Cub Scout Blue & Gold Banquet

We had a great time at this year's

Cub Scout Blue & Gold Banquet.

Daniel earned another bead towards his rank of wolf.

The scouts singing a fun rendition of "Do your ears hang low?"

Daniel chose to display his quarter collection and marble collection.

Daniel made a batman out of black beans and lentils.

Part way through dinner, Sara decided to "adopt" herself into another family. She picked up her plate and relocated into Carrie's lap. Sara simply adores Carrie and Tarin.

The leaders did an amazing job with the decorations. Wow!! It really felt like we were transported back in time and stepped into an old fashion fair. If you have a minute stop by Camille's blog for better pictures of the decorations. They really were amazing!

New Background

Daniel picked out our new blog background.

What do you think?

The Princess is 2!

Sara spent most of the day in her favorite pink princess dress, pink crown, click-clack shoes, and toting her pink blanket. Was she a sight to behold! Bryan came home early from work so we could sing "Happy Birthday" and enjoy Sara's cupcake tree before heading out to the church social.

Happy Birthday Princess!!!

WE LOVE YOU!!

Disclaimer: Don't look to close at the cupcake tree or you'll see the disfigured cupcakes she sampled before I was done frosting!

Check out our pretty princess!!

She did a fantastic job of blowing out her candles

without any help!

Hmmm.....Yummy!

Daniel checks out Sara's new Dora DVD

More Valentine Fun

There's something about chocolate

that always brings a smile to Sara's face.

Daniel with his valentines from Dad & Mom.

Jared showing off his valentines from Dad & Mom.

Bryan meet with a lovely surprise when

he reached his office at the church.

The activity day girls had decorated his door.

Each girl wrote a little message to Bryan.

This is definitely one of the perks of his calling!

Happy Valentine's Day

We love playing with food so I thought it might be fun

to surprise the kiddos with heart shaped pizza.

They loved it!

Bryan got tickets for us to see The Broadway Tenors
perform with the city symphony orchestra.

Ooohhh! What a fun night!
I loved every minute of the performance.

Thanks sweetheart! You're the best!!!

Don't they look yummy?

Cutting peperoni into heart shapes was no easy task.

...VERY MESSY...

But the look on the boys face made it all worth it!

I have the best hubby!!

Thanks Marcie & Dale for taking our kiddos TOTALLY at the last minute!

You're lifesavers!!

Homemade Valentines

Last year for Valentine's Day we made crayon hearts so this year we thought we'd try something different. The boys and I made little chocolate candies in the shapes of hearts, roses, fish, and coins. We enjoyed a fun couple of days with dipping chocolate and decorating Valentine cards. The Valentine packages were so cute, too bad I forgot to take a picture of the finished packages. Oops! Sara, of course, discovered the chocolates and put her 'Swiper' skills to work, snitching the chocolate every chance she got!

Jared hard at work decorating his valentine cards.

Daniel checking his list while

Mom fills little bags with chocolates.

Chocolates for Daniel's classsmates.

Our little chocolate taster!

Snow?

This morning we woke up to quite a sight....

Snow!!

Before heading off to school the boys and
Collin (a friend) had some fun in the backyard.

Jared, Daniel & Collin in front of our citrus tree.

Daniel on a snow-laden trampoline.

Poor Jared, he's SO cold. Brrrr!

Haircut

Sara had a her first haircut!!

Of course, she had a wonderful time

and confirmed our suspicion...

Sara is a girlie girl.

Sara was laughing and having a grand 'ol time with C.C.

Aren't kids suppose to be nightmares during their first haircut? I guess Sara didn't get the memo.

Sara loved the yummy candy C.C. rewarded her with for sitting so well.

Thanks C.C. for making Sara's first haircut so much fun!