May’s End of the Month Summary {2013}

This month I was happy about: Teenager being elected to be the Senior Patrol of his troop as well as finding out Teenager’s iPod was recovered and that we got it back.

This month I was sad about: not much of anything, except maybe realizing how fast my kids are growing up.

Something I accomplished this month was: getting through the end of the school year stuff.

Something new I did was: helped a friend start a new blog.

This year I’m going to rate the books & movies. Here’s my rating system:
♥ ♥ = Love it! A must read/see!
✓ ✓ = Good, not great
✓ = Not much to talk about
X = Awful. Total waste of time

Books I read were: lots of kids books as we had a huge influx of award winning juvenile books get the library!
Animal Masquerade by Marianne Dubuc ✓ ✓
Green by Laura Vaccaro Seeger ♥ ♥
I Saw a Peacock with a Fiery Tail by Ramsingh Urveti ♥ ♥
A Bus Called Heaven by Bob Graham ✓ ✓
Chuck Close: Face Book by Chuck Close ✓ ✓
And Then It’s Spring by Julie Fogliano ✓ ✓
Charley’s First Night by Amy Hest ✓ ✓
The Hero of Little Street by Gregory Rogers ✓ ✓

Movies I watched were:
What to Expect When You’re Expecting ♥ really silly, stupid humor

TV Shows I watched were:
McLeod’s Daughters (Netflix: finally finished all the seasons) 🙁
Criminal Minds
CSI
CSI New York
NCIS
NCIS: Los Angeles
Survivor
Hawaii Five-0

My favorite song this month was:We Won’t Be Shaken by Building 429

What I remember about work was: going into summer and having to close every night. blah!

A lesson I learned this month was: God puts us where we need to be.

A friend and I: hung out with our families at the lake.

My favorite pic (not previously posted) that I took was:

Daisy hanging out with us in the kitchen

I cooked: lots of stuff, but don’t remember making anything special.

The boys were: finished up school for the year.

My husband is: ready to be less busy since summer is around the corner.

The thing I’ll remember most from this month was:

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154.365 {Getting Sworn In}

Teenager got sworn in today as the Senior Patrol Leader (SPL) of his Boy Scout Troop along side his assistant that he chose.

154.365 {Getting Sworn In}

You can see more pics from the Court of Honor here.

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Lake Martin for Memorial Day {2013}

Our friends invited us back out to the lake for Memorial Day. This is the first year we’ve actually got to camp and stay long than a day.

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View from the lake
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Teenager’s Upcoming High Adventure Trip {Philmont}

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The guys on one of their practice hikes at Chewacla State Park

It’s usually this time of year, when I send out the address where you can send Teenager cards, letters, money, etc while he’s away at Boy Scout Camp. This year he’s not going on a normal camping trip. On June 14th, he will board a plane to Denver, Colorado where he will spend a few days getting acclimated to the altitude while site-seeing in that area. On June 17th, he’ll arrive at Philmont Scout Ranch (near Cimarron, New Mexico) where he and 8 other boys along with 2 of their brave leaders, will embark on a 12 day backpacking hike, covering 81 miles, and reach an elevation of nearly 12,500 feet. This will truly be an adventure of a life time for Teenager and we’re so excited for him! He will not be able to receive mail during this trip. If you would like to send money for him to use during the trip, he will need to receive it before June 13th when we head up to Atlanta so he can catch his flight early the next day. He will have several opportunities to purchase keepsakes, snacks, etc during these 16 days away from home.

If you would like to contribute, please let me know and I will supply you with our address.

For those who have contributed either directly to the trip or towards his spending money, we thank you so much for helping out!

Most importantly, Teenager and his contingent could really use your prayers starting now during trip preparations, as well as while they are gone. Please pray for:
-safe travels
-everyone to stay healthy
-good weather
-no one to get lost
-these 11 men/boys to have patience and understanding with each other
-them to not get eaten by bears 🙂
-other prayers not thought of or mentioned

If you would like to ‘follow’ along with their preparations, as well as their trip, you can visit this blog that Mr. B, Teenager ‘s scout master, has created. They will be updating along the trail as they are able.
http://www.philmont617-r.blogspot.com/

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153.365 {Yellow Peach}

153.365 {Yellow Peach}

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152.365 {Fav Quote from “The Happiness Project”}

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151.365 {Tiny Spindles}

151.365 {Tiny Spindles}

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150.365 {Sharp}

150.365 {Sharp}

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“Grape Salad… Yummy, Yummy”

Grape Salad

Servings: 8
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Refrigeration Time: 2 hours minimum

Ingredients:
Salad Ingredients
1 1/2 lbs green seedless grapes
1 1/2 lbs red seedless grapes
8 ounces sour cream
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract, to taste

Topping Ingredients
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup chopped pecans

Directions:
1. Wash and remove grapes from bunch. Be sure to get little stem pieces off
2. Dry the grapes.
3. Blend together other salad ingredients
4. Fold in grapes carefully, stir until well mixed.
5. To make the topping, mix together brown sugar and pecans.
6. Refrigerate salad until ready to serve, but do not add topping yet.
7. When ready to serve, remove salad and stir.
8. Spread topping over the top of the salad evenly.

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149.365 {Cool Car}

149.365 {Cool Car}

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