Even before the Brethren counseled the high priests and elders quorums to combine, ours were busy working at a friend's house to expand and reinforce his chicken coop against a bobcat (of some kind) that broke through the last one. Hopefully if it holds up under big, strong elders with power staple guns, it'll hold up under a 40-pound critter. The kids helped hold the screws for me to drill into the wood.
JT was nervous about Smokey the Bear at first, but his love of teddy bears eventually won out. He enjoyed the ring toss while Princess painted a paper-plate snake, and all the kids enjoyed fishing. (Though fishing was rather difficult for Superstar, what with two arms being in a cast and all. Hard to cast in casts, y'know?)
Fortunately, the casts didn't prevent him from pushing on the swings.
We went to the rodeo competition courtesy of TSU's CII. Ignore Princess' sad expression - she was having a great time. The two little ones' favorite part was when a calf was roped and then got to escape. They cheered on the escaping calf and were very clearly on the animals' side.
Last time was my first rodeo, and this was theirs. So now we can all proudly declare "This isn't my rodeo."
Superstar earned his Bear badge and Joy did a lot to help organize her second court of honor. Superstar also got to do the flag ceremony both for this and for the pancake breakfast/service auction at the high school that the young men and young women at church ran.
In the three months between his birthday and today as I write this, he has already completed all the requirements for his Webelos badge and is VERY eager to start on his Arrow of Light so he can get it before becoming a boy scout next year for 8-9 months.
At the service auction, Joy sold some bread and I gave out some organ lessons. We bought a handful of books, 5 hours of babysitting, a dryer, and a $75 Schreiber gift card for $25. Not a bad haul!
Course, my job at these things is to keep these two from eating the scenery. Mostly successfully ;)
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