Pinewood Derby Race

The pinewood derby is one of the boy's favorite cub scouting event. Above is Jordan with some boys from our den before the race.

Our den was the color guard at the race. Jordan was in charge of the cub scout flag.

There were lots of cool cars this year like the one closest in the picture. It was a shark. Another one was shaped like a banana. Chris and I were in charge of the awards for the cars. We came up with something unique about each car which was pretty hard for the last 5 cars. I want to give " The Fruitiest Car" Award to the banana car but Chris voted me down because it sounded gay.

Here is Jordan with his Clemson car. He had a little tiger driver but we had to remove it because of the weight limit.
Since Hunter is in boy scouts, he can not race in the pinewood derby. So he volunteered to be a race official. He had a great time being in charge.


Jordan and Luke (the banana car) are racing. Hunter is making sure the cars are on the track correctly before they race.

Here are the winners from my den. Jordan came in 2nd! Jordan and Chris did a great job on his car.

Max

Max and Hunter are the best of friends. Here they are walking on the dock.

Max is growing at an alarming rate. When we got him, he only weighed 5 pounds. Now he is over 10 pounds. We are having to loosen his collar weekly.

Pedicure

I had my first pedicure today. It is hard to believe that at 39 years old that was a first for me. I choose a crazy color of green with glitter. They turned out pretty good.

Jordan turns a decade old!

Jordan had a great time turning 10. He choose a movie and we were to see Tron. It was much better than the first one. (which was good in its day) We ate at Rush's for lunch and he wanted it ate at home for dinner. He choose to have a very simple birthday but we had a great time.

Our new family member

Meet the newest member of a family - Max

We adopted him from a rescue shelter. They found him and his brothers and sisters in a box at an elementary school in the sewer drain. They found him right before the big snow storm.

Jordan and Max

He is extremely smooth and feeling like a teddy bear. He sleeps most of the day now.

Hunter and Max

When I got home from work, it is how I found him. Asleep on the couch with his head on a pillow.

Snow - 5 Day

Can you believe we still have this much snow after 5 day??? The kids missed a whole week of school.

Braces

Hunter got his braces on today. The treatment should last 2 to 2 1/2 years. Then he will have perfect straight teeth with no overbite.

Hunter before braces

Hunter with braces

Hunter was ready to get braces. He says the sooner he gets them on, the sooner they will come off.

Snow - 2 Day

Happy 1-11-11 Everyone!

The snow and ice is still here very little has melted. Our driveway is a sheet of ice so we stayed at home today.

Here were huge icicles everywhere. We felt like if this one from off the roof fell and hit someone, it must kill or wound them.

The ducks were swimming in the lake this afternoon. I bet they are cold.

We also had 4 deer running across our yard today. You could hear the ice break under their feet.

6 inches of snow!

Early Monday morning it started snowing and it didn't stop until we had 6 inches of snow. Everything was covered deep in snow.

As the day progress the snow developed a layer of ice over the top. So when you stepped on the snow the ice would slowly break and you would sink into powdery snow.

The boys and I had fun playing in the snow. The snow was so deep that the snow would completely cover your ankle and up your leg a few inches.

Our backyard from the dock

Hunter had to go on the dock. So Jordan joined him. I'm so glad no one fell in because I wasn't looking forward to saving anyone.

How often do you see snow on palm trees? Look how heigh the snow is on the railing.