Wolf and Pinewood Derby

Josh earned his Wolf Badge and pinned my Wolf pin on me.

We were excited to have this accomplished before he turned 9. Now he is in my group as a Bear. He's been looking forward to me being his leader for a while. I was his leader for about a month when he was a Wolf, then we moved and I was the Bear Leader. Matt wants me to be his leader, too. Maybe Cubs is my life calling and I can be a leader for all my boys.

This is Josh racing one of his good buddies at the Pinewood Derby. Josh got 3rd place and enjoyed working on his car with his Dad and Grandpa Caldwell. If I ever remember, I'll take a picture of the car. It was black with a yellow lightning strike on the top. He did a good job painting it.

Josh turns 9!

His cousins gave him a HUGE candy bar. He was so excited to have his own big candy bar that he didn't share with me. I wouldn't have minded, but I saw him sharing with all his brothers. What a sweet kid, I think. :)

Christmas 2010

Waiting to go open presents. Josh was more awake than Joe.

This is Matt's excited but trying to be patient face.

Keifer loved Christmas! Can you tell? 

Christmas nuts are a favorite of Josh's.

Joe gets a serious face when he's telling you how something works.

My favorite part of Christmas this year. We had a nice dinner with just our little family on a mostly relaxed Christmas day! I LOVED IT!!!
It was a beautiful Christmas-we cut back on events and took time to spend together and remember the birth of our Savior and how important that is to each of us.

Christmas Programs (Dec. 2010)

The kids were able to wear their pajamas for the program and I was surprised that mine actually did!


The school did separate programs for the older and younger grades. I was able to get a better picture of Josh because I got to the school early enough to get a good seat. Poor Matt's is a little further away because it was way too crowded.


They had fun and were excited to have us show up to see their programs. Matt wouldn't sing at home because it was a surprise. That made me smile.

Matt's 1st Tooth!

He was pretty excited to have the first tooth finally come out! It was very loose, but he didn't want me or Keith to pull the tooth. Instead Josh tied floss to the door handle, and then to Matt's tooth and yanked it out. Not my preferred method of pulling, but they were happy!

Ashley

A few months ago we had Spencer (Keith's little bro.), Gabby & Ashley stay at our house during one of their Vernal visits. We had fun doing Ashley's hair and playing with her. The boys LOVED her. Poor girl wasn't used to that many boys giving her attention all at once yet, I guess ;) It was fun to have a little pink around for the weekend.

Keifer's Gameboy (Oct. 2010)

Keifer wasn't too excited about having to open his birthday present.

His brothers are very glad he has one of his own, now. He used to run around with 2 in his hand and didn't like sharing any of them. He loves "playing" his Gameboy!