4th of July 2016

 We invited a family we really love that is in our ward in Georgia to be with us for our morning 4th of July pancake breakfast and races.  They did a little lesson on the 4th of July and what it means and why we celebrate it.  

 It was perfect and Kendall had all of the kids completely interested.

Saying to pledge and talking about the flag.

 My decor struggled a little bit.  I got this table covering in the 4th of July section of Hobby Lobby, but as Palmer pointed out...it looks more like France.  Oh well...

 We did our traditional pancake bar for breakfast.

 This was McKay's pancake.

 This sister missionaries also came for breakfast.

 Yum, sugar crazy.

 Kids table complete with bacon mustaches.

 Then we did our obstacle course.  Josh always thinks up for things for the obstacle course.

 Jump roping uphill is not for the weak!

 Lincoln against Reed.  Reed was so hilarious!

 The Peterson's have a dog that looks just like Sasha, so they were happy to give Sasha some loves.

 The dads compete.  Giving each other a friendly handshake before they start.  Nice of Josh to use my new dishtowel as a bandana. 

 I have always wanted to do pie eating contest and I realized with 5 boys...this was the time.  

 It was hilarious to see the boys dive into their pie (it was really just chocolate pudding and whipped cream). 

 Pie eating contest champion (with some pudding flicked onto him by a helpful brother).

The whole group. 

Fishing at Lake Lanier

 Sometimes we forget that we live really close to the most beautiful lake.  One of the times we remembered, we went fishing around sunset and made some gorgeous summer memories.

 We found a perfect spot for fishing and e need to go back there asap.

 We are still trying to teach the art of patience to these kids, but some Twizzlers helped a little bit.

 Hunter was the only person who caught a fish and even that one was a small one, but it was a start!

Scout Camp 2016

 Scout camp this year was a family affair.  I was the parent volunteer of Hunter's group for the week, Lincoln and Palmer were Den Chiefs, Lincoln for my group and Palmer for another.  McKay got to go to the Children's group with a buddy and had a great time.

 Doesn't he look like he's having a great time?

 Last year Hunter saw that Lincoln made this chair and he was dying to make one of his own.

 Palmer started out the week being a volunteer for woodworking.  I was so proud of how helpful he was to all of the boys. He did a great job.

 You can't see it, but Lincoln is behind Hunter helping him out.  I love to see my boys work together.

 These three did a great job toegether!

 Cool kids.  

 Learning about woodworking.

When we got home that night the boys wanted to use their chairs around the campfire.  Palmer needs one now.

 Hiking.  We really just go on a walk in the woods adn try to avoid all of the poison ivy.  It grows everywhere in the park where we go for scout camp.

 Working on tying off rope.

 Hunter was so good at knots that he helped the rest of the boys with them.

 They had a contest to see who could put up the tent and take it down first.

 Important to get a picture to document it.  They were so fast at it!

 It's so funny, but the boys all would fight over who got to pull the wagon and hold the flag.  The other leader and I were laughing because in a few years, they will be fighting over not pulling it.

 There was a station that had SWAT team, police officers, fire engins and some other safety vehicles.  It was so neat for the boys to be able to see these things close up.

 This was the last day when there was water games at the end.  Hunter's board shorts were a little...loud (they are my favorite).

 The fire deptartment came and sprayed their hose for the boys to play in.  They loved it!

 All of the volunteers together.

 The Den Chiefs all got to go in the firehose by themselves, which they were tickled about.

 This was our den for the week.

 On the last day of camp the kids all did a skit.  This was McKay's group doing their skit (song).

This is Palmer's group doing their skit.  For some reason I didn't get pictures of my den...darn it.

Silverback Game

 Josh surprised us with season tickets to the Silverbacks (minor soccer league in Atlanta).  We had so much fun going to all of the games.  The boys loved that we could sit on the front row nearly every week.

 After games the players all would come out and sign autographs.  Trust McKay to give the awesome keeper bunny ears.  

The boys were pretty excited about these autographs.  We really loved the whole experience of the Silverbacks!