Adventurer Investiture

In May the kids had an Adventurer Investiture program where they received patches for the awards they had worked on this year and received a pin for completing their level.  We are so proud of their accomplishments.  Elijah received 6 Little Lamb star patches and each of the others two received over 12 patches for different awards they had earned, such as Reporter, Scrapbook, My Church, Gardener, Swimming, Fish, Cooking, Flowers, Build and Fly, Home Helper, and many others.

2nd Annual Children's Day

We started this family holiday last year. We liked it. So we kept it. Children's Day! Yes, I know you think every day is Children's Day, but this was a truly special day! :)

A special breakfast! Not just oatmeal....oatmeal banana splits! Yum! 

Playing "playdoh charades." Dave's playdoh pinewood racecar!

Dillon's lion. 

We had a quarter hunt! What fun to search high and low looking for treasure... :)

5 for her. 

5 for each of the boys.

And I'll huff and I'll puff....

...and I'll blow the bubble out!

Blowing bubbles...

...catching bubbles. 

We went for a hike...I mean walk!  The hikes around here just aren't like the hikes I use to take as a kid out in Washington state!  Our there you sweat as you climb the switchbacks and when you arrive at your destination, you are at a higher elevation than when you began!  But, we did have fun nonetheless!

Stopping so mommy could take a picture.

Again they stop so mommy can take a picture!  This happens frequently! :) 

The three little reason for this special family made holiday!

When we got home we played hide and seek outside.  It's kind of difficult to find a good hiding place, but there were a few!

A fun, fun family day!!  I think we'll do it again next year!

Recipe Exchange

Because our Women's Ministry ladies were not available, I was in charge of April's meeting.  Most people who know me, know that I love recipes and cooking and food.  So of course, it wasn't strange for me to easily decide that we would have a recipe exchange that night!  Decorating is not my forte, but with the help of another ladies, we came up with simple decorations and it ended up being a fun evening with yummy food!

Roasted Veggies and Millet Salad

I loved it! :)  My family didn't. :(

Sabbath School

It is so fun being Elijah's Sabbath school teacher!!  I get to taylor the program right to him!  He'll be moving to kindergarten after campmeeting so we only had one more program to do.  Requested the Bible Heroes program we did a year ago so that we could do David and Goliath again!  

David trying on Saul's armor.  It was too big.... (at least it use to be on Elijah!)

Five smooth stones in his shepherd's bag and the slingshot!

Kites!

In Adventurers this year the kids did the Build and Fly award.  They build and flew many things, learned many lessons, and ended with making a decorating a simple kite.  It was a cold day to fly them, but we tried it out.  :)  They enjoyed it and are now looking forward to flying them since it's warming up!

Knitting

Chaeli inspired me on to so many things that I probably wouldn't try if it weren't for her!  We're learning to knit.  We found a yarn shop at the mall that offers lessons so we've been there twice now.  Even better we found a church member who will teach us for free!  It's a slow process, but that is our own fault...mostly mine!  I don't sit down much during the day so it's hard to find time to knit.  But hopefully we'll get the hang of this and be on our way...  :)  Its fun to learn this together!!