Blue and Gold

The annual cub scout banquet was this month. Layron doesn't turn 11 until June but he worked really hard to be able to get his Arrow of Light by the ceremony. Mikey earned several belt loops as well. They both made and decorated cakes with Neil. Mikey's is the wolf. Layron's is the arrow of light.

What?

I went to tuck Mikey and Seth in bed the other night and this is what I walked in to.

EIEIO

Erik found some toy animals I found in the dollar section. He started lining them up. He looked at the other bag and told me how lonely these animals were and that they reaaaaallllly needed to play with the other animals. So I let him open the other bag. He then matched each up with its partner. I guess we'll call him Noah.:) I made a farm set out of felt for his animals. The ark will have to wait.

Mentos and Soda is Explosive Fun

School Day

Go Fish

I made a fishing game for Erik for "F" week. My nephews really loved it so when Tanner had a birthday, I knew the perfect gift.

Boys!!! Little and Big

So this week was a boy week around here. I guess some things I just don't get. Like, why after ten minutes of whining, Mikey finally gets the broom to sweep the back porch. Neil comes out and says he has a better way to do that. Mikey was smiling from ear to ear while cleaning the porch with a leaf blower. Ten minutes ago he was in tears over his chores.

Neil also taught the boys how to start a fire with a magnifying glass. The boys were outside for THREE DAYS starting fires. (Safely of course) They got pretty good at it and actually got some good flames.

G.Q.

I was trying to take one nice little picture of Erik, but instead he turned it into a photo shoot. The quality of the pics is aweful but they are priceless. He just started posing. I've never seen him do anything like it. I was trying not to laugh because he looked so serious but it was hilarious.

New Suits

The boys got new suits for Christmas from Grandma Jan and Grandpa Paul. Looking gooooooood.

Snow Day!!

Snow again in Pahrump!! I grew up here in Pahrump and I only remember the snow sticking maybe twice. Now days it seems to snow every year at least once. Weird. The dogs seemed more excited than the boys. I guess they got their fill in Ely. I finally got three of them to play in it but Seth decided to get some alone time with the wii. They built a seven foot tall snowman but I didn't get any pictures of it before it fell over. Sorry boys! We did get one of a miniature version.