Mackay Certifies in Scuba

The 11 year old scouts spent Friday and Saturday down deep in the Crater in Midway.

I was so proud of Mackay.

He did great and is now CERTIFIED!!

I am so glad - now Aaron will have someone to dive with when we go to Hawaii in June!!

Sitting in the Crater waiting to go down...

descending ...

Mackay is next to the guy with all the bubbles... hanging on for dear life... hee hee

Proving he can remove his mask, clear it and put it back on. :)

Thank you to Bro. Curtis DeYoung for taking such great care of these boys!!  

They are lucky to have him as their Scout Leader!

The Midway Dive

Several weeks ago, Aaron decided to get Certified in Scuba Diving.  After diving in Hawaii, he was hooked & couldn't wait to get back down to the bottom of the ocean.  

He signed up at Dive Addicts.  

After he finished all the book work, Classroom requirements, & all the requirements in to Pool, all he had left to pass off was the requirements in an actual Dive.  So we headed to Midway to dive the "Crater".    Jessica stayed with our kids and we made a weekend out of it.  

We stayed at the Zermatt.

View of the Zermatt from the top of the Crater ~ Aaron behind the hotel 

It was a nice hotel with an EXTREMELY expensive seafood buffet... (live & learn, I guess) ... and absolutely NO CELL PHONE RECEPTION.  But we didn't mind.  We were happy to be on a mini vacation ~~~ well, I was happy to be on a mini-vacation, Aaron couldn't see past the tip of his scuba mask.  He couldn't wait to spend 2 days at the bottom of the Crater.

The Crater  ~  Me, at the base of the Crater

Standing on TOP of the Crater.

 Walking into the Crater~Aaron's group listening to his instructor (Amy Smith)

 The 11 year old Scouts in our neighborhood all got Certified.  Two of the boys, Zach Gardner & Jaxson McDonald, were there with Aaron.  It was fun to see them and wait with their parents.
Also, you may recognize the Crater from the TV show "The Bachelor".

 Aaron was ALL SMILES after he finished.  

He passed with flying colors. 

The kids and I have nicknamed him "Scuba Steve" (from the movie "Big Daddy").  

After he was finished with the dive stuff, we roamed around Midway, Park City, and Heber City.  Not a whole lot to do in Midway... unless it is during Swiss Days, which it wasn't... We did see President Uchtdorf at the Dairy Keen eating lunch with his family.  We thought that was very cool.  He is one of our favorites!!

I am happy to see Aaron doing things he loves... even if his nervous wife just watches.  

I am hoping to get brave someday and join him in the water... SOME DAY...