Halloween 2024

The extent of Henry and my Halloween festivities were carving pumpkins.   

I followed Henry's example of making a "classic" jack-o-latern.

Ralph: Eagle Court of Honor

Ralph's Eagle Court of Honor was held on Sunday, October 20.  It was a great day.  Many of the scouts from his Troop were able to attend as well as a few former scouts of the Troop.   

2024-2025 School Year

The school year kicked off on August 12 for Henry.  As an incoming freshman he and the other freshman were given the chance to have the school to themselves for a day before the other classes joined them on August 13.

A few weeks before school started "readiness day" was held.  The day is a chance to take care of a few details before school starts - take school photo (both boys), pick up parking tag (Ralph), check out chromebook (Henry), etc.  Henry and I also spent time walking the halls and getting a feel for where is classes were.

Another summer of scouting

Ralph spent his summer at three different scout camps; Henry went to two of the same camps.

They both spent a week at Camp Cornhusker in June. Camp Cornhusker was the troops summer camp of choice for the Summer of 2024.  They worked on various merit badges - some already earned previously.

A week after returning from Camp Cornhusker they spent more than a week at the Cornhusker Council's Outdoor Education Center.  The 1st few days were spent preparing for NYLT then the next 5 days were spent as youth staff.  This was Henry's 1st year as a youth staff member and Ralph's 2nd year.

In mid July Ralph went to Northern Tier which is located in the Boundary Waters with 7 others .