{the Race}

Pack Meeting is where we race our Pinewood Derby cars. This was E's first Pack meeting and K was given his Webleos stuff as he turned 10 the month before. K also got his religious knot which was a lot of hard work to receive.

{the Car}

Here is K's car....he also designed his own and did a lot of the work.

{E's 1st Pinewood Derby Car}

Here's E's first car that he worked on with Dad for a few days.....He picked out his own design and did most of it on his own!

{Awards on the Last Day}

So the last day of school is awards and party day.

I don't know what happened to the pics of E and me on that day. (I was his teacher for the last part of the year...so I gave him his awards)

But here is one of K with his class doing a reciation and one with his teacher. 

He had a great year with a great teacher. He was on the Straight A honor roll all year and had great papers and projects!

We are proud of both our boys and the great year they had!

{Summer Plans}

This year all of us were excited for the last day of school. In past years I was ready for having my boys back with me each day and anxious to spend time with them and have our own daily schedule.

This year the feeling was different. This year I realized that I felt like I had missed out on a lot in their lives and their school year. It is all because of the new paths in our lives and that new path is school for me. I am teaching each day and while the boys are in the school with me and even in my classroom I still feel that I am missing out on important things.

So this summer we will spend more time together and be on our own schedule picking and choosing what events are important for out family to attend. We will do what we want and make some great memories.

To start off the summer we look forward to E's baptism and all our extended family that is coming to visit.

We can't wait! Let Summer begin!!

{Father and Sons}

It was camp out night the last day of school. It was a busy crazy day but they got to head up to the mountain to camp.

As you can see from the pictures it was cold up there (good thing I made them take jackets and pants).

And it was so windy that they couldn't even get the tent up so unfortunately they ended up coming home in the middle of the night again this year. But they are anxious to go camping again this year.

{growing up}

ok...so they are getting bigger...

we now have no booster seats in our cars and everyone just buckles in like grown ups.
I can deal with that right?
well.... I discovered that I use the booster for other things too like....watermelons.

I bought a watermelon a few nights ago and when I went to put it in the backseat I realized that it was just going to roll all over the place since the booster used to "hold" it in place with it's armrests.

one strike against the boys growing up.

Then the conversation in the car on the way home from school today.

K: I think we should wash this uniform when we get home. (they wear uniforms at their school)

Me: ok...why?

K: well we did this messy shaving cream thing and it got on me everywhere but you can't really see it.

M: ok. then just throw them right in the wash when we get home.

K: well you can just smell it and decide when we get home.

Okay....really....I'm not smelling anyones dirty clothes, no matter how dirty or clean after wearing them.
I thought that smelling clothes for cleanliness was a learned behavior that boys picked up somewhere, but apparently it is not learned and they are just born with the need to smell clothing to see if they should wear it again.

Gross....another strike against boys growing up.

{Bravery, Love and Strength}

I don't kow this person in my real life, just in the blog world I am always following. But she is clearly a person of bravery, love and strength. And when I see her story, read her blog or hear a news piece on her I think that my trials are made just for me and that all of us can weather whatever storm is brewing around us in life at the time. We just need that same faith, trust and strength that Stephanie has. She shows us a strength and faith I don't think I have seen before. And I was so excited to see this video put out by the church about her.

Enjoy and think.