Cub Scouts, 1

I am an Assistant Cub Scout Den Leader.

(Ryan is the Den Leader)

The previous leaders of these five energetic boys were in there for nearly three years.  Three years!

They loved it!  Needless to say, they've been extremely friendly, encouraging, and helpful while we "learn the ropes" about everything.  In the beginning I was SUPER overwhelmed.  I have a brother who was in Scouts, but that was basically all I knew about scouting. Period.  Then when I was telling my mom about being a new Den Leader, she reminded me that she had been a Wolf Den Leader, and that she hadn't liked it at all.  Hmph.  Great. 

Well, I had a hard time motivating myself to be excited at all for our first Den meeting last night.  Thanks to R, it all went very smoothly, and the boys responded well.  So, even though I feel ridiculous in my tucked-in, tan, short-sleeved uniform (complete with patches, neckerchief, and slider) - I am less not-excited for next weeks Den Meeting than I was yesterday at this time.

Ay ay ay.

Cyber Monday Dreaming

If I could, I would spend lots of moolah on clothes.

Shoes & Accessories:

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Tops:

Or any of these other tops that I love:

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Bottoms:

 

and finally, this sassy skirt seen { here }.

Happy Thanksgiving!

11 things I am grateful for in this, the 11th month of the year

11. Long socks

10. Ridiculous books about silly vampires (& the movies)

9.  Jeans that fit, are long enough, and look good

8. Our new pegboard, and Ryan's hard work toward it

7. Our trusty Subaru

6. The holiday season. Yay!!

5.  My brother, serving an LDS mission in Orlando

4. All of my family

3. My faith

2. My husband (Hi Ryan)

1. My sanity and well-being

Project Pegboard

I know, I know.  My posts have been lame lately.  Bear with me, we've been busy.

Anyway, we decided to make a pegboard for our wall to hold some of our pans.

We spray-painted it, mounted it, and ~8 hours later, it was complete!

Ryan is very patient, and a great worker. :)

Here are some photos from the end...

("Where is the level?  Let me just check one more time.  Now that it's fully mounted to the wall.")

(almost there!)

 

((showing it off))

The final product! Woohoo!

 

Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow!

Ryan and I will have made an two kinds of rolls, mashed sweet potatoes, and a lattice-top apple pie. :)

Enjoy your feast!

Halloween-time in Columbia

The boys.

Raking the leaves/playing trucks.

Mason was Yoda.

Colin and Gavin

The candy pile.

(Their dad had to make sure everything was ok, of course.)

When there were still leaves on the trees...

-Huckleberry Trail-

Huckleberry Trail bridge

VT football stadium in the background on the left

Sunlight, near the bridge

Buenos Dias!

I promise I'll write something soon.  Busy busy busy.

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