  True to form, all the Ferrell cousins got up on stage and danced their hearts out for about 5 minutes. I got some cute video, which is not uploading to the computer for some reason, so it will come later.  Dave has gone out to Main room on our floor to congregate with all the other adults who are done unpacking and putting kids to bed, and I am in our room writing this post until I am sure Jaxon is asleep.  He started out on the top bunk (Which is quite high) but after about ten minutes called us in and said he was too scared up there, and wanted to move down!  Dave switched the bedding around and I think he may now be sawing logs!  That's it for tonight...I'm hoping these pictures will send from my phone to my computer and that I may be able to upload a few pics...but I'm not holding my breath!  Good GREAT NIGHT FROM ASPEN GROVE!!!!