Jan. 12 meeting

10 of our 12 boys were at this meeting. A guest speaker, Ruth, from A-1 comics in Roseville paid us a visit to talk to the boys about the history of comic books. This was in conjuction with our theme this month of Hobbies.

We also had two Webelos scouts visit us from Pack 22. They were treated to building and playing a camporee favorite, chariot race. They seemed to have good time with us. I hope that if they don't choose us, they at least stay in the scouting program.

Next week you get yours truly to teach the boys about one of my hobbies, breadmaking. Unfortunately, it's probably going to be messy!

Jan. 10 Rock Climbing

The 3 muskateers (R, D & G) came down to Sacramento Pipeworks to do some rock climbing. We had a good time again, and I found out that you don't have to be at least 14 to belay! It is a judgement call to the employees at the facility, but those boys that they feel can handle it will be able to help out when we visit in the future. We'll come back again shortly and do some more climbing.

Jan. 10 Jamboree meeting

All of the boys from the greater Sacramento area came together to have the kickoff meeting to Jamboree in 2010. We saw lots of slides about what the boys can expect during their trip. It's going to be a great two weeks for them. There is still a little time left to sign up, so if you have any inkling that you might go, sign up now!

Jan. 5 meeting

First meeting of the new year. The boys worked on some knots and lashings. I want to see them get back into building gateways at our outings. We have been slacking in that area recently. This also helped those that needed these requirements toward the first major goal of reaching First Class rank. Some others also worked on first aid requirements.

They were supposed to play a game with a device that they built while doing the lashings, but it apparently took longer to build than I thought it would. Next week.

Speaking of next week, we will have a guest speaker from A-1 Comics paying us a visit. We are working on hobbies this month and the boys will always find an excuse to talk about, play with, look at, whatever it may be, playing cards. In my day it was comic books. Times change, just like my waist line.

See you next week.

Jan. 4 PLC meeting

We had, I thought, a very good meeting yesterday. All of the boys in leadership positions were in attendance. We were able to plan all of the meetings for the month of January. We discussed our outings throught the month of February. This was a great way to begin this new year.

Thanks guys!

No meetings

Remember, we don't have meetings the next two Monday's. Have a merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year. We'll see you again on Jan. 5.

Caroling

We went Christmas caroling last night. Each year we visit a senior living home and serenade them with our bad singing. The funny thing about this evening is that every year the boys complain and say they don't want to go, and then they have a good time. The residents enjoy seeing the boys as well.

Last night the star of the show was the littlest member of one the families that joined us. She was crawling around and drawing all of the attention away from us!! Wait, maybe that's a good thing.

After wearing out our singing voices (or their ear drums, not sure which) we went out for pizza. Mountain Mikes in Antelope allowed us to have a fundraiser at their restaurant. Unfortunately, it didn't look like many others than ourselves came by to support us this time. It was our first time trying this type of fundraiser, so we'll see if we can't do a better job next time.