Boy Scout Court of Honor/Crossing Over

Benji attended his first Boy Scout Court of Honor last week with his new troop. The troop, as part of the court, also had a special crossing over ceremony for the new scouts joining the troop:

Lighting the flame of knowledge

Passing on the flame

Crossing over to join the troop

Approaching the troop colors

Boy scout oath

School's Out 2019

Last Friday was the last official day of school for the kids. Abby had no finals, having been exempted from them all with As, so she actually had the whole week off to relax. Benji was thrilled to be done with 5th grade and ready for summer:

Last day of 9th grade

Removing the last link

Last day of 5th grade

Happy Summer! It was raining, so this actually washed away before Benji got home to see it.

Abby's Art

She got to bring home her portfolio, and it had lots of neat things in it:

Her portfolio cover

Final project

Midterm project

Yorktown (Boy Scout Campout #1)

Last weekend, Benji went with his new boy scout troop to Yorktown Battlefield for a campout. We decided to send him without a parent as a practice run for camp this summer.  He did marvelously (despite the near constant rain):

Ready to roll

Caleb making preparations (he was also Benji's tent-mate)

And he's off!

Last Day of 9th Grade

Because Abby was exempt from all of her finals, her last day of school was last Friday (a week earlier than Benji). Here is her last day picture:

Junk Food Celebration

Abby and her lunch friends have been gleefully planning this for a while.  11 of them, each with an assignment for specific junk food to bring to share for their celebration lunch (Abby brought trader joe's takis and marshmallow fluff). They took a picture of their haul on the lunch table:

Painting Rocks

This was a fun family activity and we hid them down at Greenbrier for kids to find after we were done: