Snow People

The kids took advantage of the wet snow this past weekend and built some snow people with Daddy and Pop Pop.

Luke posed for me but Audrey wouldn't.

Happy 6th, Colin!

It is so hard to believe that you are 6 today, Colin! These 6 years with you and Luke have gone by so quickly but it has been a lot of fun. It would be nice if we could slow time down a little, though. :-) I can't imagine the next six years going as fast and you will be 12 - 12 is one year away from being a teenager - ahhhhhhhh!! Okay, let's stay in the present. We hope you have a fantastic day today at school and maybe you'll get a snow day tomorrow. Wouldn't that be a nice treat?

More Holding

She just loves holding her cousin. :)

Boy Scouts

Grandpa T and Luke at the Johnson County Historical Society's 100 years of Scouting exhibit. Yes, Boy Scouts have been around 100 years!

New Design!

I decided today that I want a new look to the blog and after a failed attempt at changing the template, I enlisted Kristen to help and she had it working in 5 seconds. Thanks Kristen! I hope you all (whoever you are that actually read this) enjoy the new look. :-)

Pinewood Derby

The first big event of Luke's Cub Scout career - the Pinewood Derby. He had the opportunity to go to the Home Repair Team owner's workshop but it was a blizzard that night, so Ben had to shape the car with a hand saw. I think he did a pretty good job. Luke decided on the Hawkeye theme and wrote out "IOWA" in block letters on each side and an "I" on the hood, then colored them in with a Sharpie marker. He did an excellent job. It was Ben's idea to chop off one of his Herky golf tees and I drilled a hole in the top and we glued him in! Doesn't it look awesome? It was such a great design that he won a ribbon in the category of Best Hawkeye Theme! We were all very proud of him and he was super excited.