Jacob's Swimming Merit Badge

Jacob earned his first Eagle required merit badge - Swimming! Several scouts met at the base pool to complete all the lifesaving, rescuing, and swimming requirements. It's not easy to complete this badge. I was tired just watching!

A Christmas Carol Train Tour

We had a fun evening visiting Disney's traveling "A Christmas Carol Train Tour." The movie will come out in November. This train is traveling around the country promoting the movie. It's great marketing! We went with two other families - the Burger's and the Solheim's. It was a lot of fun.

Vacation Bible School - Crocodile Dock

Vacation Bible was a family affair as we spent the week in the Bayou at Crocodile Dock! It was a bunch of fun for all of us.

Building the VBS Bayou Shack

Angel bought the bayou shack supplies at Home Depot and managed to get them home without losing any! The security guards got quite a laugh when I came through the base gates.

David was thrilled to use the power tools to cut the shack into shape! Every helped and we were all covered in styrofoam pieces.

Painting was the most fun. Jacob liked sponge painting the best. I think I will put him to work next time we paint any walls in our house!

The final product was awesome to see in the sanctuary! The kids and adults thought the shack was cool!

My Sweet Kia

Jonathan and Jacob enjoying the summer

It's summer fun at the swimming pool on base! No more school! No more homework!

Snake at the Baseball Game

Action stopped at Jonathan's baseball game when a bull snake decided to join in the fun. Apparently, the snake's home was near the fence. We found a hole for it. The snake wasn't poisonous. The umpire just picked up the snake and moved it to the bushes a couple hundred feet away. In the third inning, the snake returned! Such is a day in the life of a snake living in New Mexico!