Skinner Sightings: December 2020

Thursday, December 31, 2020

Sunday, December 27, 2020

We had a pretty laid back Christmas this year, though as I reflect on some of our Christmas' through the years (I'm looking at you Germany and Washington), I think Christmas away from family is a known experience. We wish we could have traveled this year - especially since we know next year will be challenging for us to travel - but will settle for the phone calls and text messages from family and friends.

As we prepare to put 2020 to rest (loooooong overdue for THIS year!!), I thought I'd take some photos of Catherine and the kids.

So, enjoy everybody!!

We wish you had a joyous Christmas this year. And if I don't get another set of photos out in time for the new years, we wish you health, happiness, and an experience closer to 2019 than what 2020 had to offer...only much, much better!

Cheers,

Marc

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Virtual Choir Concert Thurs Dec 17

For those of you who might be interested Leah will be taking part in a Choir Concert this Thursday night, December 17, that will premiere on YouTube at 7:00 PM est. Here is the link for those of you who may want to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ3dDuP4NcM&feature=youtu.be

Don't worry, you should still be able to watch it later as well if you miss it at the time it goes live.

Enjoy the show!

Catherine

Friday, December 4, 2020

More on Leah's Silver Award

As Marc's last post said, Leah earned her silver award this year. She worked with another scout in her troop to create a portable signboard for one of the local Girl Scout camps here. It turned out to be a big project for us to focus on during the pandemic. The girls worked over the phone, google chats, and video calls as well as wore masks and social distanced to get the project done and delivered before the deadline.

Her troop also had a bridging ceremony at the end of summer where she went from cadette to senior scout now that she's in high school. Leah did her nails for the occasion.

Back to the silver project. I actually managed to get Marc in one of the pictures helping out supervising the building of the signboard roof.

Here is the finished signboard that had to be transported in 2 vans & the girls put together on site.

Her troop leader surprised us by giving her the silver award at a fall outing to work on their first journey they need to complete for their gold award.

I was able to pin it on Leah's vest for her. I also was outdoor chef that day cooking burgers & dogs on the charcoal grill at the park we were at that day.

Hope everyone enjoys this peek into some of our scout activities!