Arrow of Light Ceremony

Last night was Austin's emotional Arrow of Light ceremony. For those of you who aren't familiar, the Arrow of Light represents the boy's completion of Cub Scouts and their transition over to Boy Scouts. It's a huge deal, showing how much work each boy has done. I can't believe Austin is all done with Cubs! He's worked so hard all these years, we're so proud of him!!

Enjoying a little Pizza Hut before the big night! We've got such a great group of boys
Trav, myself and the rest of the den wanted to show James our appreciation of all his years of dedication to our boys. A friend of ours created this beautiful walking stick specifically for James. It even has the Cub Scout logo on it. We also put together a Photo Book chronicling his years as Den Leader. You rock James!

The ceremony begins

You can't see him, but that spot of blond hair next to A is Gavin :)

A being called up

Our Webelos II

(thanks Marg for taking some pix!!)

Removing their Webelos neckerchiefs

A receiving his Arrow of Light... arrow

Our leaders being recognized

The mother's pin

A's Arrow of Light patch

Getting de-Webeloed!

All marked & ready to cross!

There he goes **sniff, sniff**

Being welcomed by Troop 448

Let the ceremonial smoke begin...

Gavin & Garrett getting in on the celebration

The new Troop 448!

A having a one on one with the "Chief"

Thanks Keeneys for supporting A (like you always do) :)

Grant's "Mini-Session"

Danielle twisted my arm and asked me to take some pix of Grant while they were here...

I love the expressions he makes!

Doing some bonding :)

(I didn't want to put all gazillion on here, but there's lots more on my FB page)

Centennial Trail

Today I had the pleasure of watching Grant while Danielle, Nadine & Tasha did Bloomsday. We had a little mini-photo session (pix to come!) at home, then we hit the Centennial Trail. It was a BEAUTIFUL day and a whole lot less crowded than downtown!

The Grant-man's all ready!
We are so lucky to have the Spokane River here

Austin was getting a kick out of pushing the stroller. He would have made such a great big brother

Baby blues

Poor kid, I can't pass a cool wall by!

Love this one, that's my boy!

The Bloomies! Great job girls!!

((I've changed where I do my picture titles due to the crazy spacing probs of Blogger.. sorry!)