Every once in awhile, when we're not working on rank requirements that have to do with compasses, crossing rivers, CPR, knowing the native plants of California, or knowing what a bowline knot is for (and then tying it), the Boy Scouts go and do something FUN.
Saturday Kevin and I got up at the crack of o-dark-hundred and went to Angels Stadium with his troop. We were there with quite a few other Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops of various ages, along with all the other parents that had driving duty.
We were there cheering on the runners for the Disneyland Half Marathon, and the nine-mile mark was them running through Angel Stadium. There were all sorts of athletes, from the professionals we saw at 7:30am; to the wheelchair runners; the large amounts of folks sporting any and all manner of Disney-related costumes - Tinkerbell, Peter Pan, Cinderella, Snow White, and Minnie Mouse (both girls AND guys wore this!!); the folks walking the route and stopping to take pictures and video of it all; down to the last straggling walker at 10am. We cheered especially hard for her. Elvis even made an appearance.
It was most fun when we went down to the wall and gave high fives to the runners - they were very appreciative. And sweaty.
BTW, Kevin just made his First Class rank, and knew how to do all those fun things (and more) listed above. And now, so do I.
The rest of the weekend included a pool party in Temecula; dodging drunk drivers on the road; and a beach day. . .
Fall decor came our way in the form of a .99 cent store spider web...
Matt and I took a weekend to go camping with his buds...
... got in a little rock wall climbing...
Kevin's troop had a court of honor at Firestone...where the lovely Ms Stephanie arranged a Dutch Oven dinner for the families. I had to take notes, cause Matt and I will be camping out there in a few weeks.
Kevin spent a Saturday washing cars for band, even taking a break to say hi to Nick who happened to be in town for the weekend. He seems to be having a good time with all the practices and fundraisers and high school in general. 
Saturday Kevin and I got up at the crack of o-dark-hundred and went to Angels Stadium with his troop. We were there with quite a few other Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops of various ages, along with all the other parents that had driving duty.
We were there cheering on the runners for the Disneyland Half Marathon, and the nine-mile mark was them running through Angel Stadium. There were all sorts of athletes, from the professionals we saw at 7:30am; to the wheelchair runners; the large amounts of folks sporting any and all manner of Disney-related costumes - Tinkerbell, Peter Pan, Cinderella, Snow White, and Minnie Mouse (both girls AND guys wore this!!); the folks walking the route and stopping to take pictures and video of it all; down to the last straggling walker at 10am. We cheered especially hard for her. Elvis even made an appearance.
It was most fun when we went down to the wall and gave high fives to the runners - they were very appreciative. And sweaty.
BTW, Kevin just made his First Class rank, and knew how to do all those fun things (and more) listed above. And now, so do I.
We spent the Fourth over at a friend's house, watching the kids play in the pool while we sat around grazing for the afternoon. It was neat to watch from a distance the illegal fireworks being lit on our street.
Matt spent this last week at Cub Scout day camp over in Los Alamitos Joint Forces base. It's a big patch of dry, hot, gopher-holed dirt. They brought a fire truck in one day and turned the hose on the kids - they loved it. I think the grass shown here is the only patch on the place.
The boys also got to shoot bb guns, bows & arrows, do leather crafts, check out rocks, check the oil and tire pressure on a car, do some cooking, pet a K-9 dog, and a myriad of other things. They had a great time, and are ready to go back again. I think it will take me a year to clean out the dirt from his clothes and shoes.
