Cub Scout Day Camp

I am so thankful for the opportunity I had to go to Cub Scout day camp with Tyler this year. I've been 3 times, but this is the first one with Tyler. It was so fun watching him and the other boys make fun things and learn at the same time. It also makes my job, as their leader, a lot easier since they pass off so many requirements.

Tyler learning to play ping pong (we could even have a table like this!!!)

Doing a chin up on the obstacle course

Giving Tyler a shoulder rub after a long day

Getting ready to shoot a BB gun

Tyler in his Zulu mask. At the end of the day all the boys put these on and had a Zulu parade. It was really hard to keep track of the boys with their masks on.

1st Haircut

Kaysen's hair took forever to get long enough to cut and once he had it I really didn't want to cut it. Finally at 2 years and 4 1/2 months old he got his first hair cut. Now he looks like a big boy. I will miss all those curls.

Memorial Day

Today we went to our friends home, the Campbell's, for a BBQ. After we were done eating we were talking and our children were playing. All of a sudden Tyler and Jared came running down stairs saying that Kaysen and 'lyssa were taking a bath. When we got to them Kaysen was completely naked and 'lyssa had her swimming bottoms on, but no top and they had started filling the bathtub. How could you not laugh? I guess nows a good time to start talking about modesty.

Pinewood Derby

Everyone remembers pinewood derby's from when they were kids, except my family since we're all girls. Kelly has been talking about his for weeks now. On Saturday Kelly, Tyler, and Kaysen went to Kelly's work to cut out the car. When they got home I was shocked to see it all in one piece, I didn't know Kelly could work with wood like that. Then came the sanding and more sanding and still more sanding. Then came the painting. Then they had to make sure the weights were properly placed. Then 1 1/2 hours before "the derby", as Tyler calls it, Kelly drilled all the way through the car...oops. So, the hurrying began. I called Jenny and asked if she had any vinyl designs that we could use to cover up this mistake. She said to come over and we'd look. I mistakenly thought the decision would be a quick one, but we had to find the perfect design. It took Tyler about 45 minutes to choose the perfect one. In the meantime Kelly had to go help set the track up at the church. I drove him overthere so I could have the car. When we got there nobody had a scale and everything had to be set up. I called Jenny, who is a lifesaver, and asked if she could feed my kids and bring them to the church. I'm so thankful to have such an amazing friend. The races got started and Tyler won his first race and I thought yes he won. Then he raced again and won. The boys each raced about 12 times and when it came down to the final 4 they each raced 4 time against each other and on the different tracks. Tyler was completely undefeated at the end of the night and took home the 1st place trophy and a king sized candy bar!!! You've never seen Kelly or Tyler so excited. I'm amazed at all the hard work that goes into each of the cars. It was a great bonding time for Kelly and Tyler. Now they have to try and live up to their reputations for next year.

Spring Break

Okay, so its only been 4 months since I started a blog and I'm finally writing something on it. Life has been a bit crazy, not to mention I couldn't figure out where my pictures were saved on my computer. Come to find out we have to download the pictures into our camera program, but we can't use them until we back them up somewhere else on our computer. Good thing our program didn't quit working or we would have lost 2 years worth of pictures.

So, Spring Break was FANTASTIC, WONDERFUL, AMAZING, all of the above. For those of you who don't know I have a very hard working husband. In the 4 1/2 years we've been married only once has he had a week off work (for our honeymoon). That was until this spring break when he got a much needed week long vacation. The best part was that there was no cell phone reception so he couldn't even take phone calls. We all felt very spoiled and in fact Kaysen still cries every time Daddy leaves now.

So we had the brilliant idea that we ccould drive all the way to Mexico and home with our 2 boys ages 8 and 2. We thought everything would be okay because we could make stops along the way. It took us 3 days to get down to Mexico and the boys were fantastic...thank goodness for a DVD player. We met up with my sister, Shellee, and her family in a town close to the border and followed them to Rocky Point, Mexico. We stayed in a 3 bedroom condo that was right on the beach. We had so much fun spending time with Shellee, Justin, Taylee, and Tyson. Tyler loves his cousin Taylee and keeps asking when he gets to see her again. We enjoyed swimming, going to the beach shopping, trying new foods, and playing the Wii (not quite a vacation thing, but we had to do something after the kids went to bed). Kelly and Justin were able to take a ride on a couple of Ultralights. Since then, Kaysen cannot stop talking about planes. We spent 5 fabulous days in Mexico and got to really enjoyed the time away as a family.

On Thursday we headed home and spent the next 3 days in the car, but oops, we left all our DVDs at the condo. By that time our children were sick of the car and it was nuts getting home. We made it home Saturday in time to spend Easter at home and then back to work and school. But, we had an excellent trip and hope to make it back again, but next time we'll fly (2400 miles was too much for us).