Scout Mom!

This weekend we did a backyard camping event with my Junior troop, it was such a great time! It is so hard to believe that this troop was started by me just happening upon a flyer for a recruitment event they were doing 4 years ago. I went in not knowing what to expect, and since they did not have any troops available for my daughter to join, another Mom and I came together and started our own!  The first 2 years were rocky, we were trying to learn the ropes and organize, but we stuck it out and just seeing how well the girls work together as a team and the bond they have with one another just makes all that hard work in the beginning so worth it!

The girls did not complain, not even once through the night, and we are talking about eight 9 year olds, camping in 60 degree weather in tents!  They made smores, hot dogs, we even made some popcorn over the fire, they told ghost stories and just had a really great time! It made me think, these are the moments they will remember the most when they are all grown up, not they toys they got, not the amount of money that was spent on them.....it will be the memories they have made with their friends and the fun times they had! I just wanted to share that with you all. It is the season for thankfulness after all :-)

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