Postcard Exchange

Well we finally have our Postcard Exchange cards done! We participated with other troops around the United States and even in Europe. Not to much fit on the little postcards so we just shared our blog with the other troops. If they made it here, WELCOME :)

Our Troop:

We have a large troop of 16 girls! We have 4 Daisy's, 9 brownies and 3 Juniors. The girls work hard to earn at least one badge every month and we go on at least two outings a month! We are currently planning some camping trips for the fall, yeah!

Arizona-

Weather-- We love the dry heat! It is hot hot here 6 months of the year May-Oct with the 3 months of June, July and August hitting triple digits. Its hot hot hot! Makes for perfect weather to hang out by the pool (in the shade of course!) Its really only cold 50's-60's a couple months usually Dec and Jan, which makes it hard to get into the Christmas spirit when it is sunny and warm during the day while your out shopping but on the flip side we dont have sidewalks to shovel either (snow--whats that!). The rest of the year Feb-April and Nov are a nice balmy 80's out. Gotta love the warmth here for sure!

Animals-- Okay so everyone always asks whether we have snakes and scorpions all over the place. Well the answer is yes and no! Believe it or not some people living in more populated areas never see scorpions or snakes their whole lives! For some of us that live out in the less developed areas (desert) we see all kinds of fun stuff. In our yard we have seen: Scorpions, snakes (the whip snake which jumps 5 feet in the air and lives in trees, the king snake which hunts the rattler and of course the rattler), havelinas (wild pigs with HUGE tusks) and believe me they look scary, coyotes, hila monsters (huge lizards that can get as big as 4 ft) bobcats, and even had two mountain lions sunning themselves in our backyard. Of course we have lots of cutie animals in our backyard like bunnies, jack rabbits, quail, roadrunners, and these little animals that we call kangaroo rats (we dont know what they are officially called) but they look like large mice and they will jump at you if you suprise them. They have a thing for eating rubber, esp the coating on wires. Makes it tuff to keep old cars around :) Okay so how often have I seen these animals? We typically see about 6-10 scorpions in our house every year. So far we have all avoided being bit but have been told it feels alot like a bee sting. Snakes- at least once a month. Coyotes, bunnies, quail and road runners every single day!! The havelinas were everyday for awhile but then we havent seen them for months so who knows. Everything else likes to keep well hidden (works for us!)

Things to do: We love hiking and have the worlds best trails to go on. The girls last year went hiking on Superstition Trails and had a blast finding the different cactus, lizards and wildlife on the way. They got to see the Holokom Indian pictograghs that are hundreds of years old. They still talk about how much fun it was! Camping is always fun too. We live about 2-6 hours from the various camps in the mountains here and the girls love love going to camp. Of course swimming pools and water parks are a favorite hang out too! We are planning a trip next year to go to the natural rock waterslides they have here.

Thanks for visiting our Troop and letting us share a bit of us with you!

Valentines Day Party

Feb 12th,

Well we finished up our Cookie Connection Badges for the Juniors and the Smart Cookie Try-its for the Brownies and had a small Valentine Party for the girls.

Cookie Pre-Sales

WOW the girls went crazy and we not only hit our goal but hit our total troop goal for the whole cookie selling season! We pre-ordered over 3400 cookies and 12 of the 16 girls got the pre-sale incentive bag as a reward! WAY TO GO girls! Imagine all the places you go can this next year!

Can't wait to see what you can do during booth sales!

First Meeting of New Year 2010

Well we had our first meeting of the new year and got alot done. The girls talked about their cookie pre-sales and how they were doing (as a troop we have already sold over 800 boxes of cookies!) and the girls have earned an ice cream party next meeting.

We talked about the postcard exchange and getting our cards in so we can get them out. Girls that have earned the postcard exchange patch: Angela, Rachel, Emily & Abby

We also finished up working on our Art to Wear try-its for the brownies and the Juniors. The girls just have a little bit more to work on to finish up. The brownies will start work on their smart cookie try-it and Juniors will work on their cookie connection badges next meeting.

Girls at meeting:

Alyssa
Lindsey
Angela
LeeAnn
Abby
Emily
Lizzie
Lauren
Morgan
Rachel
Elizabeth
Eden
Angelina
Audra
Daelyn

Cookie Rally 2010

Friday the girls headed to the 2010 Cookie Rally. They learned the names of the new cookies, got to taste to some cookies, play games and get excited about selling the cookies. Of course, they got their cookie order forms which quite a few couldnt wait to get! The whole troop made it, which is great since it was the first time the troop did an outing with everyone!

Happy New Year 2010!
Wow what a year its been. I have made a New Years resolution to update our blog a bit more often (okay alot more often!). We just got so busy having fun this last year and to be honest I forgot about our blog!
Okay so to recap last year. What a first year for our troop. We had our first sleepover, completed our first journey, went to our first camp and had lots of fun earning almost 20 try-its last year! We welcomed more girls into the troop and even added Juniors! We are so excited to have them join us.


Outings in 2009:
Easter Party Family Get Together
Hike at Lost Dutchman
Phoenix Zoo-Elephant Try-It
Sunsplash
Rummage
Big Surf
Peach Picking at Schephs Farms
Splash Pad at Tempe Beach Park
Circus
Police Station Visit
Pool Party
Mesa's Natural History Museum
Our First Sleep-Over
Diamondbacks Baseball Game
Brownie Weekend at Willow Springs
Kappa Delta Fall Festival
Two Rivers Halloween Festival
Dentist Office Tour
Father Daughter Geo-Caching
Goldfield Goldmine/Ghost Town
Sunshine Acres
Caroling
Overnight Christmas Party

Yes we were busy busy busy! Lets hope this next year will be just a wonderful!

Diamondbacks Game

Sept 2009

The girls got to go down on the field and participate in a parade for Girl Scouts. After the parade we walked around where we got to see the only pool in a professional stadium, the kids zone and arcade. We enjoyed watching the game and even had ice cream!!

Waiting to walk the field




In the tunnel about to go on to field







Walking around field







Waiting for the game to start