Thursday, August 20, 2009

Fun in Canada




Garrett and I flew to Canada on Saturday, August 15th. Garrett flew back to Arizona yesterday. I will leave Canada next Saturday. When we figure out how to do a slideshow of the pictures for our blog, we'll post a few more pictures.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Now tell me please: Who would not want to take a drink? But my wife advised me to not drink because of "beaver fever".

Saturday, August 1, 2009

No Wrestling During the Meeting!


For the first time this week, I welcomed 5 energetic little 8 year old boys into my home for our first Wolf Cub Scout meeting. My assistant was out of town, and so I (with a little help from my husband) ran the meeting. One of the things I did with the Wolf Cubs was create a Code of Conduct for our den. And let me tell you...I barely got them to sit still long enough to get any comments. My favorite rules were: N0 Wrestling During the Meeting (I came up with that one), and "Don't ignore Akela" (Akela is me...and one of the boys actually came up with that rule after I said aloud that no one was listening to me). After the meeting was over and they all went home, I felt exhausted! They didn't stop moving the entire meeting! Even when they were sitting still, they seemed to be buzzing. They also asked very random, funny questions and said the most interesting things to one another as they talked about things they liked to do (like play video games). There is one very quiet boy though; he mainly listened to the other boys talk. He asked me at one point (as the other boys were excitedly talking about video games and guns) "Why do they like guns so much?" I said, "I don't know, I'll ask them." So, I asked the boys, "Why do you like guns so much?" One of the boys (without hesitation) replied, "They're faster than swords!"And so begins my next great adventure: being a Wolf Cub Scout leader!