S'more

Slimy little fish in my small soft hand. Looking at the fish intensely with my deep brown eyes as it squirm I raised it in the air and tilted my head. Everyone chanting my name. The smell of campfires and s'mores abundant. I let go of the fish… Hang on let's go back a bit. It was my second week long scout camp and we were up at Camp Mapledale in Payson Canyon. We had been at scout camp three days now and that's when all the games start up. We came outside to a tiny and flimsy kitty pool, full…

day at the lake catching loads of fish, then going back to my family's RV and enjoying some s'mores, (like what we always do.)Making it the best 24 hours of my life. However, you can’t always get what you want, because nothing ever happens the way you want it to. In the morning Cole and I got awakened by the loud knocking of a woodpecker. We lay there just…

Moberly. It was a reposeful morning with slight chill in the air, and all you could hear was the sweet sound of the clear blue waves in the lake. We were expecting a fun day at the lake catching tons of fish, then going back to our RV and eating s'mores, and having the best time ever. But, I guess you can’t always get what you want can you? In the morning Cole and I got up, and got dressed. “Do you want to go to the lake and catch some fish?” I asked. “Sure,” Cole replied in an alicrity…

Joe-Lewis, not a name heard often, in fact, if people know boxing they believe he is named after the famous boxer Joe Lewis. However, he is named after our father, Lewis because his nickname was Joe-Lewis as a kid, hence Joe-Lewis’s name. Joe-Lewis Brown O’Donnell, named after both our father and great grandfather. The best part of his middle is it matches his eye and hair color. Standing five foot, six inches tall and slender, his baby fat gone, along with his chubby cheeks, now replaced with…

and just being outdoors has been something we all enjoy doing together as a family. A perfect fall day is spent on the lake all day fishing then coming home having a cookout and bonfire. My favorite part of the bonfire is making s’mores. You cannot go wrong with s’mores. As we all know Halloween and Thanksgiving are also celebrated during the fall season. Halloween, which is my birthday, we all get together and have a cookout and bonfire. On Thanksgiving, we always get together in remembrance…

and have fun. It has the perfect weather for fall festivals, trunk or treats, haunted trails and fires with s’mores and games. Fall festivals are the best because you get to walk around with friends, eat so much food till stuffed and yes, even get lost in the corn stalk maze. If being with big crowds is not a favorite, fires and hiking is a must during this time. Having a fire, making s’mores and telling ghost stories is a great way to get friends together and taking a walk, enjoying the leaves…

Spring is here and many of our friends and neighbors are pulling the outdoor cooking equipment out of storage. Before long, families and friends will gather round the fire-pit to enjoy s'mores and memories as the sun sinks below the horizon, and others are dreaming of loading up the outdoor grill with tender cuts of meat and garden-fresh veggies just begging for roasting. While most of these backyard parties result in plenty of laughs and thousands of share-worthy photos for social media, sadly…

The arrival of fall is approaching and my excitement is shouting . The feeling of goosebumps start to go up and down my arms when I walk outside enough to give me chills, the breeze moves my hair in a gentle way. The smell of the air starts to consist of pumpkin spice and cinnamon making me lick my lips. The trees start to stand out with vibrant colors, and the leaves fall like rain falls in the spring. All the time and effort put into every leaf to be racked just to be destroyed by a one jump…

BANG! Thunder roared as were in the car on the way to my uncle’s new lake house. My mom, dad, me and my brother were all going it was going to be an exciting weekend filled with boat rides, fishing, tubing and best of all the fish fry. The storm was supposed to stop by the time we got to the lake house. All of my cousins would be going so I knew it was going to be a fabulous weekend. “Hey mom when are we going to get there” I asked “Very soon Kylee I know you’re excited but you have to be…

crackers. The marshmallow dates back to ancient times, although the graham cracker only goes back to 1829. The marshmallow was originally used for medicinal purposes. Now the two foods are often combined together to create another fast food known as a s’more. These food are only a small percent of important fast foods in American History. Without them the world may not be where it is today. So many foods have a history of…