Jake earns his Wolf Badge

Jake has been in cubscouts for 9 months now. In that 9 months he was wrestling for 4 of the 9 months. Since he was busy wrestling he was unable to attend his Wednesday night cubscout meetings. (In the meetings the cubscouts work on goals and pass of requirements towards their wolf badge.) So in an effort to catch up with what he missed, Jake has been working extra hard to pass off all his requirements to get his Wolf badge. Not only did he pass of his Wolf badge but he also passed of 50+ elective achievements to earn one gold arrow point and 4 silver arrow points.

Here is Jake receiving his award from the Cubscout Master.

This is Jake very carefully putting my wolf badge pin on.

This is me being very proud of my son, and Jake being very proud of himself.

Way to go Jake!!!!

A weekend in Brian Head, Utah

A few weeks ago some friends of ours, the Purcells, invited us to their cabin in Brian head, Utah. The weather here in Las Vegas was 113 that weekend but in Brian Head it was only 75. It was wonderful. The area where their cabin is located is beautiful. The adults went for a ride to get a great view of Cedar Breaks, and a great view it was.

Matt and I rode in the Rhino. Josh and Rachel rode their motocycles. I have to say, I am very jealous of Rachel's motorcycle riding skills. Later Matt took the kids on a ride in the Rhino.

On Sunday we went to church at the town hall in Brian Head. Later that afternoon we went on a hike. I can't remember the name of the place but it was really fun and pretty. We took tons of pictures while on the hike. Here are just a few of the pictures.

We also drove to Brian Head peak and got a fantastic view. We could see Utah, Arizona and Nevada. It was amazing. This is us on top of Brian Head Peak. The weekend was so fun. We had great friends to hang out with, great food to eat, wonderful weather, and beautiful scenary.

Childrens Museum with Friends

We headed out to the Childrens Museum again, but with some friends this time. The new attraction there is different kinds of mazes. This one I thought was cool. You had to attach yourself to these ropes and then follow the rope all around the circle until you got to the end.

I think Jake enjoyed this maze much more than Emma did as you can see from the photos.

Of course we had to try out the hurricane simulator. This has got to be one of my favorite pictures. I love the faces of all the kids in this one.

Brandon was having fun acting and dancing on the stage there. He is a cowboy riding his horse.

There is a green screen there too. The kids were "playing" soccer and pretending to be the goalie.


Brandon and his friend Tyson playing with one of the experiments.

As usual the kids had a great time.

Earrings and Haircuts

A lot of things are happening in Emma's life and it is totally freaking me out. Emma is turning into a young lady right before my eyes and I am having a hard time letting go of my little girl. She will be going to middle school this year and so we thought this summer would be a good time to get her ears pierced.

Here she is in the chair icing her earlobe. If you think she looks a little nervous, you are right.

After the first ear was pierced, icing the next ear.The finished product and a happy customer thanks to my friend Jen.

The boys have also been having some fun. We watched a UFC fight a couple of weeks ago and the boys wanted a mohawk like one of the fighters so...


After the haircuts it was time to fight. Play fight that is and in slow motion. No one was injured in case you were wondering.

By the way, the boys were only allowed to wear the mohawk for a week and then they had to shave it off for church. They didn't care they just thought it was cool to have a mohawk.