They seem to be adjusting well this year and doing awesome. I am blessed with wonderful children.
Since Micah has turned 8, the world of Cub Scouting has entered our lives again. We're glad because we missed it. Micah is loving Cub Scouts. He has so much fun with his friends
He's progressing well, already achieving a bead towards his Wolf Rank.
Our pack does a little Native American ceremony when receiving advancements. The kids have fun with it.
These are the boys that earned their feathers
They are a fun bunch!
Here's the whole pack. They had a lot of fun showing us parents what they've been learning all month.
He's made it through a few scrimmages intact. Phew. This football thing is not for mothers. Either that or I'm just a sissy.
It is hot out there. I feel so sorry for those boys, but they just keep on playing.
There he is in action. He's gotten tackled a couple of times. He said it did knock the wind out of him a little, but got up and went right back into the game.
Football has been something that Tyler has been wanting to do for a couple of years now. He finally committed to doing it. I'm all for encouraging my kids to participate in sports, but I was a little hesitant with this one. I worried inside as I signed the permission slips and waiver forms. If you can't find me at the games, it's not because I don't love my baby. It's because I do love my baby and worry that he'll get hurt.
Micah had asked if we could do a pool party. I booked it here. I wish I had taken a picture of the whole pool. Only because it was almost ridiculous that we had an olympic size pool for the amount of people we had. Let's just say it was very disproportionate, but it didn't really bother us.
Cousin Jett. He's getting to be a such a young man.
Micah and Seth waiting to set up.
More cousins joining in the fun.
The birthday boy, shying away from the camera.
Little Taizo, with family in the background.
Once the tents were up, the food was served. Teri burgers were the stars of the menu, with all the fixin's to go with it.
I think it was a winner.
Wished I had snapped more pictures of pool time. It was so humid, that even the baby and I jumped in. It felt so good. Micah was in the water almost the whole time, which I'm glad. We were happy to see him having so much fun.
One of our favorite families ---- The Hippolites!
If you can't guess, it's that flying creature from Avatar.
Tanith!!!
Cake time. Of course the wind was blowing. We had those tin covers up to give us cover.
Blow hard!
They're picking out which piece they're gonna eat.
My friends - Tetua, Polly, and Michelle.
After swimming for two hours, the boys moved on to some football. Uncle Benny led the gang.
Pretty girls.
Monkey cousins.
Kara fooling around with Sara.
A profile pic for FaceBook perhaps.
After going through three baptisms, I remembered to snap this shot before all the craziness started. I'm so glad I did.
I know this was Micah's baptism, but I was proud of Kara this day. When we were planning out the program, my shy little Kara volunteered to give the talk on baptism. I asked her several times if she was sure she wanted to give a talk. She was positive. From the moment she got the ok, she set to work on her talk. She did awesome! I wished you had all been there to hear her.
Tyler helped out where he could. He passed out the program and offered to give the opening prayer.
Friends from the ward came out to support Micah: the Nakayama's, Reid's, Kai's, Castle's, Graham's, Le'i's, Hippolite's. Hopefully, I didn't forget any other names.
Family was there as well. All of Randy's family came out to help us celebrate.
Micah was so happy for his baptism. He could feel the love and support from everyone for his choice to be a member of Christ's church.
In preparation for Micah's baptism, we made an invitation. As we wait for the baptism, here's an interview I did with Micah:My favorite food is: pizza, ice-cream and brownies
My favorite sport to play is: swimming
The best show on television is: SpongeBob
The coolest person on earth is: Me (LOL!)
My favorite thing to learn about in school is: Math because it’s more fun than Language Arts.
The thing I do the most awesomely is: Video Games
If I could go anywhere in the world, I would go to: Surprise, AZ.
My favorite color is: Blue
When I grow up, I’m going to become: A Gamer
My current favorite song is: Give Me Everything
The book I am loving
right now: I don’t have one.
Three words that describe me are: loud, crazy, and weird
When I was little, I used to: Hang on the garage door when it would open
My favorite season of the year is: Christmas season
The absolute best thing about camping is: Getting to make fires
The snack I like the best is: All of them that are not healthy.
One food I really dislike is: celery
My best friend is: Kyle Ka’ikena
If I had one wish, it would be: To get all the video games in the world.
My favorite memory is: Playing with Ty and Luke.
Micah enjoyed being interviewed, I had fun doing it. I'll plan on doing more. Preparations are underway for the baptism. We can't wait for this big day for Micah!
First day of school and we've got everything ready. Backpacks, check. Home lunch, check. Uniforms on, check. Smiling mom waving good-bye at the door, check.
