Leader of the Month- February

Guess who was chosen as "Leader of the Month"!  They were recognized with a certificate, gifts and a special breakfast.

Welcome to Argentina

 He was able to see the Buenos Aires Temple

He found his best friend at the Argentina MTC!

Seminary Graduate

Four years of awesome teachers- congratulations on receiving your certificate!

Come on down...

What an honor to be given these awards- Outstanding Science Student, and receiving all "H"'s on every report card during middle school!

Student of the Month

We attended a breakfast where each one of these wonderful young people were honored and given the title "Student of the Month" for April 2014.  They are nominated by their teachers.

Legos

Here is just a sampling of the legos that we have helped Joshua deconstruct and pack away.

Merit badges

These guys received merit badges at the last court of honor.  This was Elijah's FIRST merit badge and FIRST court of honor as a boy scout.

Let the organization begin...

It may not look like much, but I am glad that the linen closet and the pantry have been organized.

Hey ma, look what I made...

 Ceramic Vase

Lamp made with a lathe

Timberrrrrrrrrr

There are a clump of cottonwood trees that migrated into our yard from our neighbor.  The only thing that they do is mess up our yard with ground level roots and with truckloads of leafs in the fall.

 One of the branches of the trees looks like it could break and fall on our neighbor's house when the snows fall, so we figured we need to take the trees out.

 So, armed with a reciprocating saw and testosterone, the boys practiced on the easiest tree.

 No injuries to persons or property- YAY!  Now we just need to borrow a chainsaw and wood chipper to try and take care of the rest.

Four Eagles

Now we have four Eagles!

Peaches, peaches everywhere

This year our two peach trees were filled with smaller than normal peaches.  The trees were so full that we had many branches break.  We filled jar after jar of peaches, froze some, ate quite a bit and drove around the neighborhood various times trying to share our good fortune with others.  We still have about 1/4 of one of the trees left.

Arrow of Light and 20 Pin Patch

Guess who we are very proud of for all of his hard work?  Wow, he has earned all 20 pins and received a special patch.  He also worked hard to get the Arrow of Light.  Congratulations!

Learning to mow the lawn

He was super excited to learn how to mow the lawn this year!

Just keep swimming, just keep swimming...

Elijah was Off Track for about a month- so we had swimming lessons every other day.

Eagle Court of Honor

 Last night we had the Eagle Court of Honor for Noah.  There were so many nice things that were said about him and the things that he does.  We are so proud of him receiving this award when he is 13 years old.

Weddings- and all that comes with it

My niece got married the first part of November.

 Valesca and I hosted a bridal shower for her at our home.

 It was a beautiful day and she was a beautiful bride.

 Our family helped out in the kitchen preparing all of the food for the reception as well as keeping the drink dispensers filled.  It was a bigger job than we had anticipated, but we all worked together to get it done.

 Valesca and Noah had a a good time dancing...

and Elijah danced with his mom.

A parade and a bike ride

 Josh marched in the South Jordan parade this morning.

 Noah rode his 50 mile bike ride today.

 We are so proud of him.

Way to go!!!!!!