Oh man, what is NOT keeping us busy these days. Kevin and Matt and RJ and I have visited Angels Stadium for a few games with Esther and Cliff this season, and have taken some souvenir shots with the old camera phone. Kevin and I are wearing Snuggies, and helped set a world record for most worn at the same time. Or something stupid like that.
April saw the return of Camporee, and for the first time for us, Webelosree. The theme was Scouting 100 yrs into the future, so we decked out our campsites and t-shirts with a futuristic space-theme. Kevin's troop decided to try to all cram into this one large tent - less setup and teardown, you see. That didn't fly the whole time- the larger boys were too crammed, and setup their own tents the second night.
Meanwhile, the Pack boys had a grand time, and they won just TONS of awards in multiple events. We ended up getting 2nd place Overall Spirit, and 2nd place Overall Pack, and winning a special Director's award for outstanding teamwork. They had a great time, and the adults took a much needed nap on Sunday afternoon.
On Memorial Day we joined Stephanie and her kids for an excursion up to Forest Falls for the day. There was just the perfect amount of water in the river for them to climb around and hike in , without it being too dangerous. I remember doing this as a kid in Azusa Canyon and having a blast; our kids felt the same way. We took a sack lunch, and stopped at the A&W in Mentone for root beer floats on the way back home- just like we did on the way home from Camp Cherith.
Matt had never been to a professional baseball game before, so he was having a ball at this one. It was a school night, and he got to eat hamburgers, fries, soda, popcorn, cotton candy - the works. He even got to watch a 9th inning homerun from behind the Angels dugout... high-fiving the total strangers all around him, too. I told him he had to not complain how tired he was the next morning, and he was a trooper.
April saw the return of Camporee, and for the first time for us, Webelosree. The theme was Scouting 100 yrs into the future, so we decked out our campsites and t-shirts with a futuristic space-theme. Kevin's troop decided to try to all cram into this one large tent - less setup and teardown, you see. That didn't fly the whole time- the larger boys were too crammed, and setup their own tents the second night.Meanwhile, the Pack boys had a grand time, and they won just TONS of awards in multiple events. We ended up getting 2nd place Overall Spirit, and 2nd place Overall Pack, and winning a special Director's award for outstanding teamwork. They had a great time, and the adults took a much needed nap on Sunday afternoon.The kids got a great lesson in navigation as we went from one side of the LA map to the other, I showed them that this is where the Santa Ana river starts - the one that goes right through the middle of Anaheim.
This was only the small lower portion of the falls, that is probably an 8ft drop behind us. Next time we'll climb up higher.
We ended up this past weekend with the Pack graduation. Matt earned his Webelos badge, and his Compass for extra activities (just a little shy of a compass point!), and a bunch of belt loops. He is ready to take on Arrow of Light in the fall.
Kevin is cranking through his rank advancement, he just had his board of review for Star on Monday. He will go to BSA summer camp at the end of the month.. after we get through the end of the school year next week! We've also had Scout-o-Rama, merit badge days, awards banquets, tutoring sessions, and a birthday movie outing for Sam's 19th.
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