Blue&Gold

The Cub Scouts' Blue & Gold banquet was coming up and I had a spurt of creativity. Our den was in charge of desserts and I remembered a decorating technique called "frozen buttercream transfer." I thought it would be a great way to decorate some sugar cookies to bring to the Blue & Gold.

I was quickly reminded that I should test out a new technique before wanting it to look good for a party or event. I had done this before for Jake's birthday cake last year, scroll down to the cake - but will probably still forget next time.
With a few trials and errors (all needing to be included in what I brought), the cookies turned out pretty good. And when something tastes really good, you can get away with some mess-ups (I kept the really bad ones at home!).
I got all the awards/badges ready for the cub scouts in my den. They have all earned their Wolf badge!
I'm so excited for all of them.We had a great time with pizza for dinner,
skits,
and singing.
Here are the Wolf and Bear dens in our pack with myself and the Bear den leader.We have great scouts and I can't wait to continue having fun with them.

Just Downloaded

We have been busy with school assignments and activities and it seems like forever since I lasted posted. I recently downloaded the pictures off my camera and realized I am late in posting two of our latest activities.
The middle school band and chorus does a combined fundraiser called The Taste of Oconee. Tickets got you in to sample food from various restaurants from the area and there were a bunch of items that were raffled off. Throughout the evening the band and chorus groups entertained the crowd.

The elementary school had their Curriculum Night, where each grade sets up different activities for the students and families.

We got to make cotton ball sheep and blow them down the path to the pasture.

The boys loved looking at the rocks and minerals.

In Logan's class we made foil boats and tested to see how many plastic bears we could get on our boat. We put on 26 bears before it started to sink, we should have used the small bears - we would have gotten a lot more on!

Magnets are always a favorite and we have to try them out each year, especially separating out the iron from iron fortified baby cereal.

We had a great time trying out all the activities and experiments.

I'm a Mormon

I finished my "I'm a Mormon" profile and put a link at the side of my blog.
Although I don't claim it to be eloquent, it's from my heart.