4th of July!!!

Yesterday was lots of fun, as I had the family over for a BBQ and to just hang out and talk or swim in the pool (it was the first swim of the summer, so really anticipated by the boys!). Doug had to work pretty much all day and night, so I recruited my brother Morri's help in order to cook the steaks and hotdogs. He did an excellent job as chef! He really was a trooper by doing this, as it was truly hot outside!

Cody was the one who stayed in the pool the longest, and seemed to be enjoying it the most. The other boys went back and forth between the pool and playing their DS games. It is a very captivating activity, as you can see by the picture. Our nephew Xander is really into Pokemon now, as he loves to sit and watch his older cousins play their games.

The other fun thing for me, was to get this cute picture of me with my Mom and all my sister-in-laws, except for one (Breanne, Me, Mom, Liza, and Lana). Mom's birthday is this next week, only she will be in California visiting her mother and sister. So, we celebrated that a bit too, with my sister-in-law, Breanne, giving Mom a fun scrapbook calendar that she makes for her each year.

Cody Has Earned His Wolf Badge!!

This was actually about a week ago, but I just got around to putting a few more pictures on the computer.

Although our ward here is not quite as good as our previous one for making Pack Meeting a more exciting event, they did try and make Cody feel like he had done a good job in earning his badge. He was the only boy receiving an award, so Pack Meeting was really fast. That may be why it didn't seem like more of an affair for him. He's already gone to his first Bear den meeting, and still seems to be loving scouts as much as ever. He is always excited to go and do any activity that involves scouts, as he's always been very willing to try new things. He also earned one gold arrow point, and is working for more silver arrows now. He's seen both Jacob and Jeremy get to do all kinds of fun things as a part of scouts, so he gets a little impatient at times to go camping or work on bigger merit badges like swimming and biking. So, for now, he's going to be working on lots of belt loops that are the same type of thing only scaled down. It's nice enough outside now (although way tooo hot!) for just about any activity (if you have sunscreen, a hat, and a gallon of water!).