Knights of the Round Table!!

This year all of the boys had the opportunity to attend Day Camp! The theme was Knights of the Round Table! They had 3 days packed with all kinds of fun stuff to do!

Corbin is going to tell you about all of the things they did.

Every morning we would check into our group and then head to "Camelot" for opening ceremonies and flag raising.

The first day we met our group members and leaders. And then we got started on our activities!

My favorite activities were BB Guns and Archery. I was pretty good at BB Guns but not so good at Archery. We got to decorate shields in Art! Everyone made really cool designs.

In first aide we learned the Heimlich Maneuver, treatment for shock, CPR and what needs to be in a first aide kit.

In Science we made Dragon Drool! It was really cool! It was a mix of green food coloring, cornstarch and water.

When we went fishing I baited my line, learned to cast and tried to catch a fish. I accidentally cast over others lines a few times too. It was really fun I had a great time. We learned the rules and regulations of fishing in Arizona.

We went on a hike...we spotted trees, scout forts, plants.

At lunch one day there was an awesome water balloon catapult and we tried to catch the water balloons!

I had a lot of fun and it was cool to hang out with all my friends before we moved away! I miss you all but we are having a good time in Washington!

P.S. Markus if you read this, tell Duncan and Drew I said HI!

April 28th ~ I went on a hike…

and on that hike I took…a tent, a pizza, a teddy bear, water, a sleeping bag, jewelry, a wolf, a bear, cookies, Brick’s underwear, a TV, a quad, a jeep, a bowling alley, shoes, dead people, every video game system available AND my family!
 
In January there was a Winterfest in Flagstaff. All the boys that attended received a patch!

So we had a small turnout for pack meeting this time but the boys had a good time playing “Animal Tag” and I went on a hike and took…and singing songs and receiving their patches! And of course eating watermelon too!

April 7th, 2009 ~ Geology Belt Loop

Tuesday we had a small group but we had a lot of fun!

We had a new Wolf join our group! This was Jesse Staddon’s first den meeting! We are excited to have him!

The boys earned their Geology Belt Loop and with the time we had left they finished their Achievement 1! So we had a very productive hour!

It was a nice evening so we decided to take it outside!

The boys learned about types of rocks and how they are formed and the difference between a rock and a mineral. And of course they learned what Geology is.

After taking in all that knowledge they needed to burn off some energy! Achievement 1 was the perfect way to do that! With front rolls, back rolls, falling forward rolls, jumping as high as they can, elephant walking, frog leaping, crab walking, walking a line and doing a frog stand you would have thought they’d be tired out…not a chance! They finished off the evening with follow the leader and freeze tag!

It was a fun evening! We missed the boys who didn’t make it!

See you next time!!

They also got to see how an old pack film Polaroid works. :)

Too bad it was so dark… :/

March 28th, 2009 ~ Agua Fria Ward Pinewood Derby!!

First off another change to our Pack! Charlie Young was called to be our Cubmaster! So the Pinewood Derby was his first official Pack Meeting!

We all gathered over at the Ruth St. Building in Prescott for weigh-ins and registration!  We also had two new Cub Scouts join us for the first time! Ronnie Latini just turned 8 and joined the Wolves and Tyler Miller 9, joined the Bears! We are excited to have them in our Pack!

The kids all got a little antsy in that small room so Stuart joined them in a game of Duck, Duck, Goose! to pass the time!

 

Brother Young opened the Derby with a few facts about the start of the Pinewood Derby. The kids thought it was pretty cool that boys have been doing derbies since 1953!’

Soon enough all the cars were weighed-in and we were off too the races!

It so exciting for each of the boys when they get to put their cars up on the track!
 

And watching the cars zoom down the track captivates the whole audience!
   

Watching them cross the finish line and hearing the crowd cheer!!

All of the boys had a great time! They all got a special award that pertained to the design of their car awarded by Bishop Dalton!
The standings were as follows:

1st Place ~ Brick Ellis

2nd Place ~ Seth Young

3rd Place ~ Levi Wagner

We want to congratulate all the boys on a job well done! And thank you all for showing good sportsmanship! We also want to thank everyone who help out and made the night fun for all the boys!

See you next year!! :)

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So that catches us up with everything that has been going on in Cub Scouts the last 3 months!  Sorry I have been slacking off on the blog!

As always…if you have pictures of den meetings or pack meetings that I was there for send me pics! We would all love to see them! My email link is on the right!

And also…EVERYONE is welcome to post on the blog if you feel so inclined! If you want to be added to the list of bloggers let me know! :)

March 2009 ~ 3rd, 12th & 17th…

March was spent educating and preparing the boys for the Pinewood Derby!

March 3rd ~ we had a meeting for both the Cub Scouts and their parents. Stayce Peterson taught everyone a little about car design and what kinds of designs work well for aerodynamics. She stressed the importance of letting the boys do as much as possible when making the cars and that it is a learning experience for the boys and it is meant to be a father and son or family project.

