<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653954796695647313</id><updated>2011-07-07T13:33:56.670-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Tri-State IBA</title><subtitle type='html'>Where the fun never ends!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://connieericandboys.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1653954796695647313/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://connieericandboys.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>TriStateIBA</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01815218557327526559</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kzK8Uw-Gu1M/SO2J9ktCN5I/AAAAAAAAAA8/3UQPGiyX9pk/S220/100_0002.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653954796695647313.post-4435159968177059147</id><published>2010-09-13T12:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-13T12:24:45.419-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cedar Badge</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kzK8Uw-Gu1M/TI551CWx8bI/AAAAAAAAAPg/-80ht1wKGsQ/s1600/labor+day+006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kzK8Uw-Gu1M/TI551CWx8bI/AAAAAAAAAPg/-80ht1wKGsQ/s400/labor+day+006.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ethan attended Cedar Badge at Island Park. &amp;nbsp;He had a lot of fun. &amp;nbsp;When we were coming home he looked disappointed. &amp;nbsp;I ask what was the matter and he said, "I didn't want to leave." &amp;nbsp;After I attended Woodbadge I totally understood what he meant. &amp;nbsp;He must have had the same kind of incredible experience that I did. &amp;nbsp;You won't understand until you go yourself.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1653954796695647313-4435159968177059147?l=connieericandboys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://connieericandboys.blogspot.com/feeds/4435159968177059147/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1653954796695647313&amp;postID=4435159968177059147' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1653954796695647313/posts/default/4435159968177059147'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1653954796695647313/posts/default/4435159968177059147'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://connieericandboys.blogspot.com/2010/09/cedar-badge.html' title='Cedar Badge'/><author><name>TriStateIBA</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01815218557327526559</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kzK8Uw-Gu1M/SO2J9ktCN5I/AAAAAAAAAA8/3UQPGiyX9pk/S220/100_0002.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kzK8Uw-Gu1M/TI551CWx8bI/AAAAAAAAAPg/-80ht1wKGsQ/s72-c/labor+day+006.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653954796695647313.post-6541814759439651615</id><published>2010-09-12T17:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-12T17:05:12.337-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ethan's Summer</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kzK8Uw-Gu1M/TI1o9x_R_iI/AAAAAAAAAPY/KfJJvvAKarU/s1600/june5,2010+371.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kzK8Uw-Gu1M/TI1o9x_R_iI/AAAAAAAAAPY/KfJJvvAKarU/s320/june5,2010+371.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kzK8Uw-Gu1M/TI1nDNdtyjI/AAAAAAAAAO4/JBb2jkzTAyw/s1600/june5,2010+351.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kzK8Uw-Gu1M/TI1nDNdtyjI/AAAAAAAAAO4/JBb2jkzTAyw/s200/june5,2010+351.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;A Game of Mummy Peg&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kzK8Uw-Gu1M/TI1nMu3k3XI/AAAAAAAAAPA/ZNKjHuBpATI/s1600/june5,2010+353.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kzK8Uw-Gu1M/TI1nMu3k3XI/AAAAAAAAAPA/ZNKjHuBpATI/s200/june5,2010+353.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Ethan and Shane&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kzK8Uw-Gu1M/TI1nuimSD3I/AAAAAAAAAPI/V2QbAR7UHKY/s1600/june5,2010+366.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kzK8Uw-Gu1M/TI1nuimSD3I/AAAAAAAAAPI/V2QbAR7UHKY/s200/june5,2010+366.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;A day on the S. Fork&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kzK8Uw-Gu1M/TI1nuimSD3I/AAAAAAAAAPI/V2QbAR7UHKY/s1600/june5,2010+366.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kzK8Uw-Gu1M/TI1oNh3tgTI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/PIFab8XlwSU/s1600/june5,2010+379.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kzK8Uw-Gu1M/TI1oNh3tgTI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/PIFab8XlwSU/s200/june5,2010+379.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;We made it!!!&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;Ethan and his scout troop went on a 100 mile journey in a weeks time. &amp;nbsp;Randy Drake was put in as Scout Leader only a couple of weeks before they went. &amp;nbsp;What an awesome guy. &amp;nbsp;They floated the Ho-Back, Climbed Wolf Mountain, Canoed the Palasade, Fished the S. Fork and biked from Hiese to Lewisville. They ate lots of good food that Uncle John &amp;amp; Chris cooked. &amp;nbsp; Ethan had a ton of fun and was exhausted when he got home. &amp;nbsp;Thanks to all of his leaders that helped.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1653954796695647313-6541814759439651615?l=connieericandboys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://connieericandboys.blogspot.com/feeds/6541814759439651615/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1653954796695647313&amp;postID=6541814759439651615' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1653954796695647313/posts/default/6541814759439651615'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1653954796695647313/posts/default/6541814759439651615'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://connieericandboys.blogspot.com/2010/09/ethans-summer.html' title='Ethan&apos;s Summer'/><author><name>TriStateIBA</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01815218557327526559</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kzK8Uw-Gu1M/SO2J9ktCN5I/AAAAAAAAAA8/3UQPGiyX9pk/S220/100_0002.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kzK8Uw-Gu1M/TI1o9x_R_iI/AAAAAAAAAPY/KfJJvvAKarU/s72-c/june5,2010+371.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653954796695647313.post-1940879834560607723</id><published>2010-09-12T16:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-12T16:47:54.847-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Woodbadge</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kzK8Uw-Gu1M/TI1kVsI7W2I/AAAAAAAAAOo/fKSlgfK6xlQ/s1600/DSCN0674.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="265" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kzK8Uw-Gu1M/TI1kVsI7W2I/AAAAAAAAAOo/fKSlgfK6xlQ/s320/DSCN0674.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;The Owls! &amp;nbsp;Al, Andy, Enoch, Karen &amp;amp; Me&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;I attended Woodbadge last month and it was an incredible experience! &amp;nbsp;I learned a lot about myself and how to be a better person and a better leader. &amp;nbsp;I will never forget the friends that I made and the feelings I had while I was there. &amp;nbsp;I gained a stronger testimony of the Scouting program. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kzK8Uw-Gu1M/TI1j4darC5I/AAAAAAAAAOY/uDVfvTRe0OQ/s1600/DSCN0678.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kzK8Uw-Gu1M/TI1j4darC5I/AAAAAAAAAOY/uDVfvTRe0OQ/s200/DSCN0678.JPG" width="150" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;The Owls Flag&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kzK8Uw-Gu1M/TI1kqUIvsZI/AAAAAAAAAOw/vU0ZZ6ch6J4/s1600/DSCN0675.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kzK8Uw-Gu1M/TI1kqUIvsZI/AAAAAAAAAOw/vU0ZZ6ch6J4/s320/DSCN0675.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;This was our flag we packed around. &amp;nbsp;I loved it!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1653954796695647313-1940879834560607723?l=connieericandboys.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://connieericandboys.blogspot.com/feeds/1940879834560607723/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1653954796695647313&amp;postID=1940879834560607723' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1653954796695647313/posts/default/1940879834560607723'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1653954796695647313/posts/default/1940879834560607723'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://connieericandboys.blogspot.com/2010/09/woodbadge.html' title='Woodbadge'/><author><name>TriStateIBA</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01815218557327526559</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kzK8Uw-Gu1M/SO2J9ktCN5I/AAAAAAAAAA8/3UQPGiyX9pk/S220/100_0002.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kzK8Uw-Gu1M/TI1kVsI7W2I/AAAAAAAAAOo/fKSlgfK6xlQ/s72-c/DSCN0674.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
