More scouts

Mat's dad recently sent us this picture of himself as a cub scout. I guess this must have been taken in the late 1950s. We love the picture and also the fact that Jackson is able to be in scouts now and do some of the same things that boys were doing decades ago before soccer and video games and Star Wars took over.

One of the things that really sold Jackson on the idea of doing scouts was a trip he and Mat took at the beginning of the school year. They got to go down to Corpus Christi and "camp out" on the USS Lexington aircraft carrier. The Lexington is a WWII ship that was decommissioned and is now permanently docked in Corpus and available for tours. After the usual business hours of the day were over, the scouts got to stay on board and spend the night in soldier's bunks inside. I think this was probably one of the coolest things Jackson has gotten to do in his life as you can see from the pictures.












Mat and Jackson got to travel down there with our good friends, the Sewells, and on the way home they stopped at the beach. It was Caleb's birthday.



I stayed home that weekend and hung out with some of the other moms and younger kids. We had a good time too, but we really missed the big boys and were glad when they were home from their adventure.

Here are some more pictures of Jackson and some of his buddies at the football game where the scouts did the flag ceremony.







Luke enjoyed the game too and was sporting his Rangers jersey. This was the night the Rangers beat the Yankees and secured their spot in the World Series. What a great night!



And here is a picture just taken from my phone of Jackson's den singing "God Bless America" at our pack meeting last night. The boys are learning about citizenship this month. I love the things they're learning and everything that scouts is all about. It's also fun to see Jackson making great memories and lifelong friendships.