Girls Camp Service

So, I got to go up to Girls Camp for a couple of days last week (our stake holds camp during spring break since the summers are too difficult to camp in) and I was assigned to help with a service project. Each year the young women participate in a service project during their time at camp. This year we made blankets and hand puppets to be donated to a hospital. It was a fun service to be involved in. During the project I had the pleasure of teaching many young women some sewing machine basics. Before they were allowed to work on a hand puppet, each young woman had to finish a practice sewing sheet. They practiced sewing straight lines, curved lines, circles and pointed angles. It was wonderful to see them go from knowing next to nothing and then being able to produce a usable product. Here's a picture of everything that was completed.

And since it was spring break the boys spent lots of time playing together. It was so nice to have such beautiful weather. I had to laugh at Mason, who decided he could play on the slide at the same time as eating a snack. Food is everything to this kid.

 And can I just say I'm a total "Unblock Me" master. I was feeling rather wasted at the end of last week, and got addicted to the game on my phone. I can justify it's good for my brain, right?

Eye of the Tiger

Carson, Jensen, and Dustin all ran the Negley PTA Fun Run 1K this morning. After a month of training, the boys were ready.  They warmed up to a little Zumba before the race.

 I know you can't see the kids in the crowd, but there's Dustin in blue, waiting for the race to begin.

 AND THEY'RE OFF! Carson took off in front of Dad and Jensen.

 

 Here they are mid-race. Going strong and having fun.

 Here's Carson coming up to the finish line. Dustin was so impressed at how hard Carson pushed himself the whole time. He did a great job!

 And here comes Jensen! He ran the whole way with Dad!

 My racers at the end of the race.

It was a fun experience for the boys to do together. They had fun practicing with Dustin in the evenings, and they loved feeling the excitement of the race. We hope there will be more races like this in their future.

And as a side note, Mason bit it on the sidewalk yesterday and fell on his face. Poor baby. Sometimes it's rough being a little guy.

Mission Accomplished

Got it! Finally took a current picture of all my little guys for my phone wallpaper. Mason wasn't too happy about sitting down with his brothers for a picture, but you certainly can't tell from this one picture. Thanks to Carson for tickling him to get that adorable look on his face! 

I love seeing this picture everyday on my phone. Even though they are not always smiling or being this nice to each other, it's nice to have a reminder that it happens sometimes. :)