My New Year's resolution didn't take long to break. I promised to update blogs more, and this family blog has sat idle since.
That doesn't mean we are not busy. We've been updating photos fairly regularly (OK, more in spurts) but some momentous occasions have been chronicled.
Here are some highlights, though click here for the full stream.
Sean's graduation from Cub Scouts
Sean's first Black Belt
And our Spring Break trip to Park Chalk Bluff
On the bright side, I have written a couple of entries for Technical Bent, though nothing to write home about :-(.
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Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Thursday, January 01, 2009
More updates for 2009?
One of my New Year's Resolutions is to update both this blog and Technical Bent more often in 2009. I probably won't, but hey ... I should try, right?
We've had a good holiday so far. I was able to take off much of the same time as the boys, so we spent lots of time together at the house, preparing for the holidays, working on school projects and general fun.
For Christmas, the boys got bikes from Santa and a .22 rifle from Dad. Lots of books, Legos and general fun stuff from everyone and we are thankful to have such good and generous friends and family even during this troubled year. We fell like we always get more than we give, and it humbles us.
Brian and I spent later days of vacation at Winter Camp at Lost Pines Scout Reservation in Bastrop. Typical Texas weather, we started out in the 80s, but it dropped to 24.6 degrees before we were done. We earned the "Polar Bear" badge, given for camping in freezing weather. Twice.
Brian worked on four merit badges -- Emergency Preparedness, Personal Fitness, Camping and Citizenship in the Community -- all Eagle-required badges. He is First Class now and lacks only the leadership position to make Star rank. He aims to make Eagle by the time he gets his driver's license. Oh Gawd ... he's that close to driving? Brian's soccer team is in hiatus for a couple of weeks, but will resume practice for cup play before January closes.
Sean will finish up Arrow of Light requirements this week and should make Super Webelo, earning all 20 activity badges. He's not as excited to cross over into Boy Scouts, but I think he'll enjoy it once he gives it a try. He is also nearing testing for his first black belt in Tae Kwon Do. His goal has been to earn that before finishing elementary school, and I'm sure he will.
We've had a good holiday so far. I was able to take off much of the same time as the boys, so we spent lots of time together at the house, preparing for the holidays, working on school projects and general fun.
For Christmas, the boys got bikes from Santa and a .22 rifle from Dad. Lots of books, Legos and general fun stuff from everyone and we are thankful to have such good and generous friends and family even during this troubled year. We fell like we always get more than we give, and it humbles us.
Brian and I spent later days of vacation at Winter Camp at Lost Pines Scout Reservation in Bastrop. Typical Texas weather, we started out in the 80s, but it dropped to 24.6 degrees before we were done. We earned the "Polar Bear" badge, given for camping in freezing weather. Twice.
Brian worked on four merit badges -- Emergency Preparedness, Personal Fitness, Camping and Citizenship in the Community -- all Eagle-required badges. He is First Class now and lacks only the leadership position to make Star rank. He aims to make Eagle by the time he gets his driver's license. Oh Gawd ... he's that close to driving? Brian's soccer team is in hiatus for a couple of weeks, but will resume practice for cup play before January closes.
Sean will finish up Arrow of Light requirements this week and should make Super Webelo, earning all 20 activity badges. He's not as excited to cross over into Boy Scouts, but I think he'll enjoy it once he gives it a try. He is also nearing testing for his first black belt in Tae Kwon Do. His goal has been to earn that before finishing elementary school, and I'm sure he will.
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