Joshua got to participate in the kids mock court they have for 5th graders. Each student drew a part out of a bag and Josh got a big reading part. He did well. I can't remember what his name was, but he was very very animated in the accusing of the big bad wolf in hurting the little piggies. If you look at Joshua's facial expressions, you will get to see a bit of his personality!
Josh was thoroughly enthralled with his train set that Santa brought. He has to know how each part works. We got more track to add to it for next Christmas..very fun for us and Joshua!
Wii...the game we love and the game we love to hate! Many sore muscles from Christmas to New Year's. We love it and it keeps the boys busy when it's too cold to play outside. The only thing that we hate is the fighting on who gets to be #1 remote person and the fighting that comes with wanting to be the winner everytime.
Josh got tired and layed down to play. Very funny! Cheryl and I played on New Year's eve and we tried to sit and play tennis..very hard and very funny for us to watch!
Okay, so, I'm really behind on my blog, but better late than never! Josh turned 11 in December. He wanted a train cake, so I found one to make for him. He loved it! My kids are great when I make the cakes! They say, Mom it actually looks like a train. When I start off it's such a mess, but by the end, I've made what my boys call awesome!
Josh loves the Polar Express movie, thus the book and train cake!
Here is Leah and Zoe trying to keep their house assembles while decorating. All the little kiddos decided to eat the frosting glue off their houses so we had a few houses falling down.
Friends from our ward came over with their children to decorate! It was a lot of fun! I think Jon really enjoyed eating and decorating!
We were happy to see that Josh wanted to participate! 
The white all over Zoe is the glue frosting. I think she had the most fun with the frosting! It even stuck her hair onto her face!
This is Zach's chair....but Savannah had to give it a spin! Ain't she cute?
The finished products...except for the Thompson's. I think they had to leave before we got this picture taken! I miss doing this as an annual event. We will have to do it again next year!