Scouts, School and Stuff

I know, I know, I know, It has been a long time since I last updated my blog here and I am sorry about that but it has been busy. Lets see first there was all the school and scout craming that we do every year to fill a months worth of stuff into the first two and a half weeks of December so that we can all take some time to be with our families a the holidays. This year we had added Boy scouts for and droped a few days out of the time schedule since the kids were off to Columbus of a visit the same day they finished up school.
Scouts schools and more. Well Zack is just loving scouts in November and December we did a project to make wish ornaments for some foster kids in the area. The boys decorated foam sheet ornaments that the foster kids would then attach a sticker with there name and what they would like for christmas, then the ornaments where hung on christmas trees in a local mall where people could pick them off buy the present attach the sticker and take the ornament home. We also sponcered 5 families in our pack, one for each den to buy presents for. We talked to the boys about what this family,(mom,6- boy,4-girl,& 1- boy)needed we talked about how they didn't have a home of there own and were living with family members, how they needed food and clothes and how without the help of others these three kids might not get and toys, The boys were really excited to help and Zack would have bought out Target if we could have just for them. But we did end up buying each kid a few toys and mom an gift certificate to a grocery store, we also collect gently used items for them also. Zack is still doing great in school except for the sitting still part. he participated in a holiday program and it was adorable to see all of them singing and dancing to the music.
Taryn has now achieved the highest rank in junior girl scouts as the girls finially completed the requirements for there Bronze award badge, they have some more fundraising to do then it will be off to San Francisco to take place in a hugh Bridging ceremony to celebrate there moving up to cadets. School has finally gotten challenging for her since she moved into the gifted program but that doesn't mean her grades are dropping she still keeps a high GPA and we are so proud of her.
All in all we have learned a lot about helping others this holiday season and will continue to do more projects as the kids love it.