Life in the Middle Age Lane

This is my troop. We have a total of 9 exceptional girls.  And let us not forget their moms.  The moms who have driven them to meetings, events, cookie booths and who have also volunteered their time and making camping and other excursions possible. We have undergone so many changes in the past 11 years.  Many girls have come and gone. From the girls in the above picture only two remained with the troop.  This year we visited the Caverns in the hill country, only 5 girls from this picture are with our troop. Our annual Christmas party, we did a blanket exchange for this party.  Most girls made their own blankets to exchange. After finishing our 5th grade year we headed to the birthplace of Juliet Gordon-Lowe, the founder of Girls Scouts of America.  It was a very memorable trip for all. This is Shelby's 2nd troop 11012.  I still remember how much our troop leader Melanie K, really made the meetings fun and hands on. ...

Shelby was born a Shelby.  She was named Shelby for several reasons, 1) the bad ass Mustang that was produced back in 1965 through 1970, and my favorite american play Steel Magnolias.  Both symbolizing a hard headed, strong female, made of determination, speed and beauty.    What can I say, I love fast cars and a strong Southern woman. Today we celebrated 12 years in girl scouts, 5 different rankings, and her Gold Award presentation.  This girl endured it all and then some, having  a mom that was at every single meeting,   almost every field trip, camp out, and outing in school and girl scouts.  Being the daughter of the camp trained parent and/or leader has it's draw backs. Ask any daughter of a leader or teacher! She is now a member of a select few (6% of all Girl Scouts receive this honor).  She was also chosen to  be on the Girl Scout float at the Thanksgiving parade this coming Thursday in Houston. I have attached p...