Eagle Project

Levi's Eagle project began on April 13. The kids were out of school for spring break and there was quite a crew there. They started by digging up the sod. They dug...

...and they dug, and dug...

...and they dug post holes and set the posts. Some people were not very enthusiastic about this process.

Then they measured and leveled.

Yea!! We are through with day 1.

"I'm not tired"

Is that cement comfortable Levi?

Day 2

How many guys does it take to put up a board??

Dad sporting his toothpick (he's done that for over 20 years)
Kelby meditating in his new-found "zen" garden.
Mom eyeing up the peg to show everybody how to make a ringer.
The MWR (Morale, Welfare, & Recreation) representative thanking Levi for providing horseshoe pits for the service members that live and work on the military base.
The finished product
The construction crew

THANK YOU EVERYONE!!

VT

In Memory

of

Virginia Tech

Hokies
4-16-07

Spring?? or Winter Break??

"Spring Break" started on Friday. On Saturday, we decided to go on a day trip. The weather tried to be cooperative (for every situation). For the first time all season, we had snow that actually accumulated on the ground -- briefly!

The kids had fun throwing snowballs at each other.....and me.

Our trip included driving through Yorktown, down the Colonial Parkway to Jamestown. While we were on the Colonial Parkway, it started snowing really bad (almost a blizzard) but the sun was shining at the same time and blue sky was ahead. It was the strangest weather I've ever seen!

From Jamestown, we got on the ferry (Pocahontas), and rode to Surry County.

At the Jamestown ferry dock, the kids spotted an Osprey sitting on her nest atop a group of pilings.

The view from the upper deck of the ferry.

The original Jamestown Settlement as viewed from the James River.

Another ferry headed for the Jamestown docks.

Once we were in Surry County, we drove through the countryside and saw a "whole herd" (ok, flock) of wild turkeys.

Very interesting day trip!

Sunset

Virginia Sunset

My Scouts

Boy Scout Court of Honor. Kelby earned 4 merit badges and Levi is doing his Eagle project on April 13-14. I'm sure we'll have a lot of pictures to post from the project.