The Todd Family of Lemoore: Scenes from Varsity Scout Trip To LA and Catalina

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Scenes from Varsity Scout Trip To LA and Catalina

The story of the Varsity Scouts super activity is found
on the right side column.

Los Angeles Temple

California Science Center

Bro. Sare's Happy Face

Guinness Museum of World Records

Los Angeles Temple at night.

Fish in the water at Catalina

Alligator lizard, same one donated to an annoying group
of nearby scouts in one of their tents.

Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, California

Ay, is that Captain Jack Sparrow coming
back from the underworld?

Speeding back to the mainland.

Varsity Scouts in L.A.

Seth and his dad went with the varsity scouts to the Los Angeles area and Santa Catalina Island the week of June 22 -27th.

They spent 3 nights at the Los Angeles Temple apartments where they performed baptisms and confirmations on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings.

Monday they went and swam in the ocean in Huntington Beach.

Tuesday they went to a Science Center, Guinness Museum of World Records in Hollywood, and the Pacific Park Pier.

Wednesday they went to Six Flags Magic Mountain.

Thursday they traveled by ferry to Santa Catalina Island where they set up camp a little more than a mile uphill from Avalon. That day they went sea kayaking along the cliffs of the island. Trevor Flores and Bro. Sare both jumped off a 25+ foot rock that stood high near the shore. That night Steve went to bed early and was so sore that he could barely turn over in his sleeping bag. (Camping, by the way, was done under the stars with just tarps for cover. Flush toilets and showers were a plus for this campground.)

Friday the scouts took a five mile hike in the rugged terrain. Steve tried but didn't get very far and headed back to camp. That afternoon the boys hit the beach where the sites were aplenty. Those who weren't too exhausted went snorkeling although lots of fish could be seen just from the shore. Friday night the conservation center put on a campfire that was enjoyable teaching about the island's history.

Friday had Steve a little upset. An LDS scout from another troop rode his bike through our camp twice. So when that troop left the campground, their tents were turned in different directions and an alligator lizard was put in one of their tents. Also during a the campfire presentation some kids from a nearby tent camp kept flashing a laser at Steve and Seth. They got a little scared when Steve went and scolded them how lasers are not toys.

Saturday, everyone boarded the ferry for Long Beach and we arrived back in the valley that afternoon to near 100 degree weather.

Seth's First Dance

Although, neither parent was there to watch but. . .witnesses and Seth's own confession says he's a real stud muffin at dances. First, a pretty blonde from the ward teaches him how to slow dance. Then we hear that a seventeen year old girl approaches him and asks for the next slow dance. He is also caught dancing with two girls at once (both blondes). The DJ was our inside witness that Seth has no problems with the opposite sex or hitting the floor with some smooth dance moves.

Chalk another one up to Bria, his sister and mentor, for instilling in him the motivation and desire to be his best.

History Day 2009

Seth recently completed a video slide show with narration and music on Robert the Bruce. The theme was "The Individual in History: Actions and Legacies." What Seth didn't know when he chose Robert the Bruce, who became a king of Scotland, was that his ancestors, the Mc Arthurs fought along side him against the hated English kings. The legacy part of the theme followed Seth's genealogy from Robert Mc Arthur to John McArthur who left a description of where the Mc Arthurs fought and who fought in the New York Militia during the American Revolution against England to Duncan Mc Arthur who was a bodyguard to Joseph Smith to Washington Perry Mc Arthur who was the first doctor in Mt. Pleasant, Utah to Almeda Mcarthur who married John Carter (he at the age of 10 was part of the fateful Martin Handcart Company) to Ella Orania Carter who married Henry Matthew Todd who with two small children lived in a dirt cellar in Idaho until a mill could be built to cut logs to Boyd Todd whose family were the first members of the church in Modesto, CA to Leith Todd, a WWII veteran and who helped construct churches and ag buildings to Stephen, his dad who serves his fourth term on the local school board, to himself who currently is a Life Scout who has hiked thirty plus miles in the Redwoods, camped in the snow 3 times and who will one day make a difference of his own in this world.

The Todd Family of Lemoore

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Scenes from Varsity Scout Trip To LA and Catalina

Resurrected.

Moving into the mainstream

Promotions

Varsity Scouts in L.A.

Bria Soon to Graduate from Milan Institute

Seth's First Dance

Seth Accepted to Lemoore Middle College

History Day 2009

New House

The Stephen Ough Todd family

Walking through the clouds with a circus mind that's running wild, butterflies, and zebras. . .

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