Ben's Christmas Carol

We attended a Children's Readers' Theatre of "Ben's Christmas Carol". This story is loosely based on Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol, Ben the Christmas Mouse takes you an adventure to find the true meaning of Christmas. He encounters many creatures during his journey. Ben’s Christmas Carol helps children understand Christmas from a mouse-eye’s view!

Quite creepy when you consider how life like these mice look. A giant mouse seems like something from a sci-fi movie!

On Stage

April and her kiddos were supposed to attend this event with us, but because of bad weather she gifted her tickets to a friend of mine. In spite of missing you April, we still managed to have a good time.

Grandma Scales' Enchiladas, It's What's for Dinner!

These enchiladas are the real deal! They took a lot of time to make, but well worth the time for the great flavor! I have to admit I did cheat on the tortillas and used mission corn tortillas, but everything else is made from scratch! Grandma Scales, thanks for sharing your recipe with us.

Our Ward Family Christmas Party

Our ward rented out the local skating rink for our Ward Christmas party. We had a really great time skating and hanging out with all our friends in one place. The kids loved skating. Robbie really is a natural at it and was very quick to let us know he wanted to do it by himself! Sierra wanted to skate off with her friends but found it a bit more difficult then running on her own two feet. She was very determined and never gave up. Bridger enjoyed lounging in the stroller and I'm sure can't wait for his chance to skate one day. Santa showed up to take wish lists from the children. Sierra asked for a cupcake maker, Robbie asked for a Diego Train, and Bridger wouldn't even talk to the man.

Which mammal has the shortest gestation period? Which one has the longest?

Gestation period: Gestation is the period of time between fertilization and birth of mammals—in other words, the time spent in the mother's uterus.

Opossom-12 days

Mouse- 21 days

Dog- 2 months

Lion- 4 months

Grizzly Bear- 7 months

Giraffe- 14 months

Orca Whale-12-16 months

Elephant- 22 months

The shortest known gestation period is 12 to 13 days. A marsupial, the American or Virginian opossum is known to have the shortest gestation period.

The longest gestation period for a mammal is that of the African elephant with an average of 20-22 months.

The human gestation period is 9 months. Leaving me due June 25th!

Laser Tagging in Style!

With our good friend Rene Bown moving to Texas, we decided to have one last girls night out with her before she left us for her family and warmer weather. We played 4 games of Laser Tag and I'd like to say the make up and camo garb helped me kick every ones butt, but I guess I forgot to summon my eagle powers! I did however manage to be the highest scorer on my team in the first game. Sorry for shooting so many of my team members especially you Beemer! Thanks for helping me, be the best that I can be!

Do we look like your worst nightmare, or what!

Be afraid be very afraid!

Back Row: Bambi, Goose, Stealth, Hollywood, Amazon Queen, Flash

Front Row: Joe, G.I., Beemer

I look so hot in camo, I put the G.I. in G.I. Joe!

Brewing Rootbeer the Old School Way!

We decided to try our hand at making our own Root Beer from scratch. Here's the link of the recipe we followed:

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Root-Beer

Only after three days and after answering many questions of "Is it done yet?", We finally indulged on our homemade root beer! We all really liked it, but agreed next time we'd tweak the recipe for a bit more sugar and a little less yeast. This was a fun family science project!