June

 In June we actually got to have not one, but two pirate ship rides!  Judith was invited to her friend Cameron's birthday party and we set sail in Annapolis.

Ezra and Jonas had their Cub Scout bridging ceremony.  Ezra bridged to Webelos.

Ezra's Den 13.

And Jonas bridged from Wolf to Bear.

Jonas' Den 14.

I helped Judith and Jonas with their I'm a Christian Now books.  

Jonas prayed to ask Jesus to be part of his life back on November 29th of 2015.  He prayed at church and then had some conversations with us at home.  He had a desire to read the Bible and had some attitude shifts citing, "that's not what Jesus would want me to do".  He began his book, but didn't complete it.  When Judith began hers Jonas became very interested in finishing his.

Judith received AWANA awards for completing her book AND the extra credit book!

Jonas finished his book just in time!

At AWANA, if you completed your book, you got to throw a cream pie (aluminum pie plate with whipped cream in it) at two of the leaders.  Judith's pie missed, but she happened to be in the line of fire for some flying whip cream and got hit!  I don't know if you can tell from the picture, but she thought it was hilarious.

Then, there was Judith's Kindergarten Graduation.

In front of her are her classmates, Brady, Soane, and Evan.

She was so excited!  She practiced her songs and rhymes for weeks.

"Judith Allison wants to be an astronaut when she grows up" is what Mrs Mascetti (Kindergarten aid) read.

Judith proudly displaying her diploma.

Judith and her beloved Miss Crawford.

Celebrating at Bob Evans after graduation.

Jonas enjoyed an end of the year ice cream social with his class.

Judith on the last day of kindergarten.

Jonas' last day of 2nd grade.

We celebrated the end of school by making a trip to Port Discovery in Baltimore.

It's firefly season!

We had one week of relaxing by the pool and then it was off to Cub Scout Day Camp!  Here's Ezra with a frog and some grasshoppers he caught.

Jonas had a wonderful den leader, Ms. Jen!

Ezra built his own bug catcher.

Jonas with his BB target.

Ezra and Den Leader Mr. Mike shooting his BB gun.

He did really well!

Ezra with his den.

Ezra with his pals, Ryon and Ryan (no typo there).

Even Judith got to be in a girls "den".  She loved it!

We tried to re-create our Cub Scout Day Camp award ceremony picture from last year.  (The one with Ezra in the red hat is last year.  Ezra in the orange shirt is this year).