Tag: scouts
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Retiring the flag
Brother Blackwell had a flag retiring ceremony for pack meeting tonight and I really appreciated how solemnly he insisted on the boys treating it. He told the boys at the outset that they were not to soak unless called upon. When one of the boys in this rowdy group treated him he quickly warned that…
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First Pack Meeting as a parent
Isaac had his first pack meeting (since they canceled November and December due to the holidays). The pack learned to play marbles and charades. Enoch, Noah, and Ezra made it halfway through before I had to remove them to the nursery but I was still able to be there when they presented Isaac with his…
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Journal 10 September 2011
The main activity for today was to attend the ceremony where Grandpa Andy was awarded scouting’s silver beaver. We managed to arrive early to the American Fork tabernacle. Once we got there we discovered that this ceremony was dry as toast and anything but personal. The little kids were fidgety to the point that partway…