CHARMY'S CHARMS

Well, Becky, after seeing your rice crispy treat creation on your blog, we decided we had to try it! Being that peanut butter and chocolate is the supreme combination, I used chocolate and peanut butter chips on top of the rice crispies and then topped it all off with chopped Reece's Peanut Butter cups. Here are the results! Very Yum, by the way.

I am secretly hoping that I have tired him out enough that he might actually have a nap. But who am I kidding? That hasn't happened for a very long time! Oh well! Can't blame me for trying, right? At the very least I can hope for a few minutes of peace and quiet, those are rare moments around here! I'll take what I can get! I need to "put away" a little energy to get me through the rest of the day. Won't be long before the rest of the boys will be home from school, and then....... well, you know what!

This weekend was the culmination of 3 months of hard work for Matthew and his Destination Imagination team. Destination Imagination is a competition which combines creativity, teamwork and ingenuity with technical, engineering, and problem solving skills. There were several different "challenges" to choose from incorporating all of the above. Matthew and his team chose a challenge called "Obstacles, of Course". Yes, it was an obstacle course, but with a unique twist. They had to build a vehicle (7"x 5" or somewhere close to that) that could maneuver an obstacle course, which they also created. And while someone drove the car through the obstacle course, the rest of their team had to do a skit relating to overcoming obstacles (acting, but no talking)! It was quite a feat! And they did a spectacular job, if I do say so myself. They used a circus theme, which they really had a lot of fun with. They came in first place in the competition, they were very excited about that, and have the opportunity to go to Knoxville, Tennessee for the national competition in May--If they can raise enough money to go that is!

We decided to sign Mason up for a parent/tot soccer league this spring to get him ready for fall soccer. Saturday was Mason's very first soccer game, and he was so excited. He got his very own soccer ball and t-shirt, which he wore non-stop for 3 days! I missed getting to watch this week, because we were in Ashton watching Matthew's DI competition (more on that later), but Darrell went and played with him and they really had a good time together! You can bet this soccer mom will be there to cheer him on this week! I'll try to get some good action shots!

On friday me, Jared and my mom stayed at a hotel. We went to my brother's DI contest in Ashton, Idaho. Matthew stayed with some of his team in a different hotel. This is a picture of Jared and I sleeping at the hotel. Matthew's team got first place (they were the only team in their age division, but they did a really good job). I got to make a sculpture from milk bottles and then during the awards ceremony, I got to go up and tell everyone about my sculpture. We also did letter boxing, which was kind of like a treasure hunt where you had to solve clues and collect stamps from each location in a book we made. It was really fun. We watched several of the contests, including Matthew's. It was a long trip, but it was fun. We were very tired when we got home.