Our Busy Weekend

We had a fun and busy weekend. It started on Thursday night with Kayden's annual Blue and Gold Banquet for scouts. We gathered and had an awesome pot luck dinner.Then the awards were given out. Kayden had earned an additional 11 awards (patches, belt loops, and pins) for his accomplishments. Here is a picture of Kayden's Den leader awarding him his awards. He looks so proud :). Then Daddy promised ice cream on the way home to celebrate Kayden's accomplishments. We stopped by Baskin Robbins. The kids always have to walk up and down the ice cream case and look at all the flavors and even try a couple of samples before finally deciding on what they want.

Then on Friday both boys got to invite one friend to come and stay the night. This was Ori's first time ever having a sleepover and he was so excited. We started off by having pizza at the house.

Then we took the four boys and Jaycee over to Hop 2 It to play. Here is Kayden and Daddy sliding down the end of the obstacle course.

Here is Jaycee playing in the ball pit.

Jaycee insisted on giving daddy a kiss through the net of the jump house. I thought that was so cute! :)

Jaycee and Daddy getting ready to slide down the end of the obstacle course.

And the two of them at the beginning of the course.

This is Kayden and his friend Avery.

This is Ori and his friend Caleb.

Piled up at the bottom of the slide.

A picture with mom.

Troy was right in the middle of everything and the kids loved all the time with him.

Loved this picture of Jaycee sliding down on the jump houses.

Then we ended the night with pillows and blankets on the living room floor, watching space dogs and eating popcorn. The boys had a great time!

Then on Saturday Troy and I headed to Sun Valley with three other couples to celebrate a friends birthday. We went on a sleigh ride from the Sun Valley Inn across the Sun Valley golf course to a restaurant where we had dinner. Then the sleigh took us back.

The view was amazing and company was a lot of fun. Here are a few pictures of our evening.

Dinner was excellent. It was served family style. You choose your meat and it comes with soup, veggie medley, garlic mashed potatoes, baked mac and cheese, and dessert.

Our friends Mel and Bill. We were celebrating Bill's birthday.

Bill's parents

And Kasey and Derek Stanger.

Then on Sunday we spent the day relaxing, running a few errands to prepare for our trip, and got the luggage all set out and started packing a little. The official countdown is here and we leave for Disneyland in less than a week. The kids can't wait!

Jaycee's new comforter set

Since Jaycee moved into her twin bed, I have been looking for a comforter for it. I painted her room to coordinate with the colors of her bedding that went on her crib and I really liked the colors and was hoping to find something that would go along with it so I didn't have to repaint. But after looking.......looking......looking, no luck. I was about to give up and then I finally found something.

This is the colors on her wall. It is a neutral tan colored wall and I painted one big stripe around the top portion of the room. Then I accented with bright red. I loved the combination.And now introducing Jaycee's new comforter set...... It came with the sham

The comforter and bed skirt

And the curtain.

I totally love it and Jaycee is in love with the lady buys. It is amazing how well it matches the walls and decorations.

Working on Valentine's Cards

This year all three kids had valentine lists for their classmates. It was fun, one evening after dinner we sat all three of them up to the table. We opened up all three boxes of valentines we had bought and let them pick and choose which one that wanted to give to each person.

Here is Kayden working on his list.
And here is "Cheeser" Jaycee working on hers. I swear this girl can't take a normal picture right now. Does anyone else have kids that do this or is it just my little crazy one?

Ori working on his list.

I had to add one more picture. I just loved this one of Jaycee. She was concentrating so hard on what she was writing on this one. SO cute!

Super Bowl 2009

We spent Superbowl enjoying Perry and Marcy's new house. Well I guess it isn't technically a new house, but it looks like a brand new house with the remodel and addition. We decided to keep it simple and relaxed and started out with just the "six pack". Dave and Steph brought this fun 3D glasses that we were suppose to wear for a commercial later on in the game.We made lots of finger foods to snack on and then Perry and Marcy made tri-tip with homemade mac and cheese and lots of fixings for dinner. It was so yummy. The kids hung out at Dave and Steph's house and played with their girls all day. We played lots of cards and then watched the game.

Later in the day Jason and Hailey stopped by on their way home from skiing. Here are some pictures of the group around the table playing cards. It was such a fun and relaxing day and ended up being a really good game too!

Perry, Marcy, and Colton Hailey, Steph, Riley, and Jason

Troy, Dave, and Jen

Our first Pinewood Derby

Here is the finished product... For anyone who knows Kayden, they know how patriotic he is. So when we asked how he wanted to paint his car his two ideas were either red, white, and blue or camo. We felt that red, white, and blue would be easier so we went with that. It turned out really nice. We put a big USA on the top with lots of stars. Then we put his name on the back.

Thanks to Aunt Amber for the use of her Silhouette machine to cut out the vinyl to decorate it.

He was so proud of the way it turned out.

His brother and sister wanted to pose with him for one picture before we left.

Kayden was lucky to have several supporters show up to cheer him on. Papa Clyde and Aunt Ab Jo came from Burley to watch. (Don't ask what my daughter is doing in this picture. That is her new thing, to pull faces when I want a picture.)

Grandpa Steve and Grandma Helen were there to show their support too.

And of course Mom and Dad and his brother and sister were there.

They had an awesome track that was all computerized. I guess the pinewood derby has been around long enough to give them plenty of time to perfect it.

They raced four boys at a time. When it was their turn to race they got to sit in the four chairs by the finish line. Each boy had to race his car on each of the four lanes of the track. Then they combined all of their times and ranks to see who won overall.

This is kind of hard to see in the picture, but they had this up on the wall so you could see how each car did. As soon as they crossed the finish line it showed their time, who came in what place, and their time.

Dad, Kayden, and Grandpa watching some of the other races.

Jaycee and Ori had a great time with this. They sat right down in front and watched every race.

After all the races were finished for all the different age groups, they handed out awards. Kayden won first place for his division and received a really awesome trophy.

Then all the first place cars from each division raced at the very end for the award of Pride of the Pack. Kayden had to race against boys who were all older than him. He did such a great job and ended up winning third overall. He received a Huge 3rd place ribbon for the pack race.

This was such a fun event. The whole family really enjoyed going and watching him race. Now we have a lot to live up to for next year. We better start planning now. :)