Good afternoon.

 

It's Friday afternoon and my two older boys are off at a astronomy science fair and my little guy is sleeping.  I thought I would steal a minute to give some details of our family life.

 

I wrote that Tim had won Webelos leader of the year; however, I neglected to say that the same weekend, Tyler won second place in his division in the Cub Scout Pine Wood Derby races.  He was so proud and was excited to add one more trophy to his shelf.  This was his last race since he will be a Boy Scout soon. He came up with the design by reading about all the "tricks" to winning the race in various books.  We all thought it looked more like a wrench than a car, but it won!

 

Along, with Tyler winning, my car which was PINK with RED flames came in third in the open class Pine Car Derby.  It was affectionately called the "Pepto-Bismol Beauty".  I beat several of the men this year and I was quite satisfied. 

 

This last week, Ben started his soccer season.  He wanted to play soccer this year instead of baseball.  After playing in the All-Stars for baseball last year, Ben was ready for a change.  He is a forward and has been so much fun to watch because of his speed.  He always has such a face of determination and passion.  I love watching him play.