Pinewood Derby

 We found out about the wards pinewood derby 7 days before it was suppose to happen.  So with Scott's crazy work schedule Alden used his car from when he was a wolf that way he just had to make one for Dallin (unfortunately he did make it for and not with Dallin, because the one Saturday where they were both home at the same time was Dallin's baptism and it was a crazy day).  Alden placed 5th and was very excited about that.

Dallin wanted his car to be a "CTR" car it didn't really get painted the way he wanted it but I think he was happy with it.  He did very well too and had fun at his first scouting activity.  He was so funny though, I couldn't get him to pose for a picture for me because we hadn't gotten him a scout shirt yet.  He finally settled on where Alden's long enough for me to snap a pic.  Scott is going to help both the boys make their own cars now that they are not on a cramped timeline and they are both very excited about that.

Dallin's baptism

Dallin was baptized on January 14th, 2012.  We are so proud of him, he is such a good boy and a great helper.  He is the best big brother to Lila and we are so glad he is part of our family.  We had a fun luncheon after with all our family that came, it was a large crowd but lots of fun. 

Christmas Morning

The kids had a good Christmas.  Santa brought them a trampoline which they all love and were very excited about. Now we just need grass in our yard! They got spoiled like usual.  We did Christmas Eve morning with the Thurston's at Tanya and Nicks house.  It was fun to go in our pj's and eat breakfast with everyone.  The kids got super cute matching "Thurston University" t-shirts and did the gift exchange with their cousins.  We had a fun adult white elephant exchange too.  We went to Kim and Glen's house for Christmas Eve dinner and had more fun with gift exchanges and lots of yummy food.  We are grateful for all the wonderful family we have so close to us that we get to spend the holidays with!

Dallin's 8th birthday

 Dallin turned 8 in December and had a fun little birthday.  We had a little party for him bowling and the kids all had fun.  Lila loved it too so even though it is Dallin's bday I couldn't help but stick a picture of her on here.