The boys were then given paper to draw out their designs so they would be ready to start cutting them out and building them!

March 12th ~ Stuart Rhohrbough gave the boys pointers on building theirs cars. Showing them how to sand the axles and wheels, how to get a nice shiny finish on your car and what kinds of sand paper to use for each of the different parts.

Then the boys who needed the help and had no tools at home were able to cut out their cars with help from the leaders.

March 17th ~ Was Spring Break so the boys and the leaders got a week off!
Pinewood Derby is just around the corner though!

February 27th, 2009 ~ Blue & Gold Banquet!

Decorations! Desserts! Dinner! Throw in some popcorn, games, a program and lots of cub scouts and their families and what do you have?!

The annual Blue & Gold Banquet!!

 

The boys put on a short program about the Four Freedoms that Norman Rockwell painted. The boys did a great job reciting their parts!

Rockwell's inspiration for the series was the Four Freedoms speech given before Congress by Franklin Delano Roosevelt on January 16, 1941.

The relevant Four Freedoms portion of the speech is reproduced below.

In the future days which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms.

The first is freedom of speech and expression -- everywhere in the world.

The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way -- everywhere in the world.

The third is freedom from want, which, translated into world terms, means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants -- everywhere in the world.

The fourth is freedom from fear, which, translated into world terms, means a world-wide reduction of armaments to such a point and in such a thorough fashion that no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression against any neighbor -- anywhere in the world.

That is no vision of a distant millennium. It is a definite basis for a kind of world attainable in our own time and generation. That kind of world is the very antithesis of the so-called "new order" of tyranny which the dictators seek to create with the crash of a bomb.

- Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
excerpted from the Annual Message to the Congress,
January 6, 1941

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All of the boys received their ice skating belt loops!

And celebrated with a Golf Cheer! FORE!!

Seth Young earned his Bobcat Badge! Congrats Seth!

Levi Wagner received his Wolf Badge!  Way to go Levi!

Brick Ellis received his Bear Badge! Great job Brick!

Noah Rohrbough received his Bear Badge! Awesome job Noah!

Nikolas Campbell received his Bobcat Badge too! Excellent work Nikolas!

So it was a big night for achievements! Great job boys for all the hard work!!

Now it’s time to get down to the games! Winner gets a jar of blue & gold M&M’s!!

Everyone played a giant game of Musical Chairs! Each time several chairs would be taken out so the game didn’t go on all night long!

Bishop Dalton got in on the fun of course!

We had a few squatters trying to make sure they got a seat!

And a few little ones needing some help!

We’re getting closer to the end!!

It finally came down to sisters! Brittney and Emily Wagner! And Emily takes it!

The last game of the night was a Balloon Sweep! Boys Vs. Girls! It was funny watching the different techniques! the girls used small sweeps like you would to clean the floor! The boys! They were all over the place! whacking it and it flying all over the place! It was very entertaining!

Everyone gets a balloon!

Sorry about the picture overload! It’s easy to get carried away when there are so many to share! :)

February 10th, 2009 ~ Ice Skating!!

Tonight we took the Cub Scouts Ice Skating!

It was a lot of fun! Some of the boys just took off like they had been doing it forever! And others spent the evening clinging to the walls! But all in all they all had fun!

Right off,  Brick fell and hit is face on the ice… :/ He made 4 laps around the rink, on the wall, and then went home. He had a pretty good sized bump on his cheek and a bruise.

There were plenty of spills on the ice…no serious injuries though. David Carpenter managed to fall and hit his head twice! The second time he actually slid on it and scraped up his face. :/ But as soon as he was patched up he was right back on the ice!

Each of the boys earned their Ice Skating belt loops for all their hard work and perseverance! They all did great!

February 3rd, 2009 ~ Blue & Gold Banquet Invitations

The boys worked on the invitations for the banquet for this den meeting.

They did a great job! They are pretty talented!

January 27th, 2009 ~ Space Derby!!

It was a little rough going but fun none the less! All of the boys sanded down, painted up and decorated their space ships and came ready to go!

There was a Steelers, a Cardinals, an Alien Catcher, a Space Shuttle and lots of other neat ones!

We had some technical difficulties…with broken rubber bands and brackets not staying together to hold the space ships on. But there were still some great races and lots of fun to be had!

And the final race! Steelers vs. Cardinals!

And the Steelers won!!

January 20th, 2009

Lots of changes to start out the new year!

We have new den leaders all around!

Tim Davis was called as the Webelos Assistant Den Leader! Stayce Peterson and Stephanie Davis were called as the Bears Den Leader and Assistant Den Leader! Brandy Young was called as the Wolves Den Leader!

The wolves had a month full of games! We worked on the games section in the electives.

They played a game of bean bag toss!

They also played a ring toss game!

Then they learned a new game…Eagle Golf!

Last they played a game of Operation!