Arrow of Light

Last Friday was a big evening for Christopher. Chris completed his requirements for his "Arrow of Light" and graduated from "Webelos" to the "Boy Scouts". All the dens of the pack gathered to celebrate and they had their "Blue and Gold" banquet. Since it is Lent, this meant salad and cheese pizza for most of us, but it was a wonderful night and everyone enjoyed the meal.

Chris and all the other scouts had uniform inspections and then they moved on to the "Arrow of Light" awards. It was really neat to see and he was beaming with a big smile that we don't see all the time. It was great.

Sarah, Rebekah, Leslie and I were all there to share in Christopher's big night. Rebekah's little friend Joanna was there to see her big brother Devin get his award as well. Of course Rebekah and Joanna had a lot of fun playing during dinner and kept us all entertained with their game of Simon 'sez as you can see here!

Here are some more photos of Chris. He went to his first night of Boy Scouts tonight and I think he is really going to enjoy it.

What's up with the Groundhog?

The groundhog did NOT see his shadow this year! He didn't!
There, I've said it. I should have been able to expect an "early Spring" this year according to this year's Groundhog day prognostication. Well, the Groundhog has blown it so far.

Our Presidents day weekend started out with a beautiful Saturday. It was bright and sunny with a blue sky. We spent time outside and I even washed the Big Green van with the help of some of the kids. Of course that really jinxed it! It got overcast later and Sunday was grey, overcast, and rainy. Monday wasn't much better.

Today didn't look too bad for my ride into Seattle, but Leslie had all kinds of bad weather in her driving day. She had hail and rain with a large number of auto accidents thrown in. I'm just glad that she didn't have any fender benders. I'm taking the train home now and I hope that I won't find hail and locusts waiting for me when I get to my stop.

My hope is that we will eventually get some more sunshine as we are all tired of the rain. I hope everyone else is having a better time than we are!

Like Mother, Like Daughter...

I just had to put this up! Rebekah conked out after a busy day and I just had to take her picture. After looking at the picture I knew I had seen that pose before and had to share...

You know you've lived too long in Seattle when....

...you would put this combination on and you thought that it looked just fine! Doesn't Rebekah look fabulous? I don't remember what prompted her to change, but Leslie and I couldn't stop laughing when she showed us her outfit. The problem is that I could walk around downtown in Seattle and find at least a half a dozen women with similar taste. I just hope that we can repair her fashion sense before it's too late!

I hope that you are all enjoying warmer weather than we have been having. I keep thinking that it will get warmer after all the snow that we've had, but it just isn't happening. We thankfully have had some beautiful clear days, but they have been very cold. All I can say is that the Groundhog had better NOT see his shadow. I don't want any additional winter time!

We did manage to get out last weekend despite all the cold. Christopher needed to get a hike in to help him complete his requirements to get his "Arrow of Light" for scouts and so we all trekked out to "Flaming Geyser State Park". We followed the trail up along the river and found "Bubbling Geyser". It wasn't much to look at. There were just a few bubbles that showed, but it was still neat to see. On the hike back we found a lot of Salmon remains on the river bank area that were left over from the spawning season. Apparently this is normal, but not everyone appreciated the smell!