The patches are in the house! Now, Laura just needs to pass her Board of Reviews this week and she will be a First Class scout. Good luck, Laura!
First Class and Second Class
Tournament
It was a fun weekend of baseball in Quincy, Illinois. While the team did not win the tournament, they did place second and they played some great baseball.
There were some great highlights on the weekend, including John getting out of a pickle. On what was clearly a double, but maybe could have been a triple, John was rounding second almost halfway to third when his coach stopped him to return to second. The throw would have been close and a double was good enough. Sometimes, things do not work out quite the way you want and John slipped on the turf when trying to stop. What happened after was a pickle, but John remained calm and just went back and forth until one of the kids made a mistake. The Stars practice pickles relentlessly, and John is always a runner. This was proof that practice pays off. Best of all, my stepdad, Aunt Tammy, and Uncle Art were there to see it. Way to go, kiddo!
Be A Reader Like Laura
This kid is amazing. Laura set a goal to read 50 books in 2022 and this is book #50. As she said, “Apparently, I should have set a higher goal!”
Star Scout
It is official. John is a Star Scout!
Strange New Bookend
Menu Plan
Andy and the kids are headed to Scout Camp at Camp Hohn on July 3. What will I be doing while they are gone, you ask? Well, I will be eating all those grilled cheese sandwich recipes that I have been saving on Pinterest and making homemade ice cream. If the rest of the Kassel Family is lucky, there will be five tubs of homemade ice cream to enjoy when they return.
Teenagers…
This was an actual text conversation with John today. We pick him up on Friday from Scout Camp, and we told him that he has to shower before he gets in the car with us.
