Mission Accomplished!

Bruce gave up his free time during his spring break a few weeks ago and attended Eagle's Camp every day down at Fiesta Island. He worked so hard while he was there and he was able to complete his last 4 required merit badges. (Camping, Cooking, Personal Management, and Communications) Do you know what that means?! He is completely done with all of the merit badges he needs for an Eagle Scout! Hooray! He really has worked hard for this day and it certainly hasn't all been fun for him. He has really had to get out of his comfort zone and commit to accomplishing this goal he set. Now we start working toward completing an Eagle Scout service project. 

First morning at Eagle's Camp. He was nervous. Most kids were there with their friends or troops. 

Last day at Eagle's Camp. You can accomplish a lot in a week!

A few pictures of some of the food he made.

The knife he bought at camp.

Bruce, Robert and I are so happy all of the merit badges he needs are behind us. :)

Linda's Braces

Linda got braces on last month. Right now she only has 6 on the top. In about 5 months she'll get a couple more and a kind of hinge piece in the back on both sides. (we're not looking forward to that) After that she'll get the hinges removed and get a full set of braces on top and bottom for the remainder of the time. The Orthodontist thinks about 2 years. Her bottom teeth aren't bad at all. She has a major overbite on top apparently but you don't notice because most of her front teeth are pushed back. It took a week to adjust to the poking and the sore teeth but she's doing really great with them now. We opted for clear because what's $200 when you're already paying $5000!! They look really good.

Happy New Year!

We spent this New Year's Eve at Gregg's house with a few families. We had some good treats and a nice time ringing in the new year. 

Jane & Claire

Jane lost her last baby tooth! It's so weird that the kids are getting so old. Now the tooth fairy will only come for Claire in the future.

Claire has been asking to get her ears pierced for a few months now. We had to wait until after soccer season. She didn't even shed a tear and has done great with them. She was excited about getting pink butterflies.

Christmas Card 2016

Well I never got around to getting these cards printed, but I did send some out electronically so that counts, right? 

Christmas Break 2016

The kids got 3 weeks off of school for Christmas! It felt like a summer and I was ready for them to move on to the next grade when they returned. :) 

We had a fun time. Mostly the kids were just so happy to be home and to sleep in. 

We did go to Sea World. It was a rainy day so that kept the crowds away. We used the tickets I won on the radio. We were happy to see the Shamu and dolphin shows before Sea World is forced to change everything and it'll be more like an aquarium.

The other big events were Christmas Eve and Christmas day. We had Christmas Eve in Rainbow, CA at Grandma and Grandpa's house. We had a talent show(Linda played violin, Jane played piano), white elephant, and a great dinner. 

I didn't really get many Christmas day pictures, because we were busy. We woke up and opened presents then headed to church. Here's a picture of the kids in their pajamas from Grandma Linda on Christmas Eve.