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June 25, 2026

As Maxwell heads off on a big scout adventure for the next 10 days, I thought it was a good time to catch up on scouts. Apparently I haven’t done that since October of 2024! Oops! That is hard to believe because I do feel like scouts has been such a big part of the boys’ lives the past two years. I am so proud of how both of them have ranked up – Maxwell is now Life working and working on his Eagle project and Spencer is now Star well on his way to Eagle.

Throwing it back to 2025….

Maxwell went on the troop ski trip over MLK weekend and it was an adventure filled two days that got cut short because of massive snowfall and the dads thought they were going to get stuck. Fun nonetheless!

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Court of Honor from January 2025…

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Something in February 2025 – I’m not even sure what this was for but it’s a cute pic!

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Camporee in February 2025!

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Judge Borden speaking to the troop…

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Leading the Citizenship in the Nation badge at Vulcan…

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A new class of scouts that Casey and I worked hard to recruit! She took the lead on this group as James was joining that year.

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Spencer cooking and cleaning the gargae for various merit badges!

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Our scouts are famous!

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In May 2025, Maxwell and others went down to Coosa Lodge for the Order of the Arrow initiation known as “the ordeal”. The weather was terrible and they had to work in silence all day and sleep outside with no tent. No pleasant, but they did it.

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With their hard earned sashes!

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and that is 2025 scouts in one feel swoop! Of course this whole time I was Troop Committee Chairman working behind the scenes to keep the troop running along with the Scoutmasters. Hard but rewarding work for all!

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summer baseball

June 24, 2026

Spencer decided to play SBC summer baseball. While he really wanted to pitch and play centerfield, he ended up having to catch all summer because they didn’t have a catcher. Definitely not what he wanted to do in the 90 degree heat but he was a good sport about it and played fantastic at catcher. He also got to play some short stop and third base. He’s definitely a player you can put anywhere and know he’ll make the play! Unfortunately I think he only got to pitch 2 or 3 games but we did get a few pics of it…

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The team lost more than they won and we spent a lot of time on the road driving to Bowers Park in Tuscaloosa. But, he got to hang with Chapel, Reed, and Mahlon and that made it all pretty fun!

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I’m really proud of Spencer for his hard work and good attitude. He’s a great teammate.

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Go Spartans and Go Spencer!

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summer

June 23, 2026

Everyone is scattering but we’ve been packing in fun time with friends!

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There really is nothing better than summertime!

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Father’s Day

June 22, 2026

Happy belated Father’s Day to our favorite Dad!! With everyone’s moving schedules I think the best gift was all going to dinner together on Saturday night….

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Thank you for going early to the baseball games, handling the taxes, unloading the dishwasher, and keeping the garage clean…amongst many other things we are so grateful for! πŸ™‚ We love you Robert!!

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home

June 19, 2026

Picked this one up yesterday from two weeks in Spain and Morocco with Moondance…

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First stop? Chipotle of course.

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He said it was the most fun two weeks of his life. I missed him but am so happy he got to have such a fun adventure! Now very thankful to have all my babies home for a short weekend before they are off again!

Make it a great one!

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