Ben's first Boy Scout Hike

Acacia Jog-A-Thon

Ben's Race, the 5th graders ran for 30 minutes, Ben got 23 laps

 

It was funny a couple of the younger grade teachers brought their kids to cheer on the runners and at one point Frozen's "Let It Go" was playing and they started singing along.

 THe lady holding the yellow paper is Mrs Steinmeyer Ben's Teacher

 Ben and his friend Joshua and the Dads

Nathan's Race The 3rd Graders ran for 20 minutes and I believe Nathan did 15 laps 

Nathan's third grade play: Vacation to Mars

The whole third grade put on a play called Vacation to Mars, Nathan didn't have a big part, but I'm kind of glad since he's focused on being the Ship Captain and the Seahorse in the school play THe Little Mermaid which is in May.

Blue and Gold Dinner

Nathan and I used Harry Potter Lego figures to decorate our cake for the Cub Scout Blue and Gold Dinner. Ben  had his first Boy Scout Court of Honor Sunday night, but I forgot my camera.

Ben and Nathan's 2013 - 14 School Photos

I'm late in posting these, but better late then never.

Cub Scout Pack Meeting

Nathan received his Bear award for January's Pack Meeting, also the boys received their prize of a $40 Wal-Mart giftcard for selling $1024.00 in popcorn sales. Since they were #1 in sales they also received a crossbow foam dart gun which they have since been constantly shooting each other when inside the house.

Charlottes Birthday

We had a small family Birthday Party for Charlotte and wore leftover Thomas the Tank Engine paper hats for her birthday, but she was being a vain punk and wouldn't let me post any pictures, next time I'm just going to draw a picture of her in a pink bunny suit with a purple Ballerina Tuu Tuu.

Acacia fundraiser: Chuck E Cheese

Nathan always likes to get into the ticket tube, he caught onto the fact by watching others that if you tuck in your shirt and stuff tickets in your shirt you can collect more tickets.

Library Lego Activity

Once a month Charlotte has the library host a Lego build activity. I toke the boys and this is how excited Nathan was.

Nathan and Andy's Joint Birthday Party

So Nathan and Andy are school friends and have the same Birthday. So ever since the beginning of the school year they have been plotting a joint birthday and every few weeks Nathan would come to me and tell me of their ever increasing plans which started out as a simple party and eventually escalated to the Grand Canyon and Disneyland! So we decided to take control of things and have a simple party and Andy's home.

 I oversaw a Lego game.

Universal Studios

For Charlotte's Brother David's Birthday he invited us to Universal Studios for a very enjoyable time. They even bought the boys these character mugs/

Zack's Baptism

 

The week after Christmas we drove to Utah for New Years and Ben and Nathan's cousin's Baptism. Nathan celebrated his Birthday in a Hotel room and on the road. Ben gave him two Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles figures.

 Aunt Ann had a cake fore the boys and we got Nathan a Ninja Turtles Lego set.

 

Zack's Baptism was a nice event.

Arkham Asylum and the Tower of Orthanc

Ben and Nathan spent nearly a year saving their money and finally I was able to take them to the Lego Store so they could buy the huge sets they had been saving for. Ben was saving for The Tower of Orthanc from The Lord of the Rings and Nathan saved for Arkham Asylum from Batman.

This is Nathan building with his Christmas robe which he always wears around the house and a batman mask. I help him by lining up the parts in the order that you build them in rows.

Ben won't let me help him anymore.

Arkham Asylum came with Batman, Robin, Joker, Harley Quinn, Posien Ivy, Scarecrow, Mr. Freeze, The Penguin and a Policeman along with a gate and a Police truck. Both boys got a police vehicle set for free as a promotional giveaway. The jail has four cels and a number of other rooms.

Ben's

 came with a big Ent (not sure if its Treebeard or not), Wormtougue, Saruman (both with legs and robe piece) Gandolf and Eagle and two Orcs (one with a grappling hook to pull down the Ent.

As you see here its almost half as tall as Ben and has about 6 or so floors, plus the top where Gandolf was captured until the eagle saved him.

When we bought this the store clerk asked Ben how long he thought it would take him to build this and he told him about an hour. The clerk smiled and told him that when he got it it toke him about six hours to build it. It toke Ben about that broken up into two days.