The Beading of the Buffaloes!!

Time to share some pics from our Beading on October 13th.
We were the only patrol from WE3-30-06 to receive our Beads together.
Go Buffs!!

The Buffaloes Beaded and Woggled.

No Beading ceremony is complete without singing "Back to Gilwell!"

Me with our course director Jim Mahoney.
He was a most outstanding director and Scout Master.

The Long Awaited Hour

I am happy to say that after a swift kick by a fellow Buffalo I have completed all of my Ticket item write ups and have turned them in!
With Luck, our whole Patrol will be Beaded this coming weekend.
Buffalo Stampeeeeede!!

The beading date is set!

Oct 13th it all becomes official. Hundreds of hours of wonderful service, I get to officially finish Woodbadge. Not sure if my wife is quite converted, but fully supportive.

Just seems like yesterday

Amazing how fast the time runs by.
A year has come and gone already.
I'm looking for a number on how many have been beaded and how many are left to go from my class.

Wrapping it up

I am now in th process of wrapping up my ticket completion write ups, I should have them all submitted with in the next few days! Hooray! (can everyone say: Beading!!)

New Job!

Well you might be able to guess from the logo what my new position is. I think it goes right along with all my Ticket Items. I will still be doing most of them long after I have completed the initial ticket and have my beads!
I guess that is what scouting is all about.

3 down 2 to go

April 7th marked the official completion of a third ticket item.
It was a Duty to God achievement day put on at our stake center. Three different speakers addressed the boys at different times though out the morning.
Two different break out sessions were held with all boys attending able to complete 2 goals each towards earning their Duty to God award.
The best part of this ticket item is the fact that the stake now wants to make this an annual activity.
That is a great Wood Badge success!