Den 9 - Halloween Project

We hosted Tyler's den meeting for October at our home. That meant planning a scrapbooking project and putting together a project for the church Halloween Party. We decided for simple and made jack-o-lanterns. The boys finished both projects in less than an hour!!

Future Sacramento Kings Employees.

Merchandise for sale!

Tigers cheering section!

Bryce and his friends have so much fun together while their older brothers play soccer.

The Fish Hatchery

Over the weekend we visited the fish hatchery.  Like his father, Tyler loves this place.  It is relaxing and the kids have fun feeding the fish up close.  I forgot my camera, but we have been there so many times....  I had plenty of pictures stored.  

Since I grew up only 10 minutes