1/28 - After work I headed to the middle school for PTA meeting and the hear the SRO officers talk about what middle school kids are doing these days. A bit scare but good to get some more education. Then I headed to the elementary school to talk to 6th grade parents about several things that are different in middle school.
1/25 - Kasey had a cookie booth at Grammy and Gramp's place. She sold lots of cookies in a few hours and it was fun to meet people that Grammy and Gramps are becoming friends with.
1/23 - I had a work HH with other managers at Ten Times Cellar. It was fun to try some wine and have snacks together. Its nice getting to talk to colleagues about things other than work.
1/17 - Cookies season started, its time for another year of cookie selling
1/12 - We had another sewing session with the girls for their Bronze award. It was neat to see them get further and do a little better this time.
1/11 - We woke up in the morning and it snowed for about 5 minutes. Kasey went outside for a few minutes with no shoes and short sleeve pajamas. It didn't last long, but it was pretty. Greg and I went to a Boy Scout award dinner. Greg got an award from the troop for all of the work he does with them. Proud of him, only 2 adults from our troop got the same award.
1/5 - the girls came over for to work on sewing for their bronze award for the first time. Some picked it up faster than others, but they all did a good job and helped each other out some too.
1/3-4 - Family Girls weekend. Kasey and I got up, went to the salon to get our nails done, got some food, started watching a Netflix Christmas movie. Grammy came to pick us up and we headed down south.
We got down there and headed to dinner at a Mexican restaurant. Yummy food, margaritas and family.
Then we went back to my aunts house, talked, had several drinks, got the younger girls to bed and stayed up late talking. Fun times with laughs and discussions. The youngest cousin there stayed where we were while her mom slept next door. She got up in the middle night and ended up sleeping with Grammy and I. Not sure any of us slept well, but that's ok. I got up with her the next morning to make waffles. I ended up taking a nap after others got up.
Eventually we all got showers, and other family members came over. We had several snacks and food most of the day. The kids ran around playing and the adults sat round the table eating and talking. After family left that was going home, we started getting tired. So we decided to play at game even the kids. We played Smart Ass which was really fun.
Great time with family, girls time, good food and a few drinks.
1/4/2020
From boys Ski trip - We had another great day on the slopes. Today was full of accomplishments for many. Some scouts used their snow sport skills to attempt the first green, blue, or even black ski slope. Others improved their confidence and skills by enjoying multiple runs down their favorite slopes. We also had multiple scouts complete the slopework for the snow sports merit badge (Thank You Mr. Ellison!). In total, it was another fun filled day of fun at Ski Apache.
Ski Apache is a great opportunity for adults to have fun while helping the troop. I was very glad to see many new faces attending this year. I personally had a great time getting to know our scout parents better. Hopefully they also enjoyed spending time with our troop leadership learning about the traditions and stories of our troop. In addition, there is no better meal in town than feasting on fantastic food with friends at the La Junta lodge (Thank You Mr. Vanek!).
Campouts are a great way to see first hand how scouting is building confidence and enhancing the character of our sons. Our troop can always use more active adults to help in all sorts of roles. In fact, we were able to complete a "Board of Review" last evening since we had enough committee members (registered adult who is not a scout leader) at Ski Apache. We have an excellent opportunity to learn more about this critical role at our first ever "Coffee and the Committee" meeting on January 13th. I hope to see many of you there during our normal scout meeting.
We will be departing Riudoso around 9 AM(MST). This will put us in Synder, Tx around 2 pm for a late lunch. With this in mind, our projected arrival time will be around 7 PM (CST). Scouts will always call when we are thirty minutes away, but please be on standby to meet us at Palmer Hall at Suncreek Church tomorrow evening. If anything drastically changes, I will send out an update.
1/3/2020 -
From boys ski trip - Today was an excellent skiing day. The weather was fantastic and the snow was even better. We had several scouts and scouters attend ski school in the morning and were already cruising the slopes in the afternoon. We returned to the ski lodge to take showers and enjoy some down time while the adult leaders prepared a filling and delicious dinner (featuring an appetizer, soup, and dessert course). Everyone is doing well and I am expecting all to get a good nights rest after the fun today.
1/1/2020 - We got up in the morning and left around 9:30am. We took the train down. It was really crowded downtown so we took the train further to West End to switch trains. It worked out pretty well to get to Fair Park. We walked to the stadium, got some food and went to our seats. It was a really cool event. Good hockey game and the Stars won. They had music including a pretty good cover band, Midland and Dan and Shea. They also had state fair themed entertainment - pig races, ropers, Aggie Ranglers, guy riding a big cow with horns :). Very fun, I'm glad we went.
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