Shane's braces are off !!!

Today Shane got his braces off. He has been soooo excited to get them off. He even made a chain to count down the days.  Notice the background picture. One of the pictures has braces on and one of the pictures has braces off, but it is opposite of Shane's before and after picture. He thought it was magic!

Before the braces were taken off!

After the braces were taken off!

What a beautiful Smile!!!

Pine Wood Derby

Shane had his pack meeting for scouts Tuesday evening when everyone was here. They all came to watch and support Shane as he raced his pine wood derby car. He made his car in the shape of a shark, and did a wonderful job painting it! He even had blood coming out of the shark's mouth.  He got the idea from his cousin Caleb who had made his car like a shark too. His car got 1st place in every race it was in, but got 4th overall because of the times recorded. He was very excited his car did so good and even more excited that everyone would come and watch his car race.

Shane's Blue and Gold Banquet

A tropical Paradise

This year for Shane's Blue and Gold banquet, the scout leaders asked the boys to decorate a cake that had to do with a tropical theme.  They had a Hawaiian Lua for all the families, which included dinner (hawaiian haystacks) and a program afterwards. They had some polynesian dancers come and perform dances fron the different islands of Hawaii.  One of the girls in my young womens named Adrianna Lutu got up and did a dance from Samoa, where she is from. She had performed it in the Junior Miss pageant earlier this year. She did a great job. At the end they had the boy scouts get up and learn a dance from Tahiti called the Haka, were men shout, stomp, slap their bodies, and stick out their toungues.  They performed it for all of us.  It was right up Shane's alley-he likes to shout, stick his toungue out and make funny faces. He did good. I was sooooo mad I forgot to take my camera. These pictures are of Shane and the cake he made at home.

Shane getting his Bear Badge

In January Shane earned his bear badge in boy scouts. I realized later that we video taped most of it, but we didn't take any pictures. So these pictures are just of Shane in his Scout shirt. Shane also received a gold and silver arrow along with his bear badge. In our ward when the scouts earn their bear badge, they have to eat a piece of beef jerkey dangling from a string that either a leader or boy scout holds. They try to make it hard for them by moving the string everywhere, and the scouts are not aloud to use their hands. It is a lot of fun for the boys! We were very proud of him to get his bear badge so early. His birthday isn't until June. Way to go Shane!