Ride N' Swim ~

 On Thursday our troop met at the Western Ridge for a Ride n' Swim!  Some of the girls were riding a horse for the very first time, myself included, so we were all very excited!  Look at that grin on Andreas face...she's not having any fun!  :)

 This is our newest scout member, Aspen.  She was in a troop at Livermore Elementary, but since she transferred to Red Feather, she is part of our troop now, and we are happy to have her.

Check out her stylish pink and purple boots!

Bella showed no fear as she climbed upon her horse, ready to ride!  In fact i was proud of all the girls!
We saddled up in groups, so while some went riding, the others went swimming!

Jordyn and i were some of the last to ride, so she got to pick the horse wanted, and she chose Amigo. Our wranglers, Cody and Holly, were awesome...and the girls loved them!

 Check out Kailyn and Kenji...they look like naturals!

 and Oriana enjoyed her very first horse ride on the beautiful Amigo too!

 I thought it fitting that Serenity should be riding Red...considering they both have gorgeous red hair!

 And here is our troop leader Sharon...ready for action!

 And then of course, there's me...riding a horse for the very first time!  They paired me up with Banjo, a once wild mustang from Wyoming, obviously a lot tamer now :)  She was a very sweet horse, and i enjoyed her company very much!

 After our Ride n' Swim, it was time for pizza...which was good because we were all ravenous!

 And then we were ready for more fun...

 The girls are pretending to be horses, while Bella and Kenji hitch a ride...hmmmm...i think Bella and Kenji have the right idea!  :)

 Then it was time to say goodbye to the horses, and of course take a few silly troop photos...

We'd like to send a Big Thanks to Western Ridge for taking such good care of us...you guys ROCK!!!

and to my co-leader Sharon for putting this trip together (and for getting me on a horse).  I had a fabulous time and its something i will remember forever and im sure the girls will too!  :)  

Thank You!!!

Everyone Loves A Parade!!!

 Red Feather Lakes had their Fourth of July celebration, and our girls were very excited to participate in the parade! 

 The girls decorated the truck, adorned themselves in red, white and blue, and when the parade started, they tossed candy into the crowds!

 As you can imagine, the Girl Scout truck was quite popular!  Some of the community even recognized the girls from their photo in the North Forty July newspaper (from their clean up day at Parvin Lake), so the girls felt like quite the celebrities! 

Hooray for parades!!!

June Meeting ~

 Our June meeting took place outdoors at Parvin Lake.  We wanted to do something nice for the community, so we decided to pick up trash around the lake.  It was a lovely day for a hike, and the girls had really missed each other since school got out two weeks ago, so there was lots of giggling, chatter and fun!

 We spotted some baby ducks, lots of gorgeous wild iris, and a couple of dead fish heads, which Faith willingly picked up and tossed into her bag!

 When the hike was over, we headed to Sharons house for some popsicles and more girl scout fun!

 The Daisies earned their last petal, which means the daisy on their uniform will now be complete!  While enjoying the story, the girls all enjoyed a Robot snack break, courtesy of Kenji and Kailyn!  Thanks girls...it was a cute and tasty snack!

 Then it was time to work on our Father's Day gifts...painted rocks!

 It was a little breezy out, which made it difficult to keep things in order, but the girls managed just fine and created some wonderful little gifts for dad!

 Andrea works on her turtle trio, while Kenji shows me her Crocodile...

Here's a little crab and bee combo...

 Faith painted this awesome dragon head, and Andrea painted this sparkly sun!

 These paint markers were awesome...i wish i had purchased more!  After testing them out today, i would happily use these instead of regular paints with the girls from now on...much neater and easier for them to work with...particularly the little ones.  Of course, i would just use it for detail work...the backgrounds should still be done with regular paint, or your markers would run out too quickly! 

 At the end of the meeting, we handed out the prize incentives from the cookie sales, and the girls were really excited!  For our first year selling cookies, the girls did really great, and there were lots of goodies to be had by all!  Im looking forward to our next meeting/adventure, Sharon has something really fun planned, so stay tuned!

May Meeting ~

 Now that Mother's Day has passed, we can share our last meeting with you :)  We started out with a snack and then finished working on our Mother's Day gifts.

 We sewed hangers on our little wall hangings, and for those that had missed the last meeting, they sewed on their buttons as well.  Hope was a sewing dynamo, and did a great job finishing her piece!

 Kailyn and Kennedy are working on their music patch, and though they werent quite ready to play the "cat" song that Kennedy wrote, Kailyn did show us a few chords on guitar.

 Then it was time to wrap the gifts for mom...

 Happy Mother's Day!!!!!!

 We hope you all like your gifts...the girls had fun making them!

April Meeting ~

 We had a girl scout meeting on Wednesday, and the girls earned lots of patches!  The Daisies earned 2 petals, (Gloria and Gerri), the Brownies earned their first patch in their Wonders of Water Journey, and the Juniors earned their first patch in their Agent of Change Journey.  Well done girls!  Then we continued work on their Mother's Day gifts.

 They did the painted hand prints at the sleepover, and today they had to sew two buttons on their piece.

  This required lots of help, so we were glad to have lots of moms on hand for this...they just pretended they didnt know what it was they were helping with :)

  And this is what the finished product will look like...i used Jordyns as an example, but i still have to sew borders onto all of the other pieces, so wish me luck...I've got a busy next two months, so i am running to keep up with everything!