Jimmer Camp & Tyler's Week Away

At the beginning of August, we drove down to Utah and spent the night at my brother's house. Our purpose was we were leaving Tyler there for the week so he could attend Jimmer Camp. Jimmer Fredette was an AMAZING player at BYU and was drafted into the NBA. An all around awesome person who truly has the values and character to make him a true hero!

We had dinner with my brother and my sister and her family came from Sandy. It was fun to hang out with everyone and let the cousins play. They don't get to do that enough. We left in the early a.m. Tyler was anxious for us to leave so he could have the time with his cousins! Obviously, I wasn't there but my brother was kind enough to get a bunch of pictures for us.

Tyler and Ethan Blake at registration

At a little orientation

Jimmer - who really does run the camp and helps with different skills

Working on different skills

The camp was three days long, and my brother Scott made sure Tyler stayed busy.  From what I know, they got to go swimming, jump at one of those trampoline places, ate at in-n-out burger, did a service project for a neighbor, and he also completed a merit badge. Of course there was time for x-box and wii - and he really wants to get one of their games. A couple more of the major highlights was climbing Y mountain and lagoon.

Ethan, Tyler and Aunt Emilie

 

Tyler and Ethan

Tyler, Ethan, Scott and Emilie

Tyler looks thrilled, I know. But making a Y - since they were climbing Y mountain

The view from the Y - I love it!

There was a fun parade - lots of candy

Then there was the day at Lagoon. I told Ty to at least try some rides, which he did and I am so impressed! He said he had a great time and wants to go again next summer. One funny thing was I guess Tyler compared Utah people to Idaho people while he was down there. So at closing time of Lagoon, Tyler was with my sister-in-law and her sister-in-law and all of the sudden a rat went scurrying by their feet. They started screaming and Tyler just calmly walked away. He thought it was funny that Utah people are afraid of rats. I think it's funny because it's not like we have seen a lot of rats. Don't know why he is so calm about it.

Right after Rattlesnake Rapids - nice and wet

All in all it was a great week and he had so much fun. He still talks about it! He was definitely worn out and just wanted to sleep for a few days - which is great too!  He learned a lot at Jimmer camp and likes to show off his moves and even taught us a few of them during a family home evening. He's already looking forward to having his cousins come up here next summer!