C.S.I

Joshua has been a Cub Scout Investigator all week long at his twilight cub camp. He has had so much fun shooting BB guns, doing a little bit of archery, making a cross bow, having water fights, and trading swap'ems.



Swap'ems are little trinkets that the scouts make to trade with one another and then they hang them on their hats or bandannas. This is the swap'em that Joshua and I made together. Turned out pretty cute!

Troop 623

For Den Meeting this week we took a little field trip to the Little Elm trails and picked up trash. I was surprised at how little trash there was to pick up and very impressed with the trails. The boys had a great time trying to see who could find the biggest piece of trash and of course scouting out creepy, crawly things.

Preston, Joshua, Logan, and Darian

Pinewood Derby 2010

We finally had our Pinewood Derby....Joshua and Cary procrastinated on making the car until the night before the race. I think it still turned out pretty darn cute!

What's been goin' on..

I have been consumed the last few weeks with getting ready for our Youth Pioneer trek so the blog has been somewhat neglected. The trek is over now and I am finally back to "normal life". It took me a few days to recover, but here I am. I have had several things I wanted to blog about so I decided to make one mass post. So here it goes.....

We have done several school projects. One on the great state of Texas, one on how Taco Bell hot sauce can clean pennies, and one (not pictured) on static shock. So glad to have all these done.


Kate has a million animals. I am not exaggerating. One day I found this up in her room. She lined a few of them up to play school. Notice the black stallion at the front of "the class". That's Black Beauty. She was the teacher.

I was invited to an Oscar party a few weeks back. Heather always out does her self. It was a lot of fun, but the Oscars were way to long. We even walked the red carpet.

We have had several Den Meetings in the last few weeks. From baking cookies, to learning about tools, to going over the Bobcat trail....loads of fun! (wink, wink) I still need to post a pic of me in my very stylish Scout shirt. :)

Last but not least....my garage. This is how it looks today. When I got home from the trek on Saturday the tents, sleeping bags, tarps, dutch ovens, and myself were covered in mud. So our garage has become the clean up/drying area for all this stuff. The trek was hard....very hard, but I would do it all over again. I saved the amazing details for my "real journal". I may post on it more later...but this is all you get for now.

Be Prepared

Braeden received his Arrow of Light badge last night at pack meeting. This along with the religious knot are the only badges that you can carry forward to Boy Scouts. He actually earned it quite a long time ago but our ward isn't on top of things when it comes to Cub Scouts. Joshua finally got his Bobcat badge. We are hurrying to get his Wolf done. I am now his Bear leader....I know it's hilarious. Not my favorite thing, but I am doing it for him. Next week is our first Den meeting. I think that's what it called, anyways it should be interesting.

Braeden, some bees, and a briar patch

** written by Braeden
On Friday I went camping with some of my friends. The next day just before we were about to leave, we went exploring in the forest. A couple minutes later our scout leader called us to come out of the forest. Me and my friend Josue were trying to get out of the forest through some thorns, but in the progress we stepped in a nest of underground bees. As they flew up, Josue shouted, "BEES!!!" We both ran for our lives like little sissy girls! We both went in different directions . The majority of the swarm chased after me. I don't know which way Josue ran, but the path I took was blocked by some briars. I tried to get through them, but I fell into them. The bees kept stinging me while I was on the ground and in the briar patch. After a lot of scratches to my arms, face, hands, and ENTIRE bodyI finally got out of there and took off running. A bunch of scout leaders came running. One of them told me to take off my clothes. So I did. We finally got away from the few bees that were still flying around us and got to relax... for a few seconds. Then the First aid teacher came and counted our stings. Josue had two, but I had seven! He said I might have to go to the hospital! Now that got me worked up. I think I was more scared of the hospital then I was of the bee stings. They called my parents and they said unless I was swelling up I didn't need to go to the hosipital. So... that's my story. Now I'll probably be scared of bees for the rest of my life.

Pinewood Derby 2009

Last night was the annual Pinewood Derby for the cub scouts. Everyone at our house was very excited about it because both Braeden and Joshua made cars this year. This was Braeden's last year to compete and Joshua's first.

Braeden and Joshua's cars........ they worked really hard on these with the help of Dad. Joshua's is the Superman car and Braeden's looks like some kind of torture device.

Anxiously awaiting the start of the race.....this year the competition was divided into two categories: the Webeloes and then the rest of the cub scouts. Unfortunately, Braeden and Josh did not compete against each other.
Almost all of the cub scouts and the Scout Master, Brother Ballard.

And the winners are.......Braeden and Joshua Jones!!! They both came in first place and Joshua was awarded "Most Innovative".
Since Braeden and Joshua didn't race against each other they wanted to see who's car would go faster at the end of the night. Superman won!! Joshua was very excited, and Braeden was a very good sport.

Pinewood Derby 2008

Last night was the annual pinewood derby for the cub scouts. Braeden absolutely loves participating in it. The first year he entered he didn't do very well. It was his first time, of course, and he just wanted to make the car that was pictured on the box of the car kit. Last year he did some research on the Internet and his car won the whole thing. This year he wanted to use the exact same car, but Cary wouldn't let him. So, he got back on the computer and researched again and found a new design. He tied for first with another Scout. They raced and re-raced but they never could determine a winner. I was thankful for that. The other scout was almost in tears....so it was a good thing it ended in a tie. Braeden loves competition of any kind and he was sooooo excited!

From Wolf to Bear

Braeden received his wolf badge at his last den meeting. He is now a Bear. I don't quite understand exactly how cub scouts or boy scouts works yet, but we are learning as we go. Braeden loves it and is looking forward to day camp in two weeks.

And the Winner is.................

The cub scouts had their annual Pinewood Derby race last night and Braeden came in first place. It was very exciting for him. He did some research on the internet and found the design for his car. He chose it because it looked really cool. He and Cary worked on the car over the weekend and there hard work payed off. Congratulations Braeden!!