Ian, March and April 2011

Ian had an exciting few months! It's pretty exciting to turn 8. He got to start going to Cub Scouts, which he LOVES! He has the Wolf Handbook memorized, I'm pretty sure.

Ian was baptized by his dad in March. It was pretty special to have both sets of grandparents make the trip to be here. We're glad he chose to be baptized.

Ian got to share his day with Ellie. Since our ward has each family plan their own baptism, we had Ellie blessed at the same time.

Ian loves Ellie! And she loves him! She will always laugh and smile at him. He likes to talk to her.

Ian entered the science fair at his school, he and his dad researched things about Mars.

Ian's aunt and uncle and two cousins came to visit, for business, and let us come swim at the hotel pool. Once Ian finally let go of the side, he had a fun time paddling around the pool.

This is Ian receiving his Bobcat (at a very cold and windy outdoor pack meeting!). He was beyond excited! Now he's working hard on the Wolf requirements.

March and April 2011

I'm very behind on updates on here, but I'll try to catch up. March started out very snowy. Very. It just kept coming! This is the side of the driveway where we piled it - one side, that is. The other side has a huge pile, too.

Our front yard, cars, all buried. Luckily the neighbors didn't need to drive these cars.

Group picture! Clockwise from top, Ian, Levi, Ellie, Caleb.

April Fool's Day. I tried to trick them with mashed potato-frosted meatloaf cupcakes, but Caleb wasn't buying it that we'd really have cupcakes for dinner. I got them on the juice, though - it was jello. It took a while for them to figure out why it wouldn't come out of the straw!

Easter egg hunt. It was pretty sunny that day.

My cousin made these rolls last year, "resurrection rolls," and I thought it was a great idea. The boys helped wrap the roll dough around a marshmallow, and then you bake them. When they're done, they're hollow, the marshmallow is gone. Hopefully they got something out of the object lesson. They tasted really good!

Coloring eggs.

That's some of the basics of the last two months, I plan to do an update on each child, as some exciting things have happened! Another day.......