The Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular!

To celebrate my 9th birthday and Benjamin's 7th birthday, we had a wild adventure of a birthday party--right in our backyard!! We had 56 kids join us for the celebration . . . just amazing!! The party started with an Indiana Jones Stunt Show. Indiana Jones (played by Dad!) battled a ferocious bad guy (played by Uncle Vince!) on the roof of our house. It was close, and Indy was pretty banged up, but he eventually escaped! Indiana Jones then joined the party, leading us over to the park across the street for two games. First we had a mummy-wrapping contest and then a treasure hunt. Then we headed over to the picnic tables for a birthday treat. Chilled monkey brains were served to all the party-goers. Okay, they were really vanilla cupcakes, but they were made to look like monkey brains! After eating, we went back home where the "Bug Lady" was ready to give us kids one last treat. She gave an awesome presentation on bugs and arachnids and then all of the kids (who wanted to!) were able to hold some of her creatures--including a millipede, giant cockroaches and fascinating stick bugs! What a great day, and thankfully, the rain stopped right as the party was starting. Thank you God for great friends, great weather and a great day!

Welcome Spot and Ned!

Our tadpoles arrived this week! We ordered two tadpoles last May, but they could not be shipped until the weather cooled. On Friday, November 6, they arrived in two plastic jars, packed in styrofoam. The boys could not wait to open the package. Once we opened them, we prepared Planet Frog, got some bottles of purified water and began to get them acclimated to their new home. On Saturday morning, we fed them their special tadpole diet and they seem very happy and quite active. Welcome to the family, Spot and Ned!

Happy Halloween!

The Keller Boys love Halloween! Dressing up and eating candy are a few of our favorite things! This year, all four of us boys dressed up as Army soldiers. We got many comments from neighbors as we marched through the streets at night. Many thanking us for helping to keep our country safe! Before trick-or-treating our neighborhood, we had to carve our pumpkin (which we wanted to look just like our pumpkin shirts!). Then we filled up on a dinner of Halloweenies (pigs in a blanket, wrapped to look like mummies). We then piled in the van and headed over to Aunt Kim and Uncle Vince's house to get some treats! They were thrilled to see the Calvary headed to their front door. They had their front yard decorated like a creepy pirate village-wow!! We were back home in time to walk our neighborhood and fill our bags with goodies. It was a great day, an awesome night, and we got a ton of candy, too!

Golfing!

On Halloween Morning Benjamin and Dad and I went golfing with Mr. Webb and Max and Luke. We headed over to the Bear Creek Golf Course for lessons in driving, chipping and putting. Oh, and we also completed our requirements for our golf belt loops for Cub Scouts. It was a beautiful morning and the we really did have fun. Our favorite was driving, of course! Thanks to Mr. Webb for the golf lessons and to the wonderful lady who works with Grandma Kathy who gave us her son's outgrown golf clubs!

Our Field Trip to the Arizona Military Museum

In our history studies, we are just wrapping up learning about World War I and will soon be starting World War II. So, it was only fitting that we take a field trip to the Arizona Military Museum on October 28. At the museum, we learned about Arizona's rich military history--from the Spanish Territorial days until the present conflicts in the Middle East. We had a personal tour from the museum President, Col. Joe Abodeely. He was very knowledgeable and passionate about the entire scope of Arizona's military history. It was clear that he loves the museum, and so did we! When asked what their favorite parts were, the kids unanimously declared that they loved seeing the guns used in each war and of course the full sized combat helicopter which was housed in the East room. This field trip was especially special for us because Grandma Bettie and Dad were able to join us!

Gone Fishin'

Saturday, October 17 was a warm morning, perfect for heading out early to Veteran's Oasis Park for some family fishing fun! The boys were SO excited to try fishing for the first time. Grandpa Ron gave the boys their own fishing poles the week before, and they could hardly wait to try them out! We told several of our friends about our plans to spend the morning fishing, and we were so happy to have them join us! In addition to a fun morning out by the lake, Daniel and Benjamin completed the requirements to earn their Fishing Belt Loops for Cub Scouts. The boys had so much fun, they didn't care that the only catch of the day was caught by Dad and was pretty tiny. After fishing, we hiked around the lake for a while and then it was time to head home!

Family Movie Date!

We love days when Dad doesn't have to work! And, Columbus Day is one of those days! We celebrated this holiday by taking the whole family to the movies! We took in a 3-D, double feature of Toy Story 1 and Toy Story 2. Us kids loved watching the movie with the cool 3-D glasses. We loved sitting in the very back row, munching on candy and popcorn, too.