Balloon Fun!

The kids had a lot of fun with these balloons that Aunt Linda sent them!

Evan and Model Magic

Evan has been into clay and model magic lately and I was really impressed when he created this! He colored the white clay into these colors and then twisted it into this design. It looks like a lollipop!

Blue and Gold Banquet

Benjamin gets his Bobcat badge.

They put it on upside down until he does a good turn:)

Benjamin helps with the flag ceremony.

Last Friday, we attended our first Blue and Gold banquet for Cub Scouts with Benjamin. He worked very hard to earn his Bobcat badge just in time. He got to lead the flag procession and had a great time. Above, you see the Webelos doing a skit.

Alycia, the Cub Master, handing out recognition

Benjamin with his Pinewood Derby ribbon

Ben and Jacob

Benjamin with the tool box he made in Cub Scouts

Chili Cook Off

This weekend was the annual Chili Cook Off at church. Ben has been trying to win for the past 2 years and finally came home with a winner in the Spicy category!

Ben's chili was sweet and spicy with his pork that he roasted and sweet peppers. There was none of it left and lots of people gave him some very nice compliments and asked for the recipe.

My chili had steak and bacon with some cocoa powder and root beer! I was really happy with how it turned out and there wasn't much left. I got lots of compliments on it.

Marble Physics Madness at the Science Fair

Benjamin and Evan participated in the first Science Fair at their school last night. They worked with their friend Jimmy. You can see the board that we did and Jimmy's dad did a great video of the work they did running trials with the marbles and coloring pictures for the board. It was a fun night!

Matthew is definitely related to his cousin Ruben!

I have been finding train tracks set up in our playroom and even spilling out into the hallway and assumed that my 4 year old Jacob was doing it. Nope! It's Matthew!!! Here's the proof! And the reference to Ruben...saying he LOVED trains when he was younger might be an understatement.

Matthew working on the railroad!

Growing Up Benjamin

If you look at the top of the blog, I currently have a slideshow running of pictures throughout Benjamin's 8 years. Just thought that it would be fun to put together to celebrate his special day! Enjoy!