The Hunt is ON!: January 2011

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Another Year Older And Wiser Too?

I don't have any pictures on my computer yet to go along with this post but I think Matthew's birthday this year was a hit for him. He loved his gifts (new basketball shoes, and automatic fish feeder for his aquarium, a movie, and some music) but his favorite part was the day itself. He can no longer claim to be an unspoiled kid! His day started with breakfast in bed. He got fed french toast (made with texas toast) eggs, sausage and juice. For lunch I made a VERY good sandwich served with his favorite chips. I made a double chocolate cake with chocolate frosting (Matthew's request) and for dinner steak, yummy potatoes, and salad. He was waited on all day long and loved every minute of it!!!

FUN!!

the young men and young women in our ward decided to do something fun for their activity for the end of the summer. All 6 groups had to build a boat, it could be made out of anything you wanted as long as it only cost $35.00. All the boats were made (Kary's group- the teachers- built a 12 foot long, 4 foot high, pirate ship) the whole group headed out to Quail Resevoir to have a race and see who would float. Tyler's group tied a matress to some big foam blocks, and Matthew's group took a large sheet of plywood, cut two holes in the middle, put buckets in to sit in, then put big round pipes under the edges. It was an interesting sight when all the boats got to the water. Matthew helped build his boat, but he had football practice while the activity was going on so- Craig took his place on the boat. To make a long story short, the priests (Matthew's boat) won the race, Deacon's got second, then the girls after them. The pirate ship- it sank. But not before the boys had time to bomb the other ships with water balloons. All of the kids had fun.