Sean the Chef

When Sean turned 8, he joined the cub scouts. He has already earned his Bobcat and is working hard to achieve his Wolf. For one of his achievements he was supposed to plan and prepare a meal for the family. He chose to make barbecue chicken sandwiches and he did an amazing job. He cooked the chicken in the crockpot with the barbecue sauce and then shredded it when it was finished. It was delicious and best of all he did it all by himself. It was so yummy! And best of all, he is one step closer to the Wolf. :)

Harry Potter!!!!!

In keeping with tradition, some of the young women and I went to see the midnight premiere of Harry Potter. We do this for all of the Harry Potter and Twilight Saga movies. It was so much fun! We bought our tickets weeks in advance, then got to the theater a few hours early and played games while we waited for the movie to start. As always, we had a TON of fun and the movie was great! The only sad thing was how fast the movie went by. I felt like it had just started and all of a sudden the credits appeared! I can't wait for the last and final part of Harry Potter! Hurry up July! :)


These two girls are really a part of our family and I love them dearly! The last time they came over, I told Sean that some of the girls were coming over and when I told him it was Sydney and Maddy, he said, "Mom, those aren't girls, they are family". He was so right! :)

The Math Genius

Sean's school has an awards ceremony twice a year and the first one was in November. Sean was given the Math Award! He was so excited! He loves and is really good at math (something he gets from Eric, definitley not from me)! Eric and I were both there to see him get his award and we were so proud of him! He loves school and works hard at everything he does. We love you Seany!

So much catching up to do...

I have been so busy and haven't blogged in almost two months, so I will try and do a few posts to catch up. :) These pictures are from the state fair in October. After living here three years, this was the first time we acutally made it to the fair. :) It was CRAZY! It took us two hours just to get there from the exit ramp (a distance of about two miles). I have never seen so much traffic in all my life. But, once we were there, it was fun. The kids won goldfish, stuffed toys, rode lots of rides and we all ate like pigs! It was great! We will definitley go again next year, but I think I will pull the kids out of school and go during the day so it is less crowded.