Tuesday, October 21, 2008

October is in FULL swing!

Well, it's official! Megan is now a Cadette!!! Whoohoo! We had a tiny little ceremony at our local park here last Sunday. She will now be working harder than ever before to earn her patches, badges and awards. But it's all worth it! She's already started on a few badges (or Interest Projects as they call them now). Child Care being the first on her list. I cannot tell you just how proud I am of her. She has pushed herself out of her comfort zone to earn some amazing awards. She's far exceeded what I ever did as a Girl Scout! She is truly an amazing young woman. :0)

This is me "bridging" Megan over to Cadettes. We took her Jr vest off and put on her new Cadette vest.

Megan also earned her Bronze Award!! Which is the HIGHEST award for a Jr Girl Scout. They had to do 25 hours of community service....which our troop/girls went and volunteered at Roice-Hurst Humane Society. They walked, brushed and played with dogs, loved on the kitties, and washed a dog or two also! They also built bird houses to be donated and picked up trash at a local state park. Our girls worked very hard to achieve this award. Good job ladies!


On to other news, soccer is doing well. We are almost done with our season here and are already signed up for our next one! Both Trevor and Megan are doing awesome! Trevor just had his first chance as goalie at our last game in Carbondale! He did great! And really enjoyed himself. I see much improvement in them both! They ROCK!



Megan's #63
Sprinting for the ball...GO MEG!


Here are a few pics of our hikes after some soccer games.....

Old buildings at Sylvan Lake

The Fam at Sylvan Lake
Me and the Hubby at Sylvan Lake
The boys trying not to fall into Sylvan Lake! haha
A HUGE dandylion head at Sylvan Lake

The kids at Rifle Falls....it was raining to boot! lol The extra kid is our friend Paulette.
The top of the falls...looking upstream. So pretty.
The boys under the falls.


So as you can see...we've been mighty busy. Add in homeschooling and work, and you'd have to say we're insanely busy. lol. But we love it and wouldn't have it any other way!

Blessings!!!
~Elysia~

Rustler's Loop

Rustler's Loop
Overlooking the CO river

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Grand Junction, CO
I'm a "part-time" working mom of three, married to my best friend of 13 yrs...who loves to hike, draw, listen to music, play on the internet and hang out with friends!