Fear Factor - Girl Scout Style

Tonight I got to try Fear Factor. . . Girl Scout style. I was kind of freaked out and wasn't sure if I wanted to go. I remember watching the show with mom until one day she threw up. No more fear factor in our house. And now mom wants me to do it. Gross . . . why do I have to do this?

First my friend McKayla and I tried different baby foods. I hated the peas!



Then we had a been bag toss. Hey you can't go wrong there right? Wrong! Depending upon the color and number you landed on you had to eat and drink gross stuff. I got stuck eating Witches Warts (raisins), Animal Snot (mini marshmallows that were slimy from being sprayed with water), a drink of Diarrhea (lime juice with peanut candy marshmellows in it), and last but not least Cat Poopies (chocolate candy rolled in small nuts - looked like it came out of a cat box). I could not even do this one. Just the thought of it grossed me out.



Well just when you think it can't get worse it did. They had live crickets in an aquarium. I hate bugs. If you wanted a toy you had to reach for it. Mom had to bribe me by saying she would pay a couple of dollars. After about 20 minutes I finally did it. Squeeling and all. Later on I got hungry and mom told me if I did the cricket thing again that she would get me Subway. Fifteen minutes later I finally did it a second time.



When all was said and done I had fun. I don't know if I would do it again but it was fun.

May and June's Busy Schedule

I am so busy over the next couple of months. Mom had to make me a schedule so I could keep it straight. I really think the schedule was more for her than anything else. Mom says the first priority is SCHOOL. Ewwwww. I can't wait till school gets out. My schedule startes this week on Thursday.

Well here goes my schedule:

April 30th - GS Fear Factor

May 6th - 5:30 - 7:30 GS Camporee Meeting & Swaps - Mandatory Meeting includes bridging w/Cadettes.

May 6th - 7:00 Jeffrey comes to town. Hopefully by the time we are done at GS Dad will be home with him.

May 8th - 5:30 - 8:30 GS Carnival - Mandatory Meeting

May 13 - GS Meeting w/Cadettes for Bridging - Mandatory Meeting

May 20th - GS Troop Auction & Swaps - Not mandatory but who would want to miss out on great stuff.

May 30th - GS - Ready, Set, Camp @ Riverdale Park - Getting Ready for Camporee

June 3rd - GS Meeting - Swaps & Badges

June 6th - 10:30 - 4:30 - GS Cookie Awards @ South Town Expo

June 8th to 12th - Young Womens Camp - Heber

June 18th - 20th - Camporee - Trefoil Ranch

June 29th - July 4th - Trefoil Ranch - Individual Camping

July - Overnight Camping w/troop - 7 Peaks Water Park, Sweets Candy Factory, Timpanogos Caves, Chuck E Cheese & Hotel Camping.

About July 24th - Grandpa Daniels will be coming to town for about 10 days.

Wow, and I going to be busy. Oh and in between all of the I babysit every night. I don't know how we will get this all in but Mom seems to think we will. I just don't know when my summer will even begin with this schedule.

Jessika

National Arbor Day

National Arbor Day was different this year for us. It is not really even celebrated in our family nor is it really even mentioned. In fact I didn't even know what Arbor Day was. I kept calling it Harbor Day.
This year Mom thought it would be a good idea for me to learn about what Arbor Day is since in GS meetings we had just earned the Eco-Action badge. So when an activity came up and we were able to participate in it, we did. I was even able to bring Courtney as it was a community event.
West Haven City had a lot of trees that needed to be planted. Before we went we thought they were going to be seedlings or something small. Boy, were we wrong. These trees were big. Some were so big (like the pine trees) that they took 5 guys to bring them to a hole. Others were smaller and just a few of us could move them.
It was alot of work but at the end of the day we put about 5 trees in their holes and planted them.
We were rewarded with snacks and juice. We even received a shirt for all of our efforts. I would do this again!

Cross Country Skiing & Snow Shoeing

I learned how to Cross Country Ski this year. My Leader, Natalie, taught me how. She has lots of patience. I also went snow shoeing. I had snow shoed before with my mom but never skied. It really liked skiing as it was pretty fun. Natalie hurt her ankle at the top of the hill but I waited for her. We came down off the hill together.

I learned how to snowshoe last year at the Leader Daughter overnighter with Mom. She was really cold.

We had fun at Trefoil Ranch for the Leader Daughter overnighter this year too. I think I would like to try this again.

Cookie Time is finally over

Jessika is done selling Girl Scout Cookies. She did really well this year by selling approximatly 440 boxes. She wants to thank everyone who bought them from her this year. And to those that were unable to she appreicates your moral support too.
Jessika spent last Saturday with other girls from her troop selling cookies at the Sams Club in Riverdale. They did so well that they almost sold out all of the cookies that day.

It's Spring Time . . .

. . . And Jessika can hardly stand it. It seems that she is never in the house again. She is always with her friends outside. When she isn't playing with them she is riding her bike or walking the dogs around the block.
Jessika is doing pretty good in school this year. It has been a challenge for her but everything is starting to click. She likes her teacher so that always helps too.
Jessika has a completely full schedule this summer. She has four scheduled camps and we are looking at a 5th over-nighter in August. The one in August is a Mom & Me girl scout over-nighter where we get to be locked in the Hogle Zoo.

Girl Scout Cookie Time

It is time for Girl Scout Cookies again. We love this time of year. Going door to door and calling friends and family. There are still the same old favorites like the Samoas, Thin Mints, Tagalongs, and Do-Si-Dos. But this year there is a new cookie called the Dulce De Leche. It is pretty good. I tried it at Scout meeting and I really liked it. On Friday, I got to go to the cookie kick off it was lots of fun and we did activities around cookies and cookie sales. My goal again this year is 500 boxes.

I have done lots in Girl Scouts this year. My biggest accomplishment by far with Girl Scouts was earning the Girl Scout Bronze award. It is really hard and not many Junior Girl Scouts earn this award. div>

In October, we went house to house trick or treating for food. We donated the food to a local homeless shelter.

In November, I worked on lots of badges both with the troop and on my own. I now have earned over 21 badges as a Junior.

In December, we had a party with our troop. It was pretty fun. We made ornaments to take to a local Retirement Center for their Christmas Tree. Another service projects was when a Layton Family had mailed a letter to us asking for some help. They had Quads (4 babies) in October and were pretty overwhelmed. We donated lots of baby food and diapers. I went to their house to drop off the stuff. Of the Montoya Quads, two boys and one girl were home from the hospital. There was only one that had not come home yet. That was a busy busy family and I really liked going there.

And now that it is January we are selling selling selling box after box. So if you need any call us or email us and we will hook you up.

I can't wait to tell you what I have going on next month.

Jessi

New Year

This is me. Last night when I realized that 2008 was over it made me sad. Mom kept telling me the New Year will be even better and no worries. Well we will see about that. I hope all my friends like my site and watch out for their pictures to be here as well.

Jessi