Scouts

My calling in my ward is Scout Committee Advancement Chair. Which means that I'm in charge of keeping track of all of the scouts in my ward, and how they are advancing! Oh yeah, I know you're jealous! Anyway, I was pretty much solely in charge of putting on the court of honor, and I'm so glad it's over. There were 93 awards earned! I'm proud to say that Colton earned 5 merit badges, his 2nd class, 1st class, and star scout all tonight. He is a life scout now, which is only 1 level below eagle. After living in Washington, he was behind where he should've been, and has had to work really hard to play catch up. There's still work to be done, but I'm really proud of him. I am ready for this whole scout thing to be over!

Give a Day Get a Day

At the beginning of January, we decided as a family to get involved with Disney's Give a Day Get a Day. We signed up to make blankets for Project Linus. This is a charity that gives new blankets to sick or traumatized children ages 0-18. We picked this charity for 2 reasons. 1 we could do the blankets at home, which was great since we had to work aroud Landon being in town. Second I let each of the kids pick their own material to make their blanket out of, and it was way more personal that way. They were all so picky about what they like and what they wanted. I sent the blankets off about a week ago, and today our tickets came! Disneyland here we come!!

5 blankets tied and shipped!

On the Lord's Errand

Tonight for FHE I took the kids to the Mesa Temple Visitors' Center to see the new movie "On the Lord's Errand: The Life of President Thomas S. Monson. It was excellent. I learned so many interesting things about our Prophet that I didn't know. What an amazing man!
If you haven't taken the opportunity to see it yet, do it.

Valentine's Day

Dear Landon
Thanks for the beautiful tulips you sent me for Valentine's Day. They are my favorite. I love you!

Snow Campout

Colton headed up north to Strawberry, AZ with the scout this weekend for a snow camp out. We had to borrow some warm stuff from Bumpa, and buy him a new coat to get ready. All I can say is BRRRR!

Look how cold they look. He said that they weren't too bad. Colton took a lot of little hand warmers, and his sleeping bag was suppose to keep him warm up to 40 below 0.

What's a snow camp out without a snowball fight. I love this picture. I totally looks like Colton is about to bean Brother Johnson in the head.

WARNING- Teenager!

Colton turned 13 today. It's official, he's a teenager! He chose orange pancakes with sprinkles for breakfast.

And of course, he ordered an ice cream cake! (Kennedy just practicing up for next month)

Colton got tons of nice gifts from many friends and family. He mostly got money, and gift cards which he was super excited about. Landon and I helped fill up his sword display with 6 new swords.

He is officially 6 feet tall! He weighs a whopping 170 lbs. and wears a size 13 shoe. His hands are bigger than Landon's and his legs are as long as Grandpa Scott's. He eats like he was just let out of prison, and he doesn't seem to be slowing down!

What can I say about Colton that I haven't already said. He is such an easy child to raise, and I can't wait to see what this next stage of his life brings. I feel lucky to be on this journey with him. I love you Colton! Happy Birthday!!

This is My Box

What is with a kid and their box! It doesn't matter what size it is, if there's an empty box, there's gonna be someone who has a "need" for it. Today, Kennedy's need was a little TV watching box.