Fourth of July and Pinewood Derby

We had a pretty low-key 4th of July in preparation for trips that we'll be taking later in the summer. Still, we had a great time. Our community had its own 4th of July parade that came right by our house and we saw plenty of good fireworks shows. For Jack it is a new experience that he seemed to enjoy. He reached right for the flame of the sparkler, but once we had that sorted out he had a good time with it. As you can probably tell from the pictures, it was really hot!

PINEWOOD DERBY- Ward Activity

Our ward had a pinewood derby for anyone that wanted to participate. We decided to join the competitors, but because this would be my first try at a car I was a little nervous. Not having the necessary tools I decided to take a couple swipes with the kitchen knife to see what kind of progress I could make (couldn't find my pocket knife). It didn't make the impact I was hoping it would so I was left to track down someone with tools. Where was Grandpa Jagoda when you need him? He did send a PDF file with an explanation on how to come up with a speedy car, but it was pretty complicated for my taste, so in the end we left it as it was and glued quarters to the bottom, hoping it would weigh somewhere close to the regulation requirement. We had our concept in mind, and it would be super cute (that's what we were going for), but would it be fast? Before leaving with our cute car, I told Savannah that I was glad that it looked really good, to which she responded, "Dad, I want to win." Here is the car:

What, was the result you ask? This picture should speak louder than words.

Savannah blew the doors off of the competition. She didn't loose a single race until they had her race against another category, the non-regulation category where they had cars twice as heavy as her own. But it was fun, everyone was rooting for the Sleeping Beauty car. They gave her a trophy for winning- She slept with it last night:)

Jack's Birthday

Jack is 1!!!

June 12th Jack made the transition from month old to year old. We had several changes occur in our house. Jack could eat cake and ice cream, Jack could drink cow's milk, and Jack got his car seat turned around. We had a fun day from pancakes in the morning to lots and lots of cake in the evening. Here is a picture diary of the events:

Just needed a little encouragement!:)

Here are some of us during the day:

Brittany did such an awesome job with Jack's Cake. That cake decorating class is paying off!!

Jack got a basketball hoop for his birthday. You can see that he is getting better.

Last couple of weeks

Here is an update in pictures on what we have been up to lately.

These first ones are when my parents were here for Memorial Day weekend. The kids loved to have them here and we had a blast!

This is the final cake that I decorated for my cake decorating class. The class was a lot of fun and I learned a ton of cool tricks. I'm going to wait a couple of months for the next one though, we were a little cake overloaded:)

Here are pictures of when we went to the zoo with our friends the Wardles. The girls have fun together and Jack is getting to the stage where he loves to see the animals. And there is a great splash park there which was great in the hot weather.

Last, but not least, this month we went to Epcot center to see the flower and garden festival and we had to meet Mulan. She is in the China part of Epcot and so we had to get to her too. We had so much fun, but it was very hot! I think this might be our last trip to Disney for a couple of months. We'll let the summer pass:)

And yes, Jack is walking. We just have him recorded on our video camera. We will try to remember to get it on our camera so that we can post it!

Jack's first haircut!

Jack's hair wasn't too long, but it was starting to get shaggy and really bothering me and so I decided to take him to a kids salon and have his hair cut. (I would have done it myself, but come on, who really wants to have to deal with a squirmy baby:) They did such a great job. They had him in a boat, watching a Baby Einstein, blowing bubbles with a ton of toys! It was a fun, and sad, moment:) Here are some before, during and after pics.

Before:

During:

After:

Here is a video of Jack's cut. You can see how good he did. He was awesome!

Fun Saturday

Our Saturday was filled with fun activities all day long. Savannah and I went on a date while Dad and Jack stayed home and worked in the yard and on the house. Savannah and I started out going to garage sales and then Toys R Us. We love to look around and play:) Then I took her to a kids hair salon and she got her nails done, sat in a train while they cut and styled her hair. Then they put a vanilla scent on her hair as well as glitter. She loved it! We finished it off with a trip to Coldstone where we traded ice cream because I had the better pick:)

Here is Savannah's hair after. I forgot to bring the camera to the place, maybe next time.

Dan put up a ceiling fan as well. Here is the help he got:)

The finished product.

Isn't he so cute:) Not too far from being one.

Oh, and here is a funny video of the kids.