Troop 2283 at the Fillin' Station
Girls by the canoes & Madalyn on the rock wall


Troop 2283 climbing trees
Funniest thing I saw at camp, Dodgeball anyone?


Madalyn's Girl Scout Troop went for their first big campout this weekend in Marble Falls at Camp Champions. We had an absolute blast and built A LOT of character along the way. The camp out was supposed to have happened back in September when Hurricane Ike came through and it was much warmer. Which leads to one of the best things that happened- the girls earned their Polar Bear Patch for camping in freezing weather which was confirmed with 28 degrees on the the gauge outside. Always trying to stay positive, it was colder than a witches boob in a steel bra this weekend. With the 20+ mile an hour winds on Saturday and then not so much the breeze as the freeze on Saturday night. The girls could have cared less, but I don't think we'll be signing up for any more camp outs in November any time soon. Oh, and the best part was that the transmission went out in the Suburban on the way up there. I don't think that I get a patch for that though, darn it. The best idea that I had was to start the Twilight book while on a camping trip-let me just tell you when you're up in the middle of the night because you're freezing cold you should NOT being reading a book about vampires. I'm not sure what the heck I was thinking.It made for some interesting dreams when I did sleep!
The girls got to play GaGa(an Israeli dodgeball game), climbed a rock wall, went on a nature hike, played tetherball, made friendship bracelets, cooked smores on a campfire and did a scavenger hunt. It was fun watching them interact with each other and even more fun hanging out with the other moms. We have a GREAT group of parents and girls. On that note-

1 Camp Champions
2 Camp Champions
3 Camp Champions
Buh-Bye

Ballet Bricks

Last year Ballet Austin sold personalized bricks outside of their new Dance Education Center as a fundraiser. Since they are one of my clients I wanted to support their efforts - and their new building - which is BEAUTIFUL. I bought one for the kids and another for my grandparents. These are the grandparents that Beck is named after. It's really nice to know that for 3 weeks every year I will get to walk by the bricks and have the reminder of them (my past) and the future they've given me.

WURSTFEST

Wurstfest - the ten day salute to sausage - in New Braunfels is one of my favorite events each year. We went for the first time when Jeff was at CITM and we'll go back every year from here on out. We met up with Kels and Sam, Aimee and Matt, Robbie and Heather, Jessie and Ella, the Kukols, and Brandy and Brenah. It was a lot of fun with all of the sausage, beer, sauerkraut, carnival rides, polka and the chicken dance of course!! The funniest thing was the wheel breaking off the stroller after almost 3 years of use and an impaired Jeff trying to push it with 3 wheels and kids still in it through the middle of the beer lines. LOL!

Last Soccer Game

Last Saturday we enjoyed Beck's final soccer game. He did a great job this year and we really like watching him play. He's a funny bunny that one. He was super proud of his medal and was sure let us know that he only needed one more to have as many as Madalyn. :)

VOTE!!

All of the kids dressed alike for November 4th to remind everyone to VOTE NOW! Don't they look precious?! Thanks Aunt Julie!

Halloween!!

On Halloween we started out with a Trick or Treat at my office - which included our IT girl Tracey who was a witch. The boys loved her outfit and Beck is totally convinced that I work with a witch. He he. We stopped by the party at the Kid Ranch and then went to pick up Madalyn from her first dance. Yes. A dance at school with boys. Thankfully she didn't dance with any of them! Or at least that's what she told us. :) We headed to Buda for a carnival at the City Park and then did some traditional trick or treating in a nearby neighborhood. The kids got more candy than they could ever eat.