Seth gets his Wolf

 Seth doesn't love cub scouts but he goes and usually has fun while he's there. He was suppose to get his Wolf in May but things kept happening. We were out of town and then Scouts took the summer off and then they forgot to bring the award...anyway he finally got it. Yay Seth!

 The Mother's Pin.

 For Pack Meeting, we had a car race. The Webelos did a huge car which may have slowed them down a bit. They had to do a lap then stop, change their tires (take off their socks and put them back on), clean their wind shield (spray water on their sunglasses) and eat a cracker before they could do another lap. They had a good time doing this.

The Wolves and Bears are combined because there are only 5 boys this age.

Halloween 2012

Carving Pumpkin Time

 Last year I didn't get pumpkins, thinking no one really liked doing it and the kids were getting older. They were so mad at me! So, this year we did it and it was pretty fun.

Seth's jack-o-lantern had nerd glasses, just like him.

Since Seth is my only child in elementary school, I went and helped with his party. I always play the same game because it's a good one. If you roll a 7 or an 11 you have to jerk your marshmallow "ghost" out before the pan lid comes crashing down. The kids seem to like it.

 Maddie- Spiderman Our neighbor made her hat and it was so cute she decided to do a whole costume around it.

 Max was a leaf blower.

 Maddie and her friend Alyssa. Cute heroes.

Tanner is Slenderman. I don't know much about him but I know he's creepy. Tanner didn't really have anything to do on Halloween. He got invited to a party and then it got cancelled. He watched a scary movie with a couple of neighbors.

Conference at the Cabin

 It's always nice to go to the cabin during conference in October. The leaves are beautiful and the weather's beautiful! My dad decided to install a super deluxe sky ride. It turned out great!

 Maddie "helping" grandpa and Tanner helping Jon build the tower.

 The men all ready for Priesthood session. This was Max's first time to go since he's now 12! Looking handsome!

 We took a walk down to the river. I tried to time my picture for the splash. It worked pretty well.

 I could see through Seth's ears because of the sky light above him. You can't see it as well in the picture.

The Grapes of Wrath

 Maddie played rec. soccer this year and had so much fun! It was a girls team ages 14-18.  Jon signed up to coach when nobody else would and another dad, Johnny who also didn't know how to coach the girls. Luckily for Maddie she has an Aunt and Uncle that came to every practice and taught the girls skills. Amazingly they won every single game!! Thanks, Donovan and Paige!

 Last game, it was a close one!

 The whole team with "coaches" Jon and Johnny. We should've had Donovan and Paige in the picture, oops. We still have the other half of the season in the Spring so it's not over yet!

The Team's biggest fan- Elliott. She also went to every practice so it was usually my job to babysit her so her parents could coach. Elliott is a dream baby, she just babbles and laughs.

Seth- Soccer and Flag Football

Seth stayed really busy with soccer and Flag Football this year. He tried AA soccer this year and had fun. He played some really hard teams and lost most of his games in both sports but he learned about being a good sport. :)

 I noticed from these pictures, when things get intense, Seth puffs his cheek out.

 Hike!

Here comes the ball...caught it!!

 Seth scored lots of touch downs this year. He's small, but he's fast!

Sea World

Back in July when we went to CA, I forgot to blog about Sea World so I'm doing it now.  We are able to all fit on Shamu, barely. The photographer wasn't very happy with us.

Maddie and Seth holding hands. Doesn't happen very often so I had to get a picture of it.

 As I was scrolling through the pictures I notice Seth and Katie did this "Poining Gun" pose a lot. I think it was their way of rebelling against us for taking so  many pictures.

 Katie with the pose. The kids touching starfish. Good, no poses!

 Wait, here they go...Seth and Katie.

 And Katie again! Yeah, Churros!

 Everyday a trainer takes the flamingoes out for a walk, it was fun to see them up close.

Mary and Devon as penguins