The New Scout

Hayden is now 8 years old. He is the newest member of the Thetford Ward Cub Scout Troop. Hayden has been so excited about becoming a cub scout. He loves to wear his uniform and work on his requirements with Jarom. Isn't he cute?

Back to Blogging

Now that we have transitioned to our new computer and all our pictures are loaded I am ready to start adding things to our blog. Sorry it has taken so long.

Our last trip was over Christmas break. We went to a beautiful place called Cornwall. It is in the southern most part of England and was beautiful...even in the winter.

Our Cottage was right along the coast. We loved staying here. It allowed us to have a quiet cozy place to come home to each night. It was very old and we had to stoke the fire to have hot water for a shower each day.

Being in Cornwall was quite an adventure. The roads were amazingly narrow and walled in.

Some of the things that we were able to see were: Tintagel Castle...this is the legandary birthplace of King Arthur. It was beautifully placed along the coastline on top of a cliff.

We took some awesome pictures here.

This is Jarom's favorite.

Next we drove through the beautiful Darmoor National Forest. We took the self-guided riding tour in the Rick Steves' book. It was filled with wild ponies, Celtic Crosses and beautiful bridges.

We also saw St. Michael's Mount. It is a rock island that has been inhabited for 1,500 years. Originally a Benedictine monastery, the castle was built up by the St. Aubyn family, who still owns it today.

Our favorite afternoon was spent walking along the coastline to Land's End. What a beautiful sight. We were there just in time to watch the sun set into the ocean.

We also spent a day at the Eden project, a futuristic theme park of global gardening and Plymouth where the Mayflower left England. All in all our trip was wonderful and a beautiful family experience.

Paris in November

In November we went to Paris. It was a beauitful city. Here is what we saw. The Sacre-Cour

Here we saw part of Mass.
This is on top of the Arc de Triomphe

Arc de Triomphe

The Orsay Museum

The Palace of Versilles

Inside the Hall of Mirrors

The front view of the Palace of Versilles

The Effiel Tower

The Mona Lisa

The Louvre Museum

Notre Dame

Golf Anyone?

Jarom and the boys are now golfing together. Every Saturday morning they get up early and head to the greens. It is still nice enough weather here for them to keep going. (These pictures were taken in October, but the grass is still green in December.)

Hayden

I love my little Hayden. He is such a handsome little guy. He is now doing his own hair every day and won't let me touch it. Yesterday we were at church. During sacrament meeeting he leaned over and asked if he could go to the bathroom. I told him to wait five minutes until the meeting is over. Then he asked again. I thought it might be an emergency, but still I asked him to wait. After we had the closing prayer he asked. "Is my hair all messed up?' I said it looks great. He said, "OK I guess I don't need to go to the bathroom." Then he ran off to his primary class. Silly little guy. He loves to always look his best.

Hannah's Field Trip

One of the great things about being a stay at home Mom is that you don't miss out on field trips with your kids. Last month I got to go with Hannah to the Sea Life Aquarium in Hunstanton. It was a small place, but we had lots of fun. My favorite was watching the feeding of the Sea Lions. I think Hannah's favorite was looking for treasures along the seashore. It was hard to pull her away. She would rather look for seashells than eat her lunch. We had a great time together and I am glad I got to be with my sweet daughter.

Hannah looking for seashells

Hannah's friends from school

Something slimey

Raking the Leaves

I couldn't resist taking this picture of the boys working out in the back yard. They looked so cute dressed the same working side by side. Hampton and Hayden have a really great relationship. Hayden thinks that he wants to be just like his big brother. Anytime that you ask him what he wants he says, 'What is Hampton having/doing?" I hope they always stay close and always enjoy spending time together.