Kondel Family: 2013

January 1, 2013

School Christmas Programs

Eliska & Mrs. Anderson

Emma & Mrs. Patton

Wow, what an experience my first festival of trees was!! My Girl Scout troop decided to donate a tree for the festival of trees this year. The trees are auctioned off and all proceeds go to Primary Children's Hospital. They usually raise about 1 million dollars! My co-leader had done 2 trees previously for the festival in earlier years and was definitly the person to make it all happen! We decide to do a candyland themed tree. We got generous donations from families in our troop and ended up spending $450 on our finished tree (this is what they start the bidding at). Our tree ended up being sold to a nursing bra company called "Undercover Mama" for $950! It was all very exciting and a great experience overall!

Eliska's Baptism

Halloween Bash

Girl Scouts

Well, I decided to start a Girl Scout troop for my girls! I loved being a Girl Scout and I wanted my daughters to experience it too. My awesome co-worker at Challenger is my co-leader and we have been having a blast so far! It is a lot of work during this first year as a troop and I am learning a lot about how to simplify things for the future (I tend to go overboard on everything). So far we've had a backyard campout, spa sleepover, lots of field trips, earned lots of badges, and donated a tree for the local hospital's festival of trees.