Jonathan....the Webelows Leader

So, Jonathan has gotten the scouting bug. In his very first calling since his mission (I know right), he is loving it. He bribes the boys to show up in uniform with their book etc. This last week, they learned how to put of tents and different kinds of shelters. They made a fire and roasted marshmollows and made smores. It was so cool. When he started, hardly any of the boys were advancing, none were getting their arrow of light and only one or two boys would even show up. Now, at least 5 show up every week, most in uniform and with their book. All boys are advancing. Jonathan follows up with the cub master to make sure they get their badges. 4 boys have recieved their arrow of light and all 4 have crossed over. Jonathan even made a monkey bridge for the church gym so they scout can actually cross over it at pack meeting. I am so proud of him. He is really taking it seriously.

Lighting and Blowing out Candles

Yes...That is Jonathan lighting Asher's candles with a blow torch. It was so funny. We had to explain to him the whole, make a wish concept then he got to blow out his candles. We had a fun day.

Daddy made Asher's Birthday Cake.....

Cause Mommy can't cook!
So, to continue, Asher got the idea of his Birthday for the first time this year. He even got to lick the beaters from his red cake, with red decorating and red candels. Can you guess, he likes RED!

Some neighbor kids came over to help us sing happy birthday....More pictures to come.

Gifts from Grandma Fisher

Asher turned 4 on March 19th and his Grandma Fisher sent him some money so he could go shopping for his own gifts. He had a ball (no pun intended) shopping. No matter what, he kept going back to this Lightening McQueen bouncing ball. He loves it.

He also got a water balloon sling shot, building blocks, cars B-I-N-G-O and a foam bat with ball. He liked to beat up Daddy with it.

The Little Boys Take a Ride

While Peter and Lindsay were here with their boys (I already posted pictures of Jon and Peter on the ferris wheel), I took these pictures of Asher and Manny on the ferris wheel. Angel tried it but before I could take a picture, he got scared and wanted off. I like both these pictures. They are such handsome little men.

Peter Wanted to Try.....

So Peter and Lindsay came for a short visit and Peter wanted to try out the ferris wheel. He was laughing the whole time. Peter kept hanging his feet out strait trying to for the wheel over again and again. It worked and they circled like 15 times or more. Lindsay was smart enough not to try it out.
Manny and Angel tried it too but Angel was pretty scared so Asher got on with him. Peter got both of them nearly to the top but they never went quite all the way around.
Oh...some good news!!! Sir Whiskers found his way home and said a big "MEOW" at the closing prayer of webelow scouts on Tuesday. I was so happy to see him.

DOGPILE!!!

So all the neighborhood boys thought they would get in a wrestling match in my livingroom. Of course Asher had to join in cause....well, that is what Asher does. Alex want so badly to be just like Asher that he decided to join in too. Just look who is on top. They had fun for about 10 minutes until they decided to take the game out onto the trampoline. Isn't it pitiful, Jonathan plays very competitive H-O-R-S-E with 12 year old boys.

On a different subject, today while going to deliver phone books, Alex was playing with a toy fishing hook. You know one of those plastic ones that you fish toys out of the water in the bath tub. Well, the next time I turned around, he had falled asleep but he still had the fish-hook in his mouth. I told Jonathan to look and when he turned around he said, "Look, I got a big one!"
After laughing so hard we almost woke Alex up, he stirred and the hook fell out of his mouth. Jonathan piped up and said,
"Ah...the one that got away."
I wish I had a camera with me.

RIP Sir Wiskers

Some sad news to report. Alex learned how to open our french doors to the back yard and we just realized this morning that nobody had seen Sir Whiskers since yesterday. Since there are various dogs in our neighborhood who like to eat cats, a swamp in the back and a very large farm to the side, not to mention street racing cars, I very much doubt that we will see Sir Whiskers again. This is a real shame since he was so young and we were just getting used to him in the house. Alex could lay on top of him and he would just lay there and ignor him. He was such a good kitten. Only 3 months old.

The Guys at the Cabin

So I know that this got lost in the shuffle of Spencer and Rieko have yet another beautiful baby boy but here are some pictures Jonathan took at the cabin. What can I say...at least they were warm.

When we are away...The cat will play!

Meet Sir Whiskers. He is the newest addition to our family. We got him for Christmas with his sister (who was totally co-dependant). We ended up giving her away. Ever since, Sir Whiskers has become a great cat.
Som most of you already know that Jonathan lost his job on his 31st birthday. He trusted someone he shouldn't have and we are paying the price. If we can make it to May, Jon will go back to school. Not sure if BYU or UVU but either way, school will be paid for. We have 4 years to do it. So for now, we are delivering phone books again. It gets a little hard with the kids in the car for so long during the day but we make it thru. We have a plan and we work hard so I'm sure there is no need for worry. We love you and miss you all. Please stop by if you are to find yourself in Utah.