Reagan has a talent for writing.  I have been telling him this for years, but a teacher at school finally convinced him.  She thought his poetry was good enough to enter into a writing contest.  So he entered the following poem into the Idaho Scholastic Arts and Writing competition a few months ago.

Over the river,
Ripples to bring;
While dancing in lilies,
It seems to sing.

Whistles down canyons,
Howls in caves;
Then falls to the sea,
And makes the waves.

Floats ‘cross the mountains,
Shoots through the plains;
The violin plays,
No note it gains.

How ’tis like a song
Whipping through trees;
They go where they
The notes of the breeze.

He won an Honorable Mention!  Once we got to the awards ceremony, we realized it was more like 3rd place.  We’re super proud of him!

Cade participated in the National History Day competition last month.  He made a documentary about Apollo 13 for his project and won a 4th place ribbon for it at the two district competition!  It took months of work and he did it almost completely on his own.  Rock and I were happily surprised at how good it was for a first time documentarian.  You can watch his 10 minute documentary here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbKKoGjp688

Levi was in his first Pinewood Derby this month.  Like his brothers before him he made his first car into his favorite animal, the fox.  Meet “Fast Fox”.  
         

He won exactly one race, which is all a mother can hope for.  That way there are no tears when he doesn’t win fastest overall.  
           

And not to be out done by her brothers, Liberty lost her first tooth a few weeks ago, beating all her brothers for youngest tooth loser.

She ended up “losing” her lost tooth and was so distraught the tooth fairy might not be able to come that she took desperate measures.