Pack 553 Pinewood Derby

Lukas's Pack Derby was Sunday at 2:00. The Pack did a great job fundraising this year and we got a brand new stainless steel track. It even came with software that you can project onto a wall. The Cub Master set everything up to show the boys that were racing and right below which boys were on deck. It was really nice.

Lukas didn't have the fastest or slowest car, but it definitely looked extremely awesome. His car actually got faster with each race. He was a little bummed that he didn't win the "big trophy", but he did get a participation trophy. Which was a great hit with all the boys.

Mother's Ring

I've been wanting a mother's ring and we've been looking around for a couple years. A few weeks ago, we stopped into a jewelry store and Ben bought my MOTHER'S RING! I LOVE IT!!! Lukas is the emerald (which is the most expensive birth stone) and Landon is the amethyst. When we picked up the ring, it was perfect. What's really amazing is that green and purple are my favorite colors, they are complementary colors, and those were also the colors for our wedding. Wow, talk about meant to be. God is Great!

Thank you so much Benjamin...I LOVE YOU! ~Kelly

Bad to the Bone!

Last weekend, Lukas worked on his Pinewood Derby car and did an AWESOME JOB!

He picked out his template, decided he wanted to paint it black, and then picked out these "bad to the bone" decals. His car template turned out really neat with the decals because the front end looks like flames. He painted that red/orange with a fire effect. Of course, his artist mother was teaching him some cool techniques:) He even has cool flame pipes on the sides. Those are actually weights that he picked out this year. We all can't wait to see how his car does. His pack derby is this Sunday!

We are very proud of you Lukas!

*~**Fun in the snow*~**~*

We haven't posted much this month because we've been very busy and exhausted. This post should have been posted last weekend.

We haven't had much snow this winter and last weekend the boys were so excited that we got enough that they could play in. We bundled them up and they played outside for over 2 hours. Lukas loves to throw snowballs and Landon loves to eat the snow. Mommy went out and helped them build a snowman. Daddy would wonder out once in a while and throw a couple snowballs at them:) We all hope we get some more snow this winter!

Happy New Year!

Our Charlie Brown tree

Finally, we took down our tree. We definitely would have done this the day after Christmas, but we heard that it's bad luck if you take your tree down before New Year's. As we took the ornaments and lights off, it sounded like rain in our house. By the time that Ben got the tree outside, it had no needles left! All we could do was laugh through the whole thing. It took us all day to clean.