thomas s monson award

This group of leaders and scouts all worked together to receive the newest award in scouting -- the Thomas S. Monson award!  They each received a special medallion.  Mark is so grateful to be serving with these good young men.

wrestling

 Matthew decided he'd like to try wrestling.  The local high schools each run a two week camp for little kids and end it with a tournament between the three schools.

 All the kids are put into groups based on their weight, so they wrestle kids the same size.

 Matthew had a lot of fun and learned some new moves.  He ended up winning his weight group at the tournament and even got an awesome gold medal!

goalie jacob

Jacob has had a very fun fall soccer season!  He had a great coach, and fun kids to play with.  His favorite position to play is goalie.  And he's awesome at it too!

matthew & soccer

 Matthew is having such fun playing soccer this year.  He knows all the kids on the team (except for 1 or 2) from school.  They all go to Chinese together -- Bryce, Hayden, Alex, Cam, David, Will, and Matthew.  We've also lucked out and had really great weather this fall.

 Matthew is #9.  His skills and coordination have improved a lot and he is learning how to be aggressive and get to the ball and kick it.

 He's been making at least one goal nearly every game.  Way to go Matthew!  Have fun!

student of the month

Yay for Jacob!  He was one of the 5th graders awarded Student of the Month during October.  The award was given for having a cheerful attitude.  Way to go, Jacob!  We are so proud of you!

halloween

 Matthew and Jacob got busy carving our pumpkins this year.

 The finished masterpieces!

 Matthew dressed up in Jared's old karate uniform and went as the Karate Kid this year.  He's holding a "ghost" he made at school using a bouncy ball and some Kleenexes.

 Jacob had a hard time deciding what to dress-up as for Halloween, so in the final minutes, he chose his Santa costume again.  Love it!  Here he is enjoying a sucker from his candy stash after a successful trick-or treat night.

 And again, Santa taking a break to enjoy the goods from his stash!

dressing up as an element

For extra credit in Chemistry, Jared could dress up like an element from the periodic table.  I designed this shirt for him.  Can you guess which element? 
Answer: Tungsten  (W 74)