The night at the Circus

For Orion's Birthday, we all decided to celebrate by
Going to the Shrine's Circus.  This was going to be
a fun time for sure.

Ma and Pa's ticket was the receipt from

Albertson's.  Orion got his ticket

from school.

Orion, Bubba and Michelle.

Macy and Addi-Belle

Payson, Pa and Ma

A Scottish band playing the bagpipes.

They played one of Pa's favorites songs.

It is an old Scottish folk song

called "Scotland Forever."

(We recognize the tune from

"Praise to the Man"

The Tigers and the trainer.

They did amazing tricks.

We were amazed.

Although it is hard to see, this tiger

is jumping through the ring of fire.

Tight rope walkers.  They did a lot of tricks.

One time one of them even did a flip on the rope.

Here is a photo of one walking with

another one on his back.

Of course there has to be a clown act.

These clowns "got busted"

when the amazing slimming machine

blew open.

This photo is the dog act.  The dogs were

very well trained.  The act was actually

funnier than the clown act.

This photo is of the bear.

These are a couple of elephants.

We had a blast.  The circus started

at 7:30 p.m. and by intermission,

the twins were beat.

These are all the photos

Ma was able to take,

Ma, Pa, the twins,

and Macy had to leave and

put them to bed.

Bubba, Michelle and Orion

stayed and saw the second half.

When Orion got home (at about 11:00 p.m.)

he was very happy and in a good mood.

The Pineood Derby in Scouts

                                            February is the month that Orion is officially
                                            going to be a Boy Scout.  He is graduation from
                                            the Cub Scout program.  This is the last pinewood
                                                                            derby
                                             that he well be attending as a participant.

The leaders laid each car out upside down so the

wheels would not be disturbed.  The racing is

taken very seriously.

no one is allowed by the race track.  All the

children lined up just outside the lined rope

Pa with Addi-Belle, Orion and Payson

sitting in the audience spot

Payson sitting at the roped line

Orion sitting at the roped line

The leaders getting set for the first race.

The racing is all digital, so there is no mistake

on the times of each car.

(Orion's car is the middle right.)

On Orion's first race, his blue car jumped the track.

All the additional racing, his came in second.

Because of the first race, it put his scores

lower so he was not able to get 1st, 2nd or 3rd.

Trina Butler, the Den leader for pack 209

hankding out the medals to the boys.

All the boys got a medal.  The 1st, 2nd and 3rd

got a special medal.

Orion getting his medal and car.

Orion holding his car.

He pretty much made it this year

by himself.  Bubba came over the first

day to cut the design.  They sanded the car

and Orion painted the car.

Pa helped with the wheels.

The medal was very creative by Trina Butler.

It is a chocolate ding dong cake!

Orion was happy and ate it right up before

we even got home.

It was a fun event for the entire family.

                                                                         

A Day at Church

                                         With small ones, it is sometimes difficult
                                         to sit in a meeting that they do not understand,
                                         So sometimes we just go straight to the nursery.
                                         There is a speaker there so we can still all hear
                                          the speakers in the meeting.  The speakers can be
                                          turned off when there is a class being held in the
                                          nursery.  Well, that is where we were today.

Ma looking at her camera

Ma with Addi-Belle, Payson and Orion

Pa and Orion

Payson on the SeeSaw

Addi-Belle on the SeeSaw

Funny Bion

                        For Christmas Pa got a new IPAD for ma.  She has never
                        used one before so she sat around experimenting with it.
                        When we all found out that there was a photo booth, Bion
                        decided that he wanted to try experimenting with it as well.
                        Here are some of the photos we took of Bion:

Sunshine man Bion

Hey!!! Cool!!!

Warped face man

The face changes as you move around

Double sided face man

physcho man

Negative man

Payson and Addi-Belle love to look at these photos,

so today we took some of Payson.

Sunshine man

goofy sunshine man

Winter Gala

                                           The Kinder Care Day care put on a Winter Gala
                                         in January with all the age group children.  They started
                                           out with the one year olds, then two year olds, etc
                                                     up to the school aged kids age over five.

We stayed for the one year olds,

and of course the two year olds.

We left after that because several

parents came, and there was

not enought seating.

Addi-Belle is in the back row on the left,

and Payson is on the front row on the left.

They did a pretty good job singing

"Row, Row Your Boat," and

"The Wheels on the Bus"

The day care director Meredith

is on the very left.

 

                                                                                 

Orion just could not resist being a part of the

action.

Bion's Christmas visit

                                        We forgot to mention how much fun it was
                                            to have Bion here with us during the Christmas
                                                           break from school.
                                          Orion especially loves to play with Bion.       
                                       One of the days Bion was here, we all had a day
                                          off work, and so mommy (Macy) wanted to
                                        have us all go to the movies.  The boys were the
                                         ones who picked out what we all were going to see.

They wanted to See TinTin, a movie based on

an old European (Belgium) comic strip. 

The boys loved the movie because

it was full of adventure.

Another thing we saw while we were there was

The Chimpmunks.

It was because of another movie that

was playing in the same theater.

We could not resist a photo.

Some more adventures we had were

when we were shopping at the mall

looking for Christmas present ideas.

There is a Merry-Go-Round at the Coronado Mall

that the kids love to ride each time we go there.

Bion on the Merry-Go Round

Payson on the Merry-Go-Round

Pa is standing in the far right

next to Addi-Belle.

Orion on the Merry-Go-Round.

Addi-Belle go off to soon to get a photo of her.

Around Christmas time, Orion ALWAYS

wears his Santa hat.  He wears it day

and night, and also to school.

Martin Luther King holiday

                    Everyone was excited to find out that we all had a day off together for
                  the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday.  Pa, Ma, Orion and Michelle
                  went to eat lunch at Cracker Barrel Restaurant.  It is Orion's very
                  most favorite restaurant in the whole world.....mostly because he
                  thinks the toy shop is for kids to play with each toy and try them all out.

Orion and Michelle

setting up the game

Done.  I think Orion must have

played Michelle about 10 games.

Orion made this single game for

one into a double for two.