Kid Update

Gib is SPL! (That looks like text speak for "special" doesn't it?!) Well, he is, but it means that he was elected by his troop to be the Senior Patrol Leader. We are really proud of him. This is his 2nd try to earn the position and he gave a great speech. I heard there was alot of "Gib! Gib! Gib! Gib!" chanting going on. He loved that part. He will lead his troop of over 100 Scouts for the next 6 months, conducting meetings, communicating and coordinating, leading by example, etc. His first opportunity just presented itself today when there was a troop email requesting an immediate volunteer to be a radio talk-show guest to promote the Christmas tree lot on live radio Friday morning. Gib and Mike volunteered to do the show. I don't know yet if anyone else snatched up that golden gem of opportunity, but my guess is they'll be on air this Friday morning!

Indy is serving on her own tonight. Training is now over! She hopes the holidays tips are good! And yes, she is very glad they don't wear the fish shirts anymore! That probably would have been a deal breaker for her. She got super great grades on her progress report, but is annoyed that almost all her teachers gave assignments and major projects to be completed during Thanksgiving break. Since she is working almost every day of it, she doesn't have time for that and writing her scholarship essays too. Ugh. But she should maintain her top 10% ranking no problem which is crucial for her college scholarship opportunities.

Taryn was one of 75 students selected to take some test - ASFAB - I think it is mostly a mathematical aptitude test and the results are supposed to help illuminate careers that you have strengths for. She and her best friend took it to get out of 1-3rd period and were among the very few females in the room. Taryn said she was a little stumped on the mechanical engineering questions but winged it. There was something about how afterwards if you want, the test scores can be sent to the military. I'm not too sure about that, but T thinks blowing stuff up for the Navy would be cool. I keep reminding her the Navy is water, how much stuff can you blow up that will look cool under water?! I don't know about that child. But I bet she did good on the test! Her first run at the ACT was pretty good, and we'll be looking at her college choices after the holidays. Taryn also got good grades. She has one class she'll need to concentrate on, but she'll bring it back up to an A.

Mariah went on a 2 night Girl Scout camp out. They got to ride horses. That was a first for Riah and she loved it. It was super cold though. She has a friend who lives in the neighborhood and they are often talking on the phone or hanging out together. Yesterday she had a dr check up and she's grown 2"! Today, Mariah is into making short videos about the cats and their owners. She just offered to fix my hair so I can be interviewed. What?! Am I that bad?! Yeah, I am. It's a hat day.