Pinewood Derby 2010

These are in reverse order from how they happened but it won't let me change it. So here goes... Cohl with Grandpa O'Hare (former cub scout) after his race.

This is all of the Tiger Cubs that entered. Tigers are 1st grade.

This is the digital screen they had up for the electronic track. You can see Cohl in the 1st place spot. For most of his races we did not know that his name was showing up on this screen, we were standing too far back. I was wondering how everyone (we knew no one there since we are new to scouting) knew cohl was winning most of the races.

This is Cohl receiving his 1st place trophy for the Tiger Cub races. After each grade raced the 1st and 2nd guys stayed for a race off out of all of the grades. Cohl gt 3rd place overall...pretty cool.

This is Cohl and the other Tiger cubs waiting at the end of the track for their race. See the zeros on the end of the track? They show the place when the nose of the car passes, then the results shoot onto the screen. Each car races each lane twice.

Overall a fun experience! Not bad for Cohl's first Pinewood car. He designed it, David cut it out, Cohl sanded it and painted it.

Happy Birthdays

The girls turned 3 (jenna) and 5 (kirra). They are the cutest with each other...most of the time.

Oldies but Goodies :)

What a blessing that my kids have gotten to know some of their great grandparents so well.

Grandpa Kay came to watch the kids in their gymnastics classes the other day. Fun times!

More pic to come from the year thus far. :)

What an Honor

I had the amazing privledge of being asked to be at the birth of these two little ones. They were actually due about 4 days apart but arrived in their own timing about 4 weeks apart. Both healthy, both beautiful! Thanks guys for letting me be a part...a true honor!

Little Allanna (bottom) Little Dylan (top)

Painting Fun

Instead of buying actual water color paper or water color books for the kids we have used card stock then I draw them a picture. It works great. The paper is thicker than copy paper but still pretty cheap.

This one below I snapped of Jenna without her paying attention to the camera. She has really started to be more precise and painting and coloring in the lines. What a cutie!

Picture updates for the year thus far

I made a teddy bear for my dear friend. She had her first baby, a son, earlier this year.
Cohl the Cub Scout. Super cute guy! Wow, so big.

The Salute

The Sign

This year has flown by!!!

Wow, we are about to close out the second month of 2010 and I have not posted one picture. I can't seem to find the fun pics I have taken so I will just update with words :)

--Cohl is officially a Tiger Cub Scout. Cutest thing! He got first place in the Pine Wood Derby out of all of the Tiger Cubs (1st grade) and 3rd over all (1-5 grades). We were all surprised as it is our first time doing anything like that. Since starting Cub Scouts he has visited the Channel 30 TV station, the fire station and designed and built the derby car from scratch. Go Cohl.

--Cohl also swallowed a metal marble. Not sure if it has come out yet, two weeks since it took the plunge into his bowels, I stopped looking for it. Yuck!

--We have had way too many people we know experience great tragedy in the past few weeks, so we mourn with them and those close to them. I am reminded when I am going to sleep and thinking of these families that God says, "Be still and know that I am GOD." I have really realized my own frailty as a human through these weeks and our dependence on God for every breath. He knows the number of our days, yet we think we are so strong and can determine our future. Not so.

--I am so thankful for my friends and family and the support they bring to us physically, emotionally, and spiritually.