There are Creations All Around Us

Monday, June 14, 2010

Wow my Little Andrew is heading to Kindergarten!

Andrew has finished his last year of preschool and is headed on to big, bad kindergarten! Okay maybe not big, bad...how about awesome and fun! His teacher Ms. Jen was amazing and has helped Andrew be very prepared for kindergarten. I'm so proud of Andrew and all that he learned through the year!

Isn't that smile irresistible!?

This really is Andrew's best friend, Siera. "The Face" is just 'cause he really likes her. :)

There were 3 classes combined for the graduation program. They did awesome!

Oops! Looks like Zorro "Z" lost his mask!

Andrew is still young, but I definitely see a bright future ahead for him!

Friday, June 4, 2010

Tauphtus Park Zoo Field Trip

Andrew and I made a trip to the zoo in Idaho Falls with Josh and his class. The zoo is always fun, but it was a bit chilly this time. On the other hand the animals were really active which was fun to see. Hope you enjoy the pictures!

You just gotta love how Josh tucked his zip up hoodie into his pants. He didn't have a belt so that was his solution. So cute!

Who can resist a baby zebra?! (which was actually brown and white interestingly)

Doesn't it look like the flamingos are making a heart?

I posted this rooster for Jon. He's the chicken guy these days. This one is actually very pretty!

So there's a little tour of the zoo for you! Hope you enjoyed it!

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Girls Trip 2010

I had such an awesome time going to California to visit and hang out with my friends. Every mom needs a getaway like this once in a while!!

I was in heaven being on the coast. It was so beautiful!

This little bird was the funniest thing. I was just walking along and all of a sudden I felt this poke on my head and I couldn't figure out what it was at first. Until I saw this little birdie swoop down and peck at me again! It did it to a couple other people too. I think it was a mommy just protecting her nest somewhere close by.

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Earned my Beads!

Last summer I went to an adult Scout training called Wood Badge. It was an amazing experience where I learned so much and had a ball with the people there. You set goals, and you have 18 months to complete them, and when you are finished you "Earn your beads." Me and 3 others in my group did it and we were so elated to receive our beads. (In the scouting world this is a big deal!)

Along with the beads you receive a neckerchief and slide.

The 4 of us on the right are the newbies and the 3 on the left were on staff at our Wood Badge.

Boy I love scouting!

Monday, May 24, 2010

Jamboral

This year is the 100th anniversary of Scouting. And to celebrate, our district put together an awesome event called the Jamboral. Our district stretches from Wyoming to the Idaho/Utah border so it was a huge event for the area. There were approximately 6000 leaders and adults that attended! The event was a Friday and Saturday so we camped at the fairgrounds in Blackfoot. (That was an interesting experience itself...it was pretty darn cold and there were cows mooing all night long. Oh well, that's part of scouting sometimes!) There were so many activities going on it was amazing!

I think the favorite were the monkey bridges. The boys kept going back to these.

This monkey bridge that Caleb is on was huge and was hard to cross.

One thing I'm always in awe about with scouting is how much the flag is reverenced. They had a wonderful flag ceremony with this huge flag.

Here's my future Boy Scout, Joshie!

Josh brought his Pinewood Derby car and got to race with other kids he didn't even know, he loved it!

I don't recommend a one man tug of war team.

I felt so lucky to be able to go with the boys and Jon to this event. We had so much fun!

Thursday, May 6, 2010

My tween!

Caleb turned 11 recently and I'm just waiting now for the day he's taller than me. Yikes! He's creeping up so quickly!! We had a bunch of family over and a friend of his, and hung out, and of course ate yummy food. He requested an ice cream cake so under that yummy crunched oreo was a chocolate cake with chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream. It was delicious!