Bridge to Cadettes

I thought she might not make it this far since we're in the age where girls start to quit scouts to do other activities.  My troop bridge to Cadettes and I am so so proud of them.  Especially of my girl, who despite all of our ups and downs, loves girl scouts especially the time she spends at camp.  We're already signed up for 2 girl scout camps this summer plus I'm sure we'll camp with the troop as well.  In this picture she is holding up the key each girl received when they bridge symbolizing their venture into "older girl" scouting where they can do more mature things... now they want to go sky diving!  Yikes!

Blow that Horn!!

Gretchen is doing band this year and so far has had two concerts.  The second concert was considerably better than the first.  What a patient teacher her band teacher must be!  Anyhow, it sounds like she likes it even though she finds it challenging!