Pinewood Derby

The Elders Quorum had a Pinewood Derby. It was so much fun! Ian figured out his design and cut out the wood. Glad Dad had a saw for us to borrow...

As we got out at the church we realized Ian's car matched Ian's car... Funny.

 

And here you have DEAD MEAT!  (Inspired by a video game Ian loves: Super Meat Boy.)

My involvement was: painting multiple coats, drawing the saw blades on the washers, gluing the washers together and to the car, then prying them off with a screw driver after we realized it was too heavy, and attaching fishing weights as a last resort. :)

Who knew super glue weighed so much... All the separate pieces weighed just under 5 oz.

It was definitely a man's party. Dinner was hot dogs and nachos :) It was pretty fun. 

All the names and stats were listed up on the big screen. That was awesome!

I told Ian I would laugh if he won... Mostly because we were doing a lot of the work on the car an hour before it started... First race he was in, he won!

Overall, he got 3rd place out of 18. Then raced against the top 4, four more times. They were able to re-graphite their wheels and I think that's what killed us. Ian's times were way slower after he did that, so he got 4th place. I was still super proud of him! Considering the car was made by two morons an hour before, I was pretty impressed with the results :)

Christmas 2012

Christmas in July? Nah... how about Christmas in April! Apparently I'm behind in my blogging yet again.

 Hmm... let's see what I can remember about Christmas 2012... other than it was good :)

 

 Ian asked for a new vacuum... and got a new vacuum! We love our shark! It's the best thing to happen to our nasty green carpet that shows every little speck of anything.

I love the juicer I got!

Mom's tree.

Our tree.

And that's about all I can remember at this point :) Oh well.

Thanksgiving Family Pics 2012

Thanksgiving is family picture time! We had a fun little photo shoot. Lots of laughter and craziness!

Everyone thought Mom's ladder idea was ridiculous... but it turned out to be the best picture!

Brooke's foot was the only ladder casualty.

 

 We're all a little nutty... Wonder where we get it from...

Mom brought us to tears with her climbing of the tree. Just call her Mama Sloth! Dad had to push her up and "catch" her out. Charlie horses will get ya every time...

Halloween Party

This year we hosted a Halloween party. There was lots of food, friends & family, and fun!

Plus some creative pumpkin carving!

Everyone's kiddos were so cute! They totally make me smile. Best part was little F gnawing on my caramel apples that had gone very wrong...

Little K took attachment to Ian's pumpkin... probably because it looked like someone of that age would do ;) 

Ian explained the 3 holes to me...but I still didn't get what it was supposed to be. (Still make fun of him for it...)

Does it get much cuter than a little girl in overalls!!

We have the most awesome friends & family ever! We're glad they come have fun with us!

Cress Creek

I love Fall! We took our yearly trip to Heise to enjoy the fall colors. Normally we walk down a long the river, but as we were heading down there, a family with 3 huge dogs came along. Our river plans quickly changed... So we "hiked" up Cress Creek. 

I'm not a hiker... never liked it. I'm too fat for hiking. But as the years go on, I've realized you have to hike to get to cool places. So I've shocked Ian lately with my desire to hike.

Cress Creek is my idea of hiking... it has a sidewalk! Best thing ever. The colors were awesome. We came at just the right time. I always feel like I hit the jackpot with red trees in the fall. They are my favorite!

Ian loves to stop and read the signs... I'm not a reader either, but they had some pretty cool info. There was a fossilized patch of ash and this is the biggest patch of Cottonwoods west of the Mississippi.

I look forward to this every year! We'll probably add Cress Creek to our tradition now!