Today the scouts went to JB Cemetery to clean up the grave sites from Christmas.
The walk to JB Cemetery.
The Group
Flag Ceremony
We ran into St. Nick with his son. Donovan being silly
Boys will be boys.
Off to cleaning off the grave sites
The Boys.
The boys had a good time cleaning of the graves,
learning why people bring things to the graves sites to there loved ones that have passed away.
Fire fighter in Gear
Fire Hydrant and Fire Fighter Gear
Checking out the fire trucks
Jaws of Life
All the boys
The hose tower
Fire Fighters Living Quarters
We thank the fire department for the wonderful tour they gave to the Tiger Cubs.
They had a great time learning about the fire house, the trucks,and gear.
They had a blast !!
A Valentine’s gift I made for Pat
From a wonderful source the Poe Family a blog I follow
Due to our CRAZY schedules, I thought I needed to do something to make “date nights” a priority.
But, getting a sitter AND spending money on a fun night out gets SUPER expensive, SUPER fast. So, take a look at what I made…
Each page has a sealed envelope that has a fun “date” for us. It includes things like…
January: Movie Night (with candy and popcorn)
February: Wine & Cheese Tasting
March: Game Night
April: “One of the Guys” Night (video games, pizza & wings)
May: Make a Yummy Dessert Together
June: Picnic in the backyard
July: VIP Treatment
August: Ice Cream Sundaes on the Deck
September: Jammies, Snacks and Shows in bed
October: Pumpkin Carving/Painting while sipping on Pumpkin Spice Beer
November: Make Smore’s, cuddle up with a blanket and talk about what we are thankful for.
December: Drink Hot Chocolate while we make Chocolate Chip Cookies and listen to our favorite Christmas music
Most of the things are practically free and are fun things we can do once the kids go to bed. I can’t wait to “go out” with my hubby!!! And, it’s not too late to make your own. It would be a perfect Valentine’s Day gift! Happy Dating!
I am not a big "setting resolutions" girl...
My life is a series of resolutions...some accomplished, some revised, and some...well a complete swing and a miss.
The beginning of the year has always seemed too predictable a time to try an improve something.
Then you add to the predictability my tendency to snowball resolutions.
Do you know what I mean?
The snowball occurs when you take a look at what you want to improve or change and the list goes from 2-3 to 5-6 to 10-12 to 20 to 50...
and before I know it I have way too many things I want to change/improve.
Then I feel overwhelmed and cry face enters the picture.
So what is the difference this year? I honestly don't know.
I don't know if I am feeling the desire to get back to basics.
Who knows? For some reason assigning a word to this year seemed like a dandy idea.
In order to ensure more happiness in my life I decided I needed to reflect on the basic things that make me happy and truly joyful.
The long term happiness.
The happiness that is peaceful.
Not necessarily the chocolate kind of happy or the new shoes kind of happy (not that that happiness isn't delightful at times too).
Each month I want to focus on one of my basic areas of happiness and try to improve that part of my life.
This month I am simply identifying those basics and writing them down.
Along with identifying these basics,
I am going to take a good long look at the areas that I spend too much time in that don't offer the long term happiness I seek.
I think this is going to be the hardest thing.
It is kind of like admitting to oneself that you need to lose weight and then painfully stepping on the scale to see just how bad it is.
If I truly want happiness then I have to do what I can to omit the actions that contribute to unhappiness or take away from the happiness I seek.
Ugh...self reflection can be painful!
Even though I am a little scared, I am mostly thrilled to take this chance to have such a positive focus.
What could be better than striving for true, joyful, peaceful happiness?
