Our Tiger Cub Scout

I have really been looking forward to Jensen starting cub scouts because of all the fun activities, skills and character building they teach. We did a few activities with the pack over the summer and Jensen officially started in Sept with a den of 12 boys who are all in 1st grade. We have been going as a family and helping him earn his badges and awards. He seems to really like it so far

 

Our first activity was led by me and we made scrapbooks with family pictures.....right up my alley

Jeff painting Jensen's face. At our big pack meeting, all the new tiger cubs participated in a face painting ceremony with the dads

Painted face

Most of the tiger den and the leaders

Getting his first badge

Baby brother Jorden loves participating in the cub scout activities. Here he is doing the cub scout sign and he even memorized the promise (a whole paragraph) faster than Jensen did

Back to school 2012

We had a fun filled summer but now its back to school time. On Aug 16 Jensen started 1st grade at Wayland Bond elementary and this is his first time going all day so I was a little sad but excited for him. So far, he likes is teacher and says the work is easy.

 

On Sept 5th Jorden started preschool two days a week at Antioch Christian Preschool, the same one Jensen went to when he was little. I had some drama getting him there. There is a really great preschool that has a one day a week program and I even got up at 5am back in March to get him a spot. Jamie went with me to get my niece Julia in too and it turned out they only had one spot left so Julia got it and Jorden was 1st on the waiting list. Even the director said that at least one student would surely move or drop over the summer but we weren't so lucky. So at the last minute I had to scramble to find somewhere for him to go. Luckily, Antioch had one spot left so it looks like he was meant to go there afterall. The only downside for me is it's 2 days instead of 1 so I had to suck it up and let him go earlier than I planned. Two days a week to myself may not be so bad though!

This picture absolutely cracks me up! Can you tell he's saying "really mommy, more pictures"

July 2012 Random

July was full of fun summertime activities and field trips. We are so lucky we get to do such cool stuff!

We went to paint pottery and to my surprise the boys really loved it. Jensen made an orange superhero cat and Jorden made a blue monster with white dots. They are so proud

I got to do Wine and Palette again with my friend Jessica and we made a cool wine bottle paintings

Jeff's parents set up a little pool for the kids to swim in and we go over to visit every Sunday evening

We went to Lake Arcadia with my Edmond friend Carla and her two boys. We swam and made sand castles then went for a cold drink at Pops on Route 66

With took a tour of the Oklahoma State Capitol building with MOMS Club

I had to take a pic of Jules in her cute piggytails. We go to the YMCA to work out every morning with Jamie and the girls. Jamie and I have been running and are up to 12 minute stretches whew!

Frontier City amusement park opened a new water park attached to it and we went to ride the waterslides. It's perfect for the little ones but the water was freezing.

Girls night out with my neighbor Jen and longtime friend Stephanie

We toured the Braum's factory where they make dairy products and baked goods. It was a good group of us from MOMS Club and best of all we got free ice cream

Jorden bowling for the first time

Jenna giving Jorden and Julia a ride in the wagon. They wanted to play outside even though it was over 100 degrees

Mount Scott 2012

Jeff got the road trip bug again and wanted to go check out Mt. Scott and Medicine Park about an hour and a half southwest of us. We went before when Jorden was a newborn during the winter and it was too cold to do much. This time is was too hot to do much but we had a good time anyway. We ate at a yummy restaurant then went to the wildlife refuge where they had cool nature stuff. We drove to the top of the mountain and climbed on the rocks. Then we went to have homemade ice cream at a little shoppe.

Playing with antlers at the nature center

Top of Mount Scott

Naptime in the car on the way home

10 year anniversary

Years ago I would have said that for our 10 year wedding anniversary I would want to take an exotic vacation for 2. Well, reality and 2 kids later it was more like a 1 night stay in Dallas was the perfect way to celebrate. Especially since we just went to Vegas not too long ago and that was enough for now. On Sat July 7th, (the day after our anniversary) we dropped the kids off then drove down 2.5hers to Dallas. We first HAD to eat at our favorite In-N-Out Burger (so yummy) then we went to get pedicure together at a nearby salon. Yep, I talked Jeff into getting one too since I knew he would love it. It was very relaxing getting pampered and not being on a time schedule. I let Jeff pick out my polish color and he picked the brightest orange in the place and I loved it. Then we went to Fry's electronics store and drove around for a while before eating dinner at a seafood place. Thanks to a friend of mine, we stayed at a really nice Hilton hotel for only $40 and it was very swanky with a great view from the 12th floor. Sun morning we slept in then went to have lunch with our friend Wes who lives down there then we went to the Container store. I have been wanting to check it out for a long time but wasn't that impressed. On the way home instead of taking the interstate we took the back highway and enjoyed seeing all the little towns along the way.

Yummy In-N-Out Burger and fries

Jeff gettin his toes did ha ha

Pampered

Our pretty toes

July 4th 2012

We had a great 4th this year. On Tues the 3rd we went out to the country with Jeff's friend from work to blow up fireworks. The 4th is like Christmas for Jeff so he get so excited to buy fireworks and always spends WAY too much money. We had a good time out there doing our own and the boys thought it was super cool. We went to my mom's house for a cookout then that night I took Jensen to watch fireworks with our neighbors. Jeff stayed home with Jorden so he could get to bed on time.

Jorden making a splash

The boys had a great time playing in the water in Mimi's backyard and they made a waterslide with the little pool

Jorden lighting a little sparkler

Jensen lighting smoke bombs

The hearing protection we got for the monster trucks last winter really came in handy since the fireworks were loud

Jensen doing a sparkler

 

My 3 guys doing sparklers together

We watched fireworks in a parking lot and the dumpster near us caught on fire and it was a huge blaze. Some guys with water hoses were able to put it out before the fire dept arrived

June 2012

We have been having a great summer and have been trying to have as much fun as we can squeeze in

Jorden riding his "motorcycle" and his helmet he put on all by himself.....backwards ha ha

Grandpa Mayhle got a little inflatable pool so he can take a dip. They had fun splashing him even though I told them to stay out since we didn't have swimsuits on

On an overcast day, Jamie and I decided to take the kids to Frontier City amusement park. Even the little ones had a blast riding rides and the big ones were brave enough to ride all the rollercoasters

Jensen and Jenna on the canoe ride. We had so much fun we bought season passes

Even though it was 105 degress outside Jorden insisted on wearing his snow hat silly kid

Jorden eating yummy watermelon
Jensen is going to join boyscouts and this was our first activity-
Kite flying and watermelon at the park

We were supposed to make a kite but that didn't happen so we bought one at the dollar store and it flew really well

Jeff and Jensen had fun flying the kite together