On January 6th we went up to Hoodoo again and went sledding. This time we invited some friends to come with. The Montgomeries and the Negretes joined us for a fun day in the snow. We have some great memories from this trip including some pretty amazing wipe outs and me ending up in a tree! Nobody got seriously hurt though, thank goodness!
Then on January 3rd Tatiana and I went with our Brownie Girl Scout troop to the Girl Scout Cookie Kick-Off at the fair grounds. There was a lot to do there and we had some good fun. Tatiana got excited about selling this year and since I wasn't much help with her last year due to the pregnancy, I have made up for it this year. So far she has sold 252 boxes! Way to go Tatiana!
On January 7th we had our monthly pack meeting. I am the Cub Master and in charge of these meeting where boys from three different levels of Cub Scouts come together with their families to show off what they have learned that month in cubs, receive recognitions and awards, learn about the monthly theme, and have fun celebrating Cub Scouting. This months theme was "a-MAZE-ing games". I always try to come up with a fun way to present the boys their awards that goes along with the theme. This month I had a game where they put on a party hat that had a t-pin poking out the top (just barely) and then two of the Cub Den Leaders tossed a balloon back and forth above their head. The boys had to pop their balloon to get to the awards which were inside. I called the game "Cub Scouts Ballooning with Pride and Popping with Fun!" Here is a video of Nick getting his awards.
Then on January 9th I had my accident. (See earlier posts). I am doing much better and getting better each day.
On January 16th Nick had his Cub Scout Lock-In. It is held at the fair grounds and they go with a chaperon (usually a dad) and do lots of fun things. Our pack put together a booth with rubber band guns that our boys made and then everyone who came to our booth was able to use the guns and shoot down a pyramid of cups. It was a lot of fun. Here is Nick showing off some great form in archery!
On January 17 is when we drove as a family to Vancouver to buy our used van (see previous post) and then stopped at IKEA. It was a long, but fun day.
Our friends went to Hawaii (ALOHA!) so two of their boys stayed with us for a couple days on the 18th and 19th. They are almost 8 and almost 91/2 years old. We let Tatiana have a friend over too. Her play date wasn't as long but it still lasted from 3:00PM to 10:00PM! We did that on purpose and called it a "pajama party". All the kids were very well behaved and it was fun to have a house full. I even had to go to the grocery store because we ran out of milk. That was an adventure to go to the store with six children between the ages of 7 months and 9 1/2 years and they were all boys except Tatiana!
On Saturday, January 24th, Tatiana had a birthday party to go to in the afternoon and Nick had one over in Corvallis to go to in the evening. So we took Nick to the OSU climbing center in Corvallis in the afternoon and he did some bouldering (climbing without rope and harness) and some climbing with robe and harness. Nathan and I took a class to be belay certified and here is Nathan belaying Nick. He made it up about 30+ feet!
So there is a quick update for our month of January. And of course there was the girl scout meeting, cub scout den meetings, committee meeting, cookie selling door to door, taking dinner to friends in need, visiting teaching, home teaching, piano lessons, chiropractic appointments, work things, church things. Oh! Our new Stake Center was dedicated this past Sunday and we all went to that. It was a very spiritual experience. And somewhere in all that we have been able to find time for family movie nights, games of chess, tickle wars and cuddling with a good book. Ohhh, life is grand!
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Love the video of getting the award! What a cute idea! Congratulations Nick!! Grandpa is excited to see you soon!!
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Grandma B
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