we are now 10!

The Chandler family continues to grow and expand as the years go by. We are now 10 strong! As new members get added the love increases, just when you think that your heart might burst if it has to love any more some how the capacity to love never ends.

Olympic hopefuls

Look for us in the 2012 Olympics...

Jonah's birthday

After working an AM shift we cleaned up and got dressed up a little and went out to dinner. We ate at a little place called the Sweet Basil Bistro. We had just seen this place driving by and Jonah wanted to try it. It turned out to be GREAT. The food was so good, restaurant was cozy and had nice colored walls, our waiter was cool and the food was AMAZING!!! Once everyone got off work we had people over at our house to eat apple pie, chocolate cake and ice cream and play games. Ryan's birthday is the same day so it was a joint party for them. We had fun hanging out with everyone and just relaxing.

The birthday boys eating their desserts.

The Hobart...

During Logging Camp Joy asked Jonah and I to make pizza dough. I had to call home to get the recipe since the camp usually uses frozen pizza crusts. Everything was going ok... that was until we turned the mixer on. I had only used the Hobart once before and that was for chocolate pudding and it didn't work out so well because the pudding was too liquidy so I had to do it by hand. So both of us inexperienced at it, we turned it on and it started splashing out of the bowl. I attempted to turn it down but accidently turned it up. Oops! In a split second (which was all it took for me to switch the mixer off) there was pizza dough all over everything especially me! I wasn't having a very good day to start with and so I just about burst into tears but instead Jonah and I started laughing so hard and couldn't stop. Despite the laughter I was still really upset and didn't have a very good rest of the day. We realized the next time that we made pizza dough (yes Joy had me make it again) that the bowl for the mixer isn't quite big enough for the recipe that we were using so that made me feel a little better.

Logging camp

Last week Jonah and I had the opportunity to work as program staff for one of our two weeks of program camp here at Big Bear. There were about forty 4-6th graders for the Logging camp that Josh Kerr was in charge of. Jonah and I did the crafts every afternoon and a couple mornings, took part in the on-going skit throughout the week as pirate henchmen, cleaned bathrooms, helped in the kitchen, and also hungout with the kids during meals and campfire. It was a lot of fun and also very tiring. It was good to actually get to know the people who were at our camp, since the rest of the summer our only interaction with the guests is serving them food and cleaning their dishes. The food was better this week too, we had breakfast burritos and hobo packs for what I believe was the first time at this camp and hopefully not the last!

Roasting hot dogs for dinner. Jonah and I ready for crafts with our vests and bandanas

One of the boys cabins making a proclamation. Making candles during free time

Ben and Carlos (our favorite boys). Captain Cuddle Fish, R. Hero, Penelope, and Laura in the finale of the skit on the last night.