Moving to Teacher's Quorum

It's July 11, and it's my birthday! Since I'm 14 now, I've moved up to Teacher's Quorum. Because of this, the blog will run a little differently, you'll either be hearing about Deacon's Quorum events, and Teacher's Quorum events!

Spencer

Today is Spencer Patterson's birthday! He turned 12 today, so he's old enough to be a scout and a deacon. Not to mention that he and Rick are brothers, so this will be the second time we've had brothers in our troop (the first time was Jeremy and Chris).

Muffins

Brother Jackson: (Pulls out a muffin from a cookie sheet wrapped with tin foil)


Dallin: Augh! What's he doing with muffins?

Travis: Hey, he's got whipped cream too!

Brother Jackson: (Pulls out a can of whipped cream and squirts it on his muffin) Can anyone tell me what I'm doing?

Dewlin: Well, you're eating a muffin in front of us...

Brother Jackson: Yeah, but what's it for?

Travis: Because you like pumpkin spiced muffins?

Jeff: Because it's Mother's Day?

Brother Jackson: Yeah, but what else?

Dallin: It's your birthday?

Brother Jackson: Yeah! How'd you know?

Dallin: Oh, really? I just guessed.

Brandon: I didn't know it was your birthday...

Travis: It's okay Brandon. None of us really did.

Tay: I knew! Because it's my brother's birthday!

Jeff: So, do any of us get muffins?

Brother Jackson: Yes, if you're obedient. Which is what the lesson is all about.

-Today in Deacon's Quorum

Jaren's Birthday Party

So, Alec, Jeremy, Dallin, Rick, Teddy, and I came to Jaren's sleep over birthday party. We ate pizza and cake, and then Jaren opened his presents. Dallin made him a teenager survival kit with a bunch of fun stuff in it. Jaren also got a lot of gift cards for iTunes and At the Candy Shop. Then, we played games on my Wii that I brought.

Then, Brandon came over after singing in the San Francisco Boys Chorus. He gave Jaren a farting machine with a remote control. We pulled pranks with it by putting right by someone, and then at the perfect time, we'd press the button, and away it went!

After playing some games, Cole Becker, one of our friends, came over. Dallin invented a new drink. He poured about 10 Pixie Stix in water, and drank it. I tried it, but I only put in 3, so mine tasted like watery sugar. Eew. Purple water.

We started to watch Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, but some of us couldn't stay for the sleep over. So some of us left. First Rick, then Brandon, then Jeremy, then Alec. Then, it was just down to Jaren, Dallin, Teddy, Cole, and me.

We finished the movie, and then we stayed up until 3:30 AM watching Lord of the Rings on Dallin's iPod. We dubbed over the movie and said some funny stuff. We also found a part in the movie (The Return of the King) where Aragorn says "I do not believe it!" but he sounds like he's Mexican, and then he returns to his English accent. And then this one Orc made a weird noise that sounded like, "URRRGHRRGH!"

Then, at last, we went to sleep.

Rick's Birthday Party

Today is Rick's birthday! For his birthday party, we were divided into two teams:

Red Team: Blue Team:

Jaren Rick

Dallin Travis (me)

Kyle Worley Jeremy

Spencer Patterson Alec

Our teams battled each other on Guitar Hero. Well, actually, it was Band Hero, so it had drums, a guitar, a bass, and a mic. We also ate pizza and cake. It was pretty fun!

Brandon's Party

Today was Brandon's birthday party. It was a lot of fun! When I got there, Rick, Rick's brother named Spencer, Alec, and Jaren were there. Then, Dallin, Teddy, and some of Brandon's other friends came.

First off, we played Flag Football. That was fun! Brandon did an awesome throw! After playing Flag Football, we downed a bunch of pizza and cherry soda. We also played Telephone around the table. Whenever Jaren would start the round, Rick would change it completely on purpose when it came to him!

Then we started to play some basketball. I started pulling Brandon's little brother, Josh, around the pathway in the backyard in a wagon. Then some of Brandon's other friends joined in, then Rick, then Jaren, then Spencer, and finally, everybody was pulling each other in the wagon! But then Dallin had to leave. Sad.

Then the evolution of the wagon game we made up became more complex. Spencer and I made obstacles on the paths. We would throw Nerf footballs, or hold a rope in front of them. Then , we made our game into a haunted house! Two people would push and pull the wagon, and one person would ride in the wagon. First, they had to go in between the wall of the house and some thick and bushy trees where some of us would jump out and scare them, or even startle them by jerking something out in front of them, like this one crate we found. I think I even made Teddy jump once or twice.

Then they had to go past the patio, but there's nothing scary about that. Then, they had to go past some bushes and a palm tree. We would jump out of the bushes and scare them. Since the palm tree is right next to the path, they would accidentally ram into the palm tree!

Then, they had to dodge the flying Nerf footballs and pedestrian cones (we missed them a lot). Then, they had to go back to the starting line (the basket ball hoop). Just when it was getting good, we went and had banana splits!

Then, we played Ghosts in the Graveyard. Here's how to play: so, a couple of people are ghosts. They have to find the human people, and if they are tagged, they become ghosts. You tried to get everybody to become ghosts, and that's basically it!

We played it for about 3 rounds, and then, Jaren's dad took me, Jaren, Rick, Spencer, and Teddy home. So, all in all, it was a pretty fun party!

Brandon

Well, today is Brandon's birthday! He invited all the scouts to his birthday party on Friday. Yup!

Dallin's Party

Dallin had a birthday party today. Him, Jaren, Jeremy, me, Rick and some of our girl friends (well, they're our friends that are girls) to Dallin's house. Alec, Kyle Makaiwi, and Kyle Worley came later.

We watched the movie Pride and Prejudice. Okay, you're probably thinking "Huh? Isn't that a girly Jane Austen movie?" Well, this movie was the LDS version. 

Whenever something romantic happened, Rick kept saying, "Aw, I love this movie!" (we heard him say it about 16 times)!

There's a bad guy in the movie and he has a weird upper lip. Dallin said the guy had plastic surgery on his lip and he would say, "Ew! Plastic surgery man!" Also, this one lady gets a fake engagement ring, and Dallin shouted, "It's fake! She got it from a cereal box!"

We also had popcorn and root beer floats (um, not together). But it was all pretty fun!

Dallin's Birthday

Today is Dallin's birthday. He's 13 years old now! So, Happy Birthday, Dallin! Let's hope Rick doesn't bite you today!