Summertime

Summertime in Colorado is pretty nice; it felt good to get home and enjoy some of it. We got into a routine that included an hour of scout time each day for the three older boys, which gave us some nice structure and also helped the boys to really make progress in their various ranks. Isaac finished his Wolf, Caleb earned every Webelos activity badge as well as the Supernova award, and Joseph worked on his Star. There was also a good amount of mountain climbing that happened by Nephi and the older boys, which I'll leave for another post.

Caleb and Isaac looked adorable in their Cub Scout uniforms to perform a flag ceremony at our ward July 4th breakfast.

Joseph went to scout camp for the first time and had a great time. His favorite parts were learning to breathe fire and a knife throwing game. Obviously there were no moms around.

We fit in round of swimming lessons. Joseph's butterfly started looking pretty good.

I got older!

Eating Otter pops on the patio is a nice end to a summer day.

Ben doesn't like his hands to get cold.

And eventually it was the first day of school. Seventh, fifth, and third grade.