This was another busy, crazy week-full of lots of adventures.

Last Sunday night we had a family dinner at G and G Shields house. We ate a yummy dinner and then had fun spending time with cousins etc..

Natalie and I had a wrestling match.  I won.  here are the pictures from our wrestling match, it was hilarious! 

Taylor and Jeffrey also had a wrestling match.  Taylor got crushed.  I need to teach him some moves. Cute little Henry was happy in his bucket. He's adorable.

The kids had their Parent/teacher conferences at school this week. I met with each of their teachers and talked about their grades etc.. Isaac, Emily and Taylor are all doing fabulous! Taylor got a perfect score on his CRT's, and we are proud of him.
We saw their art projects displayed in the hall, and stopped off at the Book Fair to reward their excellent grades with a new book.

Wednesday night Taylor had his "Arrow of Light" ceremony.  He has worked hard in cub scouts to earn his Webelo and his "arrow of light"award. I have been the cub scout den leader for over three  years.  It was a fun calling and I enjoyed working with the boys and spending time with Taylor and his friends.

We had a great ceremony planned for the boys.
A few men in our stake came and shot real bows and arrows into the targets in the gym. The arrows had lights on them and the boys loved watching it! Then we had a ceremony about the seven virtues of cub scouts followed by the boys walking over the bridge from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts.

I worked with the best leaders, Mary Jo and Margaret.  We had great experience planning activities and working to get the boys to earn their Bobcat, Wolf, Bear, Webelo and their Arrow of Light.
I will miss all these cute boys, but am a little happy I don't have to find a babysitter every Wednesday afternoon anymore.
I am serving in the nursery now, which is great!

Elizabeth is obsessed with cats this week. She crawls around on the floor saying " Meow, meow" over and over.
She insists on having her kitty at the table with her to eat her meals, and her kitty needs her own bowl of milk with a spoon.
It's a cute little phase she's in, she loves playing pretend and has a wonderful imagination. It's one of my favorite stages.

Emily had a sad accident on her scooter Friday afternoon.  She was riding her scooter in the front yard. She was riding fast and got a little out of control and fell. She landed on the sidewalk and hurt her left wrist. Emily broke her arm and chose to have a green cast on it.
She was very brave and such a good sport through it all. I felt so bad for her, and wished I could make her feel better. She says it feels good with her cast on and it doesn't hurt anymore.
She was even smiling after we left the Dr. office.

Saturday night we had a fire and roasted Smores in our front yard. We had some friends and neighbors come over, and it was a fun night! The kids love having a fire and spending time outside. Lizzie was all happy when we told her  She said "I want marshamallows on the fire"

Here's some pictures of the kids playing before we had the fire.  Also the back porch project that Danny has been busy working on. He built this porch cover and it turned out fabulous! We use our back porch all the time so we decided to make it nice and have a roof etc.. We are excited for it to be done.

This week we have Fall Break, it will be nice to spend time doing some fun activities!