Linda is 12!

Linda turned 12 years old on the 22nd of November. Linda is a lady, a leader, creative, compassionate, and determined. We love her so much! She started Young Women's this past Sunday at church and even got her first temple recommend. We're excited for Linda to experience all of the exciting things that growing up will bring to her life. 

Here is Grandpa and Linda's birthday pictures together for the past 12 years.

Linda's birthday happened to be on the only day my family could get together for Thanksgiving, which was the Tuesday before. We had a surprise breakfast party for her and a very fun day. 

This Thanksgiving we are very grateful for Linda!

Scouting Update

Here is where Bruce stands with all of his merit badges.  He achieved the rank of Life Scout last month.

He still needs to complete the ones in red. 

He's been working hard. 

Current Rank : LIFE

13 Required Merit Badges

1. CITIZENSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY

2. CITIZENSHIP IN THE WORLD

3. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

4. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

5. FIRST AID

6. PERSONAL FITNESS

7. FAMILY LIFE 

8. CITIZENSHIP IN THE NATION

9. SWIMMING

10. COOKING

11.COMMUNICATIONS

12. CAMPING

13. PERSONAL MANAGEMENT

8 Additional Merit Badges Required

1. ARCHERY 

2. CHEMISTRY

3. SCHOLARSHIP

4. WILDERNESS SURVIVAL

5. RADIO

6. GENEALOGY

7. PROGRAMMING

8. ROBOTICS

Other Merit Badges & Awards Earned

Cyber Chip

Astronomy

Geology

Mining In Society

Plumbing

Rowing

Family Pictures

My good friend took some pictures of our family in Fallbrook last week. 

Here are a few of my favorites.

Bruce 13 years old

 Claire 8 years old

 Jane 10 years old

 Linda 11(almost 12) years old

Halloween 2016

We had a lot of fun this Halloween. We attended the carnival at the elementary school, went to the church trunk or treat, then went trick or treating for about 1hr. 30min. last night. The kids had so much fun walking around together. I love watching them make memories. My mom was down for Halloween and it was fun having her. Here are a few pictures of their costumes and the candy they "earned". :)

 Let the candy trading begin!! :)

 Bruce dressed up as One Direction. 

Linda was an Indian. 

Jane was a Greek goddess.

Claire was Pikachu.

Happy 41st to Robert!

Robert celebrated his 41st birthday on the 13th. He worked long hours that day so he was only home for a couple hours to celebrate before he had to head to bed. We celebrated with a few presents and ColdStone ice cream, his favorite. 

We love Robert. He works tirelessly to take care of all of us and we appreciate it so much. 

Phase 1 Complete

Jane finished phase 1 with her braces. She had braces and an expander on for a year to correct her overbite and crossbite. She was a real trooper with the expander and with the rubber bands she also had to wear. The pictures on the left are Before and the ones on the right are After. You can see in the bottom left picture how bad her overbite was. She could fit her index finger behind them. Her mouth is much wider now and her bite is so much better. Now we get used to wearing a retainer.