Scouts

Trevor has been just a few requirements away from earning his tenderfoot. The two that gave us problems were the 1/4 mile run and the pull up (Thank you Aaron for help with the pull up). He did these and then had to show improvement and beat his own score. His first time on the 1/4 mile run was 2 minutes 18 seconds and on all of our tries he missed beating that time by a second or two. We tried and tried, and finally got it. Trev was so proud that he did it that he wanted a picture of the watch used to time his run. Finally he actually beat it by 3 seconds. So anyone who lives within ear shot of El Diamante probably hear all of our cheering when he crossed the finish line!

Somebody Stop Me!

I get these really good ideas for things that would be totally cute (like cutting 1,500 stars for Blue and Gold Dinner). Well they would actually be good ideas if I could turn the work over to somebody else and just stand back and see how cute it was. Instead I get these ideas and decide to do them and then when it comes to actually doing them I get annoyed at myself for even thinking of it. Today we did snacks for the baseball team. I decided to make them baseball sugar cookies. They really weren't that much work, but with everything else we have going on at the moment I was thinking I need someone to stop me when I get these ideas. The kids loved them though!

BRRRRRRRRR!

This is so not my idea of fun! Trevor went snow camping with his Boy Scout Troop. We bought him more thermals and borrowed snow gear. They camped one night. Trevor and Josh shared a tent. They played in the snow and went sledding. He had fun, but was exhausted when he got home. He was in bed before 7 that night.

It has been said...

" A good friend will come bail you out of jail... a true friend will be sitting there beside you saying, "Dang, that was fun!""

When we had our pack popcorn sale we did a contest that the top seller would get to silly string a leader. Since we only had 3 boys sell popcorn we decide to let all of them silly string! Jake got to silly string me, I think it was the highlight of his life so far!

Blue and Gold Dinner

Last night was our pack's Blue and Gold dinner. Set up this year went MUCH smoother than last year. My car did not roll across the street and hit a mailbox (giving me an even more stressful day!). And I had many friends show up to help set up. The cultural hall looked great (notice the stars in the background, it really did look good!). Everything went off as planned. Jake got the volleyball belt loop and 4 Silver Arrow Points (That means he did 40 extra things from his book). Take down went smoothly and then I came home to colapse. All in all a good night!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Robert closes tonight so we had no romantic plans. I decided to host a fun boys night instead. We invited over a few friends and had heart shaped pizza and heart sugar cookies. They are playing video games and having a great night.

Actually said at my house this morning...

Today was Scout Sunday. So that means Trevor, Jacob and I wore our Scout uniforms to church. It is an even busier Sunday morning than usual because neckerchiefs and slides have to be straightened and I didn't have all of Jake's awards on his uniform so I was trying to fix that before church. With 9AM church Luke has taken to not getting up on Sundays so then we are in a mad dash out the door. Last Sunday I actually dressed him still asleep and took his breakfast with us so he could eat it after sacrament. (Rob worked so it was just me and 3 boys).
Anyways now we are to this morning. Trevor and Jake were finally ready, awards on uniforms, shirts tucked in and neckerchiefs straight. I was finally starting to get ready. Luke was awake but not dressed. Rob was trying to help him, but Luke wanted me. So here is the conversation...
Me (as I am putting on makeup) " Let Dad help you get ready. I can't help you, because I am busy making myself beautiful."
Rob "Yeah let me get you dressed, Mom needs all the time she can get."
To his credit he says he didn't mean it the way it came out, he was trying to get Luke ready for church and he has been very good about doing laundry today after church but he did say that I "need all the time I can get" to make myself beautiful so I think he is still in the dog house.