My husband is deeply passionate about the Cub Scouts. He could not wait until our 2nd child (first son) was in first grade so that he could start him up in Cub Scouts and be there right by his side. I thought that sounded great — Cub Scouts seemed like a really neat way for the two of them to spend time together, learn some great stuff, and go on fun field trips! I wasn’t in Girl Scouts, so I really had no idea what they were going to be doing, or what the Scouts were really all about. Let me tell you, our son LOVES it!! But, his dad may love it even more!! He dove head first into helping with everything he could, and he has even earned a big leadership award (SO proud of him)! He is the leader of a Den… or Pack… or both… I still don’t know all of their lingo. I had no idea how intense the Pinewood Derby race could be. I had no idea you could earn so many beads and patches. But those boys are learning tremendously great life lessons and morals and values and I love it! We planted a tree on their school grounds to celebrate the Boy Scouts 100th Birthday a few weeks ago. Soon it will have a plaque and hopefully the tree will be growing for generations to see. And my sweet guy and his awesome dad helped plant it.
! We drove out to a gorgeous lake on this day, but as soon as we shed our clothes to jump in and swim (except for the youngest and I because it was COLD!!!), the sky darkened and it was obvious a storm was coming. This was caught just in the last few moments before we decided we should make our move to safe, dry ground. It is one of my favorites from the whole trip — I love how it almost appears they are walking on water!
