Focht Family Blog

Although Timmy gets to go to a few Cub Scout meetings while we are in Statesboro, the Girl Scouts do not have any regular meetings while we are here. They have a few group activities so we plan on participating in those. One of the activities was folding and bagging pocket flags for the soldiers. Here is Samantha holding one of the flags with the other scouts in front of the table full of the bagged flags…

The next week we met them at Ft. Stewart to hand the flags out to the soldiers. Samantha read something to the soldiers that told them what each fold of the flag stood for. The other Girl Scout that came read the poem that was included with the flags. Here are the girls while Samantha was reading and a picture of the girls in front of the soldiers and by one of the trucks.

This Saturday we have a Sock Hop and before we leave we have a sleepover at the mall! :) She is really looking forward to it. We are going to sign her up for some of the camps while we are in Pennsylvania this summer. Nathan has Timmy signed up for camping events all summer. :)

Timmy has officially started Cub Scouts and Nathan has found groups in Statesboro and Pennsylvania for them to do things with. Timmy is a Lone Scout which means he doesn’t have a troop. Timmy will go to a meeting for the first time on Monday. Here is Timmy in his uniform….

Samantha has started Junior Girl Scouts. Samantha is a Juliette which is the Girl Scout version of a Lone Scout. The groups around here are finishing up their year end things but there are a few events that we are going to go to. The one she is most excited about is a all-nighter at the mall! :) Here is Samantha in her sash…

I am laughing so hard right now!! Nathan was going over the cub scout laws with Timmy. He told him that a cub scout follows Akela. My mom was in here washing dishes and what she heard was, “A Cub scout drinks tequila!”

I will update tonight with pictures of Timmy in uniform and Samantha in her girl scout uniform since we are now undertaking both.

We are back in Statesboro for 2 months. So… I looked up the swimming lesson schedule and they will be able to take 2 sessions of classes. Here are pictures from the first week. It is hard to get pictures of Samantha and Timmy. Samantha’s class is farther away from me and Timmy is always under water when I try to get his picture. :)

Here is Samantha in her class…

This is Timmy swimming on his back with a kickboard…

And one of Joshua practicing swimming with his face in the water…

In other news… Samantha and Timmy have both taken their annual standardized tests this week. Joshua had his 4-year checkup yesterday and he is growing perfectly. He had his hearing and vision checked and he actually saw the first two lines with his bad eye. I was so proud!! His good eye was 20/20 so that is good. The only concern the doctor had was that Joshua’s speech should be better so we will have to work on him being more understandable. Right now everyone is enjoying being in good weather. The bikes are down and we have been spending a lot of time outdoors.

Part of the CommerceV3 Camping Trip was a 4 hour canoe trip on the Edisto River. Here is a picture of everyone during orientation…

Here is a picture of Nathan removing canoes while Perry, Perry’s daughter Luna, and Patty’s daughter Jaden look on…

Another of Nathan removing canoes while Timmy is climbing on the hitch….

This is Danny with all of the kids (not sure why)….

Joshua trying out his seat…

Here is a picture of everyone…. from left to right standing is: Christina, Patty’s daughter Brianna, Patty, Danny, Sarai, Jerry, Megan, Huey, Perry, Michael, Bonnie, Samantha (in front of Bonnie), Shawn, Patti (my mom), Kristen, and Blake. From left to right sitting is: Penny Lane (dog), Katherine, Patty’s daughter Jaden (behind Katherine), Blake’s son Drew, Blake’s daughter Jax, Perry’s daughter Luna, Nathan, Josh (in front of Nathan), and Timmy.

Pictures from the river:

Here is Danny and Sarai…

From left to right: Blake and Drew, Shawn and Kristen, and Katherine and Jax…

From left to right: Huey and Megan, Christina and Patty (Patty’s girls are between Christina and Patty)..

And one last picture that is a view of the river from our canoe with my mom in the front….