Pack Graduation Camp Out

This past weekend was our cub scout pack graduation camp out. It was at Stephen F Austin State Park which is about 20 miles from our house which turned out to be a HUGE blessing. Brian took the boys up after school on Friday to set up camp. After getting the tent up, John took a tumble and cut up his knee pretty bad. Thankfully there was an EMT at the next site over who cleaned up the cut and got it all bandaged. Later that night, James wasn't feeling well which wasn't a huge surprise since he had been playing with another little boy who had been throwing up. The upset tummy in conjunction with a line of bad storms heading their way and super high temperatures lead Brian to make the executive decision to come home for the night. Everyone slept well in their own beds and nice cool air conditioning. The next morning the boys all got up, dressed for the day and headed back to the camp site. They participated in the morning flag ceremony and service project with everyone. Unfortunately, Brian took a tumble and hurt his shoulder pretty bad. He loaded the boys back in the truck and drove home. Once he got home, I dropped John, Jude and Jonah off with my parents and then took James back out to the park. He had a blast during the water gun fight with all the other kids. They got absolutely soaked which must have felt nice in the 90F heat. After that, he got cleaned up and we finished taking down the tent and loaded everything in the van. The kids played for a while before dinner got underway. The boys didn't eat too much as it was so hot but the parents all dug right in. After we got dinner cleaned up it was time for graduation. We all gathered around the picnic table at one camp site which served as our bridge for the boys to walk over. Our cub master explained the Indian legend of how the cub scout was born and then each den took turns walking over the bridge. First up was the Tigers. All the boys were so excited to become wolves. After they walked over the bridge, the cub master put face paint on them with the four colors of cub scouts. Once all the dens had graduated, we sang our traditional MILK song as well as said the cub scout promise. After that, we closed out for the night. We all headed back to our camp sites to chat and let the boys burn off some energy. James and I got in the van and headed home around 9:30. We got home and he told Brian all about graduation and what he had done the rest of the day. We ended up staying up until 11:30 or so listening to James and finally getting some food in him. Even with all the injuries, it was a great weekend!! Brian and I can't wait to get started with James on his wolf achievements.

From May 2011 Blog Photos