With six boys in our family, Scouting has been a pretty significant part of our lives.  My five older boys got their Eagles starting in 2010.  Talmage was our last boy and with all his merit badges completed, we started working on his Eagle project this summer. He chose a project to benefit Kids on the Move--an organization that helps kids with delays and disabilities.  We ourselves have had two children involved with KOTM.  The project was making scooter boards for their movement classes.  The scooter boards didn't take long to make--the part that was hard was raising the money to pay for them.  The casters on the bottom were $5 each--we spent $225 just on the wheels . We were the Little Red Hens making the bread:  grinding the wheat, etc. For the fundraiser, Talmage passed out fliers taking orders for homemade whole wheat bread to be delivered on two Saturdays in September.  It actually went really well.  We ended up making mor...

Susanna turned 16 a few weeks ago.  This year she picked steak for dinner plus Too Much Chocolate Cake--but I'll always remember the year she turned 5 and picked split-pea soup. Susanna is doing lots of good things.  She does well in school; she's in orchestra and cross-country.  On her birthday she found out that she made All-State Orchestra which will happen in January.  That will be a great experience for her.  She recently soloed with the school orchestra.  She works hard training for cross-country and has been on the Varsity girls team this fall.  She will be on the track team in the spring. She is excited to get her driver's license as soon as she gets one more hour of night driving in.  And she asked someone to Sadie's last night.  She rides her bike the two miles to school most days and does her jobs without complaining.  Plus she mows lawns in the neighborhood to earn money.  She is a hard worker and we're glad to have ...