CONGRATS!!!!!

CONGRATS TO MY GOOD FRIENDS MATTHEW AND NOAH W. OF VA. FOR BOTH EARNING THE RANK OF EAGLE TONIGHT!!!!!! GOOD JOB GUYS, YOU EARNED IT!!!!!!!!!!

The Boston Red Sox are going to the World Series! Can you believe it!!!??!!! 

21 Reasons Why My Sister Rocks

In honor of Holly turning 21 today, I am posting 21 reasons why she rocks.

1. Because I say she does. If that's not a good enough reason for you, there are still twenty more to change your mind.
2. She loves God
3. She wants to be a stay-at-home mom.
4. She's pretty, and I'm not bias!
5. She is the only person I know that actually laugh a my stupid jokes. The best times I've had with sis have been spent laughing!
6. She lets me do crazy things and doesn't get too embarrassed about them. (Like singing camp songs at the top of my lungs while hiking down a mountain...) She even does them with me, when nobody's around.
7. She lets me and my buddies tag along when  she does things with her friends.
8. She studies crazy hard. She will get her BA in history in less than two years.
9. She can knit with her eyes closed
10. She cheers me up, and drives me crazy, when I'm sick!
11. She makes the world's BEST Brownies!
12. She used to be able to run faster in high heels than i could in running shoes.
13. She owns a horse.
14. She is scared up spiders and will pick up snakes with her bare hands.
15. She reads more in a day than I do in a month.
16. She doesn't get the point of Chuck Norris jokes.
17. If she can't sew it, no one can.
18. She was crazy enough to try to teach me Latin. (That takes guts!)
19. She thinks on her feet.
20. She takes awesome pictures.
21. And she's my sis!

Happy Birthday, Holly!

Eagle Pics

Ok, I was asked to post pictures of my Eagle Project at the end of June and am just now getting around to it. Sorry, Alex!

My baby!

The "Beast." Yeah, it's 40 feet long...

The view from the lookout about half way up the trail.

The stone waterbar

The restored waterbar

Waterbar 3

Waterbar 2

Waterbar 1

Cutting trees with dad

Cutting out the kiosk with Alex.

Painting the Kiosk with Paul

The last workday, my dad cut 777 into one of the stumps.

Paul and David removing an old waterbar

Ryan being a boss.

My dad being more of one.

Installing the last water bar. I don't have a picture of the finished one.

Ryan and I waiting for our Eagle Boards

Me in at my board.

They let my dad sit in on it too, which was really cool.

My mom waiting outside

Coming out from the board while the committee talked it over.

Me, Jeremy and Paul

I Passed!

Jeremy, me and Paul after it was official.

Me and Jeremy waiting for Ryan to finish his board.

Ryan passed too! How cool is that!

Ryan with his board.

Congrats Ryan!

Left to right: Tyler, David, Jeremy, Ryan, Me and Paul.

Left to right: Mr. F, Tyler, David, Jeremy, Ryan, Me, Paul, Mr. B and Dad.

Ryan wit his mom and dad.

Me with mom and Holly.

Me and Ryan!

And in case you wondered, that is my report; all 122 pages of it!

Announcing Trail Life USA

The promo for the upgrade from the BSA. I'm joining!

 

Creation Sings the Fathers Song

I found this song by Keith and Kristyn Getty. I really enjoy it and wanted to share it with you.

 

It's Official

As of 9:04 PM Eastern Daylight Savings Time on August 28, 2013, Matthew Jacob Dustin of Boy Scouts of America Troop 0777 of Barrington, NH, Abnaki District, Daniel Webster Council, is officially an  Eagle Scout! 

Also, Congrats to my buddy Ryan G. for getting his Eagle tonight as well.

I am Eagle Scout number 10 and Ryan is 11 from our troop.

Your next, Dave.

Eagle Project, Summer Camp, Scouts, Work-Out, Play Practice, Etc.

Sorry I have not updated in a long time. However, I have several good reasons.

Two weeks ago yesterday, our troop left for summer camp. We canoed 61.7 miles down the Connecticut river in four days. It was awesome. The views, the wildlife, the crazy adult leaders that were attempting to construct sails for their boats out of poca-dot umbrellas, every bit of it was awesome! we only had bad weather on the last day, which was really nice.

When I got back, I had auditions for the play my sister is directing. I'm not sure how much information I'm allowed to leak, so I won't push my limit on pain of getting my ears boxed. However, I can tell you that it is going to be good.

This past weekend, I was able to complete my Eagle project. Yes, the mammoth of a service project that I have been working on for over two years is done. Done! DONE!!!!! I'm still working on comprehending it. I will post pictures as soon as my internet is working. I have my Eagle Application filled out and am in the process of writing my Life Purpose Statement. All that is left is my Final Write Up and my Board of Review with the date set for September 25. It is great because one of my best friends, Ryan, and I will both be going for our Eagle Boards on the same night! How cool is that? I will be posting when I go for my Board of Review, trust me!

I have retired from my position as Senior Patrol Leader and have taken the roll as instructor. Ryan has taken over with one of the guys who joined three years ago being his assistant.

I have also started a work out plan. Once I get my Eagle, I'm planning on joining the Police Explorers. For that, I need more upper body strength than I have right now, because right now I pretty much have none. Look out world, in a couple of weeks I probably won't be able to touch my shoulders. : P

I thought this was funny!

Thanks Holly for sending this to me. Don't worry Alex, I haven't forgotten!!

 

The Death of the Birthday Party (for lack of a better title...)

Ok, so for my birthday, my mom and dad decided that they wanted to get me some a TON of throwing knives. Now all I need to do is name them. Any suggestions?

Top left and bottom right are the SOG Fixed Blade Tactical Throwing knives. I got six of these puppies! they'll leave a mark... if I hit you!

Top right is the Cold Steel High Performance True Flight Throwing Knife! I Love this knife! works good at a regular fixed blade too.

Bottom left is the Perfect Point Phantom three knife set and they are far from a perfect point. I actually got these a couple of months ago, not for my birthday. They don't fly as nice as I had hoped they would, but they still look cool!

Lastly, the center is the Hibben Knives GH2013 Generation 2 Pro Throwing Axe. I would not want to meet the working end of this baby! It's nasty! You drop it on your foot only once because you probably won't have a foot to drop it on a second time.