Life with Six

Logan's 8th birthday

(None of these catch-up posts are really in order)
Logan turned 8 this summer. He decorated his own cake with his favorite thing! I forgot to buy birthday candles so we had to make do.

We celebrated by going to see "Up" in 3-D. The movie was even better because it was free. (I found a deal on cereal a few months ago & if you bought 10 boxes you got 2 free movie passes to any movie/anytime. So we've enjoyed a few free movies this summer and we're still working on our 6 month supply of cold cereal!)

Ashley and Courtney have been looking forward to Logan's birthday for months. At our house when you are 8 you get to add washing the dinner dishes to your chores. So with Logan turning 8 Ashley and Courtney's dish nights went from 3 each a week down to 2. Woo-hoo!

Girl Trip

Ashley, Courtney & I look forward to our annual girl's overnighter in St. George. We see a play at Tuachan on Friday and shop on Saturday before driving home. We liked Annie. I was a little disappointed that the musical didn't have all the songs from the movie. We had the sound track I think when I was young and I can still remember all the lyrics much to Ashley & Courtney's annoyance.

Ashley didn't get glasses, well at least not prescription--these are a "fashion statement." The new braces however are real. :)

Tom's 40th

We celebrated Tom's 40th a little early when we were in Utah this summer.
Not only was it a big birthday, but it was also his first kegger. :)

My sister Chrystie made a pinata and the kids decorated it with taunts.

My mom made him this awesome layered chocolate cream cake. I won't post the picture of the cake I made him on his actual birthday (it looked more like a cow-pie. . . maybe by his 60th I'll get it right)

My Cub-Scout

Another reason his 8th b-day was a milestone. . . now he's a Cub Scout.
Logan is super excited about it.

Logan & his good friend Jacob turned 8 within a week of each other so this was the first pack meeting for both of them. They both earned their Bobcat and swimming belt loop.

Getting his Bobcat award:

I have a full-size scout too! :)
Tom's been serving with the YM in our ward for the past almost year now. He enjoys it and a big part of it is scouting. He went to a few weekends of training this summer. I'm not sure who likes getting scout badges & beads more--Tom or Logan? ;)

More of the 4th

I just remembered I had this collage. It has a few more pictures of the day.

Fun on the 4th!

I guess this is basically the same picture as below, just different clothes. Maybe we should come up with some creative poses for our next family snapshot. :)

We had a fun afternoon at Tom's parents house. We really look forward to all the traditions there.
We liked having my parents & Carrie, Sean, Ashlynn & Reagan staying with us for the weekend too.
After an entertaining "So You Think You Can Dance" themed opening ceremony the family olympic games began.
Here's Ashley & Courtney before their syncronized swimming routine. They did it to the Mission Impossible music.

Ready to race. . .

Matthew was pretty proud of placing in a few contests. This was the first year he really got into participating in everything. He LOVED it & has been asking often when it will be 4th of July again. This elephant prize has become his new friend.