sunrise at the lake

Our family attended a Cub Scout family camp last weekend at Hord's Creek Lake, in a very unloved area of the lake park.   Long story short, there was a photo contest for the scouts in the categories of nature and scouting in action.

The above photo was taken by my son, 10 years old.   I looooooooooooove the photo.   While he did not win the contest, he sure won over his momma's heart a bit more.   Breathtaking what his young heart has captured, what he found important to photograph that day.

Always new things on the horizon --- think he needs a new camera.     

while at camp

The son and I attended Webelos summer scout camp in early July.   Before we left, like minutes before I walked out of the house and while the family was getting in the truck, I grabbed a pad of sticky notes and a worn Sharpie marker to leave some love notes around the house for the hubs and daughter. 

After they found the first note, it became a scavenger hunt for them to find them all. 

And, the K-girl saved them for me to scrapbook.  Sweet girl o' mine with a crafty heart, I love her. 

proud.

The K-boy has been in Cub Scouts for three years now and I have been by his side each step of the way, first as mom and now as mom/den leader.   The last two years in the den has been soooooooo much fun and I look forward to each den and pack meeting.  The Scouts and their parents have become like family to me and I love them to pieces. 

But, keeping our program strong is one of our annual fundraisers --- popcorn!   You don't have to be local to support your favorite Cub Scout.  You can simply click the link below the graphics and show your support, too.   Seventy percent of the profits come back to our council and 30% of that back to our pack.  This one, single fundraiser has been enough to keep our pack of about 60 kiddos going strong.  It has helped with awards, achievements, camping, pack events, racing activities, uniforms, handbooks and rewards. 

http://www.trails-end.com/estore/scouts/email_referral.jsp?id=7746316

Our true reward, though, is watching our K-boy grow into a fine young man through his Scouting experiences, all while eating some yummy popcorn.    

Thank you for supporting my favorite Cub Scout.

And, as the son and I say, "Out like a Scout!"  

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Layout above was completed as part of Marcy Penner's challenge a few weeks back.  The challenge was to use a die cut, buttons and handwritten journaling.   I used the lovely green fleur de lis paper as it is the icon used with scouting.