Garrett and Weston were in the School Spelling Bee

That means they were one of the two best spellers in their class. They both got out in the first round, but they did so with dignity. Love my boys.

something old . . . something new . . . something borrowed . . . something blue

The longest day . . .

The choir concert was first. It went well. The kids all wore their black shirts and looked SO great. They sang pretty well. Lydia did a solo at last minute, she did an AMAZING job. She is a natural performer. Weston had a narration part. He always speaks so clearly and is easy to understand. It is a joy to listen to him. Garrett only sang in the show because I made him. I told him he could give this performance to me as a gift for christmas, mother's day, AND my birthday. I was the director, btw, that is why it was a long day.

After the concert (5 minutes after) we had to go to pack meeting so that Weston could receive his WeBeLoS award, Religious knot, and his Arrow of Light. GO WESTON!!

The kids had fun with the camera while we . . .

So I thought we would run over to home depot and grab a few things for our back yard during one of their many promotional weekends. As I got thinking about it, I thought Aaron and I might need a little help. So I called in the troops (Mel and Ty). Caden was at scout camp. We pulled into home depot around 6:30. Tyler took a call from a friend who wanted to do something. No worries, I said, this should only take an hour. Ninety minutes, tops.
16,000 lbs, 6 hours, 5 trailer loads, 4 home depot workers, 3 Boman boys (thank you!!!), and over 2k later, we have a new beautiful backyard-to-be-named later lying in our driveway.

We could not have done it without so much help . . .  and so much more help later. Thank you family!! Thank you Bomans!

Happy 11th Birthday Weston!

Weston only wanted one thing for his birthday, the movie Rio. Strange. Grandma and Grandpa were smart enough to get him something fun and active that he loved even more, GOALIE GLOVES!!! His coaches love him so much they practically begged us to sign him up next year. (It is hard for us to fit soccer into baseball, basketball, and football.) Notice the "healing" black eye.

Aaron had to show the kids the intricacies of silly putty. The cake was Weston's design. He always has fun ideas.

Weston Baseball 2012

I can't seem to get a picture of Weston getting a hit, but he does, all the time!

Weston is having a great baseball season. The black eye is from sliding into second, and taking the thrown baseball to the eye. (See birthday post for eye development.) He was called safe. And didn't come out of the game. Love it!

Science Fair Fare

Caden and I learned a lot about procrastination this year. Not only was this project completed at 12:30 am the day it was due, but it was the second science fair project our family (okay, I . . . ) have done this year. At the last minute. I will get better at this, I think.

The other project was Weston's. They both got A's. They both learned about the scientific method and had fun. That is what the instructions said they were supposed to do. :)