Here We Go a'Caroling:)

For December's pack meeting the boys went caroling at a retirement center in Chandler. Not a huge crowd but the boys sure had fun and the audience sure enjoyed the performance and the ornaments:)

Making ornaments!

Wow - two den activities in one week!  But this was the only time we had available to get ornaments made for our December Pack Meeting, which will be a visit to a retirement home or hospital.  The boys did a great job with the foam sticker kits and had a lot of fun.  Special thanks to Sister Havey who helped us because Sister Meeker couldn't be there.

Bowling!!!

What a SUPER fun way to spend a morning off of school!  We headed up to Brunswick to earn our bowling belt loop and to have some FUN of course!  The boys had such a great time and we even had some strikes!!!  Here are some pics of our good times:

First strike of the day goes to JACOB!!!  "And THAT's how it's done!"

And another strike!!!

Braxton gets a spare but was a little shy about celebrating:)

And Cameron had the overall HIGH SCORE!!!

 And after an hour of bowling, the boys got to go behind the scenes to see how it all works!  It was REALLY loud back here!!!

So all in all it was a SUPER fun activity AND they all earned their bowling belt loop which they will get at our next pack meeting!  

November Pack Meeting!

This week's pack meeting was full of fun skits and songs, and full of awards for our Wolves! 

First, we welcomed two new boys (Braxton & Carter) who turned 8 and earned their Bobcat.  They were a little nervous, but good sports!

Then we had four boys (Nicholas, Jacob, Andrew, and Dane) who earned progress beads and belt loops.

And finally, we recognized Austin who earned his Wolf rank a few months ago, but could not make it to the last pack meeting.  He got to "wolf" a donut!

Congratulations to all the Wolves who earned awards this month!  Keep up the great work!

Cub-Mobiles!!!

Well NONE of this would be possible without our own wonderful Bro. Brice!!!  (Seriously..Sis. Park and Sis. Meeker are NOT good with power tools:)  The boys had a great time helping with the assembly of their very own race car!!!  We will be decorating the cars in January and then RACING the cars in February!!!  Yes, this is going to be SOOO MUCH FUN!!!  

Funny Bro. Brice:)

Zane was our official Measure-All:)

Music/Ultimate Frisbee Belt Loops!!!

Busy night!!!  We started the evening with the boys learning a little bit more about music and how music is beneficial to us individually as well as culturally.  We first talked about why music way important to our culture.  Some of the things the boys said were:
1--It can pump you up (like for a football game).
2--It can tell a story.
3--It can affect your mood.
The boys listened to 4 different types of music and we asked to draw pictures of what the music made them think of.  We had some interesting pictures but I think the boys had a great time:)

Then the real fun began when we moved into the gym to learn how to play Ultimate Frisbee!!!  The boys absolutely loved this game so have them teach it to you and your families:)

So 2 belt loops in 1 night!!!  We'll have them for you at our Nov. Pack Meeting!!!

Duty to God

Well tonight will probably not rank high in the "funnest thing EVER" category never the less, we covered the most important topic tonight--Duty to God.

As you can tell from the pics, the boys were a little less than thrilled to be sitting in a tiny room for an hour learning about people in the scriptures who showed great faith:

But the boys were all good sports and eager to participate (maybe because of the Hershey Kisses Sis. Park brought for those who did participate:) And hopefully they are all ready to teach their lesson for Family Home Evening tomorrow night--make sure to ask them if they haven't mentioned anything about it:)

October Pack Meeting

Last night was our October pack meeting. We only had about half of the families there due to Fall Break, but those that attended had a great time.

The Wolves only had a couple awards to hand out, but one of those was Nicholas who earned his Wolf rank!  And of course that means he had to "wolf" something down...this time it was a very messy chocolate doughnut!

And he got to give his mother the parent pin.  We appreciate the support we get from all our den parents.  Your boys (and us as den leaders) could not do it without you!

October is Fire Safety month, so Brother G. who is a firefighter from the ward came to do a special presentation.  

He did an excellent job teaching us about the purpose of firefighters, 9-1-1, smoke alarms, escape plans, and meeting places.  He also showed us what a firefighter would look like in a fire so that we would not be afraid of them.  He even demonstrated the sound of his voice through the mask with oxygen breathing.

It was another successful pack meeting! A special thank you to all who attended and provided treats.

Home Depot

Okay, this may be my new favorite activity...or the police department....I can't decide!!!  This night was SUPER fun and the boys all came home with SUPER COOL race cars!

8 year olds and hammers....don't worry, it all turned out fine:)

Here the boys are learning about different tools from Frank

Busy Builders

And the race is on!!!  Of course everyone had the fastest car:)

Here the boys are with Jesus and Sue who did an AWESOME job with these boys:)

September Pack Meeting

What a super fun pack meeting we had!!!  Our pack was in charge of the flag ceremony.  Here they are in action:

Jacob & Dane

Zane & Hershal

We then went on to play some super fun teamwork/cooperation games:

And who doesn't LOVE balloon games???

All in all it was a GREAT night!  Way to go Wolves!!!