Scouts

Crossover Ceremony

March 14, 2024

Two weeks ago Spencer and his Cub Scout troop had their crossover ceremony officially earning their Arrow of Light and becoming Boy Scouts! There was a good group of them that stuck it out and made it through Cub Scouts together. This group wasn’t quite as committed and connected as Maxwell’s group so it wasn’t quite as bittersweet. But, it’s still a great accomplishment and I’m so proud of Spencer and all of these boys!

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I’m really just proud of this kid in general – he’s a smart, good kid and I’m so thankful he’s mine.

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Glad to have most of these boys moving onto Boy Scouts together at Troop 63!

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Pinewood Derby

February 28, 2024

We raced in our final pinewood derby with Spencer’s car, “Magic”! It was Spencer’s car but Maxwell had a very heavy hand in the decoration. A team effort we’ll say!

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The car had some good speed but, when in the outlaw division, it just couldn’t compete with the weight that Bobby’s car had…which had a literal dumbbell on it! ha! I personally think Spencer was robbed in the “paint job” category but that’s ok.

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It was a pretty afternoon and a fun end to cub scouts!

December 12, 2023

Recent Scout stuff! October campout to hike the Walls of Jericho…

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October they volunteered at the Camp Smile A Mile Halloween carnival…

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and went on a campout in Pensacola to see the Blue Angels! Cool!

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Even cooler was when they got kicked out of their campsite because they had too many tents and they had to go spend the night at Oliver’s beach house. Roughing it!

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Last month we had a “Scout Mom” night and invited lots of 5th grade moms to come learn about Scouts. Hopeful to get a good group to Troop 63 next year!

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Scouts is more fun with friends!

Adventure

September 26, 2023

While I was home watching Spencer show off at football and Samantha show off at tumbling, Robert and Maxwell were rafting down the Chattahoochee! Robert very nicely agreed to go on the Scout campout with this crew (plus a few others not pictured)…

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They said the rafting was fun but too short. Next time they should do the more adventorous route.

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They then camped out with only a few shenanigans from the boys.

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The real adventure came on the drive home. Robert was about 2 hours from Birmingham driving GJ’s Escalade – the Escalade that got a new battery and alternator just about a month ago – and the power steering went out, then the AC failed, then all the electronics went black. Not good at all. Robert pulled over and they managed to squeeze all of the boys into the cars of the other two dads on the trip. Robert then got to sit on the side of the road for two hours waiting for the wrecker to get there from Birmingham. He was very glad to see Courtney pull up in his pink wrecker!!

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Robert then got to make a new friend in Courtney on their two hour drive back to Birmingham. ha! I met him at the Cadillac dealership where we dumped the car for them to deal with. Always an adventure!! I’m so thankful for Robert’s good nature and calm demeanor – both on the campout and on the trip home! We’re so lucky to have him.