Goodbye Cub Scouts

Justin's last day of Cub Scouts was last week. He is now officially in Boy Scouts. We are proud to say that he earned his Weblos and Arrow of Light (that ceremony won't be until October). Great job, Justin! So, on this night in particular he received his Weblos badge, did the traditional crossing over (the bridge) and was welcomed into Boy Scouts and the always fun, Raingutter Regatta (which he won). Fun night!

Here is Justin being presented with his Weblos badge.

The is Brother Draeger (Justin's Cub Scout leader) saying a few words about Justin's accomplishments.

Justin "crossing over" into Boy Scouts.

Brother Henderson (his new Boy Scout leader) welcoming him into Boy Scouts.

Justin in one of his many races.

Another race...

Another win!

Justin receiving his 1st place prize. FUN!

Back to school

The kids have been back in school for a week now. Boy, did Avery and Devin need it! This was the summer of fights for sure. Justin started middle school (yikes!), Avery's in 3rd grade and Devin is repeating kindergarten. Yay for school! The above picture was taken on the first day back.

The last of summer

The last full week of summer we did a couple fun things. First we went to the beach with some friends from our ward. That was a lot of fun! I'm not the one that took the pictures and people kept arriving at different times, so I didn't get many pictures of those we were with, but trust me. It was fun!

Lacey and Lauren with our kiddos

This just enthralled the younger kids. They felt like they were surfing!

Trent

Then over the weekend we went to Huntington Beach to my parents. The first evening my mom and I took Avery and Devin and our dogs to the butterfly park to play around while Kirk and Justin went to look at 5th wheels for fun.

This is how we spent most of our time - playing on our electronics.




And on Saturday we went to the dog beach to introduce Haley to the beach. She wasn't too sure what to think of the waves and would only get her paws wet until she finally just decided to lay down next to Kirk for the rest of the time. It was fun up until we saw some dog poop get washed back into the water. YUCK! Time to leave!



Goodbye summer vacation. Hello school!