Scouts started strong in August 2025 with Robert leading a campout to Montgomery Whitewater! The boys got to white water raft and do the zip line! fun…and hot!!

Spencer was working hard to fulfill cooking merit badge requirements!

September Court of Honor!

In September I also lead the swimming merit badge and it was funny to see how many of the boys couldn’t float!

September river rafting campout…

Spencer’s dutch oven pizza!

Cooking and camping is exhausting! ha!

In October Spencer went on the backpacking campout and hiked the Walls of Jericho. It was hard, it was rainy, it was not fun but I am so proud of him! He completed his backpacking cooking and hiked all of the elevation changes he needed for the camping merit badge.

November service hours helping out at Lancers on the Lawn…

and that’s enough for today! Proud of all the hard work these boys have put in!

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!

Court of Honor from January 2025…

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

Camporee in February 2025!

Judge Borden speaking to the troop…

Leading the Citizenship in the Nation badge at Vulcan…

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.

Spencer cooking and cleaning the gargae for various merit badges!

Our scouts are famous!

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.

With their hard earned sashes!

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!

Lots of Scout stuff since the school year started!

Climbing merit badge!

Maxwell is serving as Senior Patrol Leader this semester which means he leads all meetings. He’s really so good at it and is a natural up there!

August campout at Scout Mountain – lead by Robert!

Court of Honor where both boys were recognized for the MANY merit badges they earned in the last semester as well as for rank achievements – Spencer earned Tenderfoot and Maxwell earned Life! Maxwell also earned the camping portion of the Outdoor Award.

This past weekend both boys went on the September campout. It was a rafting campout and it was a little touch and go with Hurricane Helene making its way through! But, the campsite was fine and the river was flowing and the boys had a great time. Spencer went up with the group on Friday afternoon and Maxwell joined Saturday morning. Because he’s still 11, Spencer had to kayak the Hiawassee but Maxwell got to raft the Ocoee.

I am so incredibly proud of these boys.