An Out Of This World Blue And Gold Banquet

Last night our family attended the Cub Scout Blue and Gold Banquet.  Brody earned a few awards which made it even more fun.  At one of the weekly den meetings, the boys each made robots for the centrepieces.  Love Love Love the way Brody's turned out!

 The Primary Presidency was in charge of decorations for the night and as you can see, we had a blast making the cultural hall look, "Out Of This World."

I found some awesome glow in the dark paint at Michaels and had Jeremy paint me some "space" things.  We were going to have it all glow in the dark but ran out of time with getting the backlights.

My cousin Sarah came over one morning and helped me cut this cute sign with my Cricut.  I had no idea you could hook the Cricut up to your computer and download fonts right to it.  I am so grateful she helped me with this cause this sparkle sign was AWESOME!!

My 1st counselor Kristal enlisted her hubby to paint some planets and the huge rocket below.  They looked amazing!
(what is up with the way these picts are posting?  Too weird!)

Each of my kids helped us make planets with the glow in the dark paint.  

 
And of course all space parties need glow in the dark robots and aliens.

 Miss Jody let me borrow this awesome space board.  Ledger looks like a real space dude!

 This is a cute group of boys. So lucky to have them in Cub Scouts.
Carsen, Kohl, Ryan and Brody

The best part of the evening were the marshmallow shooters that my fantastic 2nd counselor Natalie made.  Let's just say there were marshmallows EVERYWHERE when we were done.  It was AWESOME!

Oh did I mention there was also slime at the party?  It was truly a night to remember.

 When the boys arrived, they made flying saucer space ships out of paper plates and then threw them through hanging hula hoops.  So fun!

 Brody earned his Religious Knot tonight along with belt loops in Computers, Chess,
Photography and Kickball. Way to go Bro!

Oh...and he advanced from Wolf to Bear.  Here he is walking the bear trail.

This is the cutest little 9 year old bear ever!
(Whose extra arm is in the picture? Hilarious!)

Super Saturday

Well...we survived another fun filled Saturday.  This week it was the flag football championships which meant along with the 2 basketball games and baseball tryouts, we had 6 football games!  It was insane but oh so fun, especially since Brody's 7-8 year old team took 1st place and Case's 5-6 team took 3rd.  These boys were so happy that all the practice and time paid off today. 

 Brody is loving being on the flag football team with such great kids.  This has been a great experience for him.  While Brody has a lot to learn, he enjoys the social part of being on the team.  Way to go Bears!

 Good thing this catch wasn't for the win! YIKES!

 Coach Leo has been great for Brody.  He is really patient and kind and has taught Brody a ton about the sport.

 And here they are...the 2012, 7-8 year old winter season champions.  Way to go boys!

 Case loves flag football.  What could be better then playing tag with a football?  This kid is pretty good for just learning the sport.

 And here are the 3rd place 5-6 year old winter season winners! You may remember that in the fall season, Brody's team was the 3rd place winners and Case's team the 1st place winner.  How fun for these kids.

 Coach BJ and Coach Jared are awesome!  They love the sport and love these kids.

After 6 football games (and a missed basketball game), Brody had baseball tryouts.  The kids and I dropped Brody and Jeremy off at the field and went to get a sandwich (at 3:45) then came back and grabbed them and headed off to Ishikawa for Case's basketball game.

This kid is hilarious!  Suddenly, he has learned to throw elbows and bug the living daylights out of whoever is is blocking.  Jeremy and I just laugh at this kid the entire time he is on the court.

The good news is, we only had one injury today.  Poor Ledger got stuck in a tree while playing with Little E.

 Poor Miss B. got fried today at the 6 football games!  By time we got to the 5:00 basketball game, we were all feeling like this! EXHAUSTED!  This girl is truly amazing.  She is happy and excited to be included in all this madness.  Maybe one day I will make the boys sit through 6 hours of dance class and gymnastics so they can see what she has to deal with each week.  Good thing she is so happy all the time! Love this girl!

We Love America!

Last night, we attended the third grade program titled, "We Love America."  It was fun to watch these cute kiddos up on the stage singing and dancing.

Can you spot Brody?

 This song was titled, " The Heart Of America."

 Brody did pretty good dancing and singing with a heart.

 His little solo line was, " Toothpaste!"

Some of the boys after the program.

 All Miss B. cares about right now is Sugar.  She loved playing in her purse all through the program.

Thanks to everyone who came to watch Brodys 3rd grade program.

Valentine's Day 2012

I love Valentine's Day. Mostly because I love my 4 little Valentine's.  Today was filled with parties, parties, and more parties. I adore this Valentine Ledger made for us.  On the back side it reads, 

"I love my family because they lay in bed with me."

Oh and there were a few love letters taped to bedroom doors from a mystery person.

After school we headed to the cemetery to decorate Grandpa Harvey's headstone.  Because it was the coldest, windiest day of the year, the boys stayed in the car while Miss B. and I added some decorative touches!

 Then it was off to the older side of the cemetery for the dedication of a new headstone for Francis Martin Pomeroy, one of the founders of Mesa, and his 3 wives.  Yep, you heard me right, my great, great, great, great. (oh who knows how many greats there are) grandfather had 3 wives (polygamy at it's best)  We got tho hear about each of the wives and what they went through during their lives.  These women were amazing!  I can't imagine going through what they did and living how they did. Then we were supposed to hear about Francis Martin Pomeroy, but due to rain and lightening, we had to cut the ceremony short and call it a day.  

 Love that I got to spend Valentine's Day with family.

 My kids were in awe of the headstones.  They were so old.  

Uncle Pat, Grandma and Grandpa worked hard to put the event together. 

 Presley and Nicole trying to stay warm.

 Aunt Michel, Aiden, Anna, and Uncle Chris

Grandma, Sugar and Brody.

 Cute Cave.

 The headstone. You may be wondering why Valentine's Day was chosen as the day to dedicate a headstone.  Well, 100 years ago today, Arizona was founded.  There you have it!

 Not only did Francis Martin get a headstone, each of his wives got one also.

 

After the cemetery, we headed over to Sugar's house for dinner.  The kids looooved spending Valentine's Day with their cousins, but mostly they loooooved...

 hanging out in the jacuzzi.

 And crazy Brody liked going from the hot jacuzzi to the freeeeeezing cold pool.

Hope your Valentine's Day was a memorable one!