Pixton Life March-May-by Rachel

Petting zoo cuteness.

Isaac got tons of Scout awards, including his arrow of light. He crossed over and is now an 11-year-old scout. he had a great birthday and is loving being 11!

Caleb dressed up as and made a presentation for Thomas Edison for a school project.

We had a great Easter! Bruce decorated an egg in the design of a temple. What skill!

Alex is loving the scouting program. He has gotten 5 merit badges. One of the badges was photography. He went crazy taking pictures all over. It could get a little annoying.

Shannon dressed up as Emma Smith for an Enrichment activity showing faithful women throughout the ages.

Our library hosted a petting zoo that all the kids went to see. There was everything from rabbits to goats, and lizards to spiders. Why they wanted to see a tarantula, I don't know.

I just had to add this. Isn't she so cute?

For a day off of school, we went to Prince William Forest Park to go on a hike. We invited some of our friends, the Hendricks and Rachel's best friend, Hilary (picture above), to come along. There was a stream that we hiked to, then played in. All the kids got wet, while the parents and Maddie stood at the side watching. We had tons of fun!!!

Isaac went on a school field trip with Bruce as a chaperone. They went to a zip line place. While waiting for their turn, activities were set up for the different groups.

Alex and Rachel took a day off of school to help out in the yard. They helped to make a pathway from our driveway to the start of our backyard hill. Later, the whole family planted over 40 plants, extended our garden by a couple of feet, and mulched the garden area to make it look nicer. We still have a mix of weeds/grass/moss for our main yard but we're getting there. The only problems, are that we have almost all of our yard covered in shade, and the deer eat many of the plants that we try to plant, including all but like 5 of the flowering plants.  :P

Isaac has hit a baseball spree (no pun intended). Bruce is an assistant coach for his team, and they both love it! Between this, his robotics team, and scouting, he has had a very full schedule.

Alex has been really into robotics lately. He is saving up so he can get his own Vex robotics set to work on. Alex went to a robotics competition recently. His robot is in the picture above. Sadly, his robot's arm wasn't working until the very end of the competition. It is not much fun when that happens. :(

Today we dedicated our house at the FOUR year mark. I can't believe that we have been here for this long!  (Doesn't our yard look a LOT better?)

Rachel finally received her Young Women's Median! She is also working on her Honor Bee and her second time through Personal Progress. For some of her Honor Bee hours, she is updating the Relief Society board. She decided to do this because she was tired of a blank board. This works out well, because Shannon is the Relief Society secretary, so she gets access to all of the info. She has also entered the tennis club at her school, and loves it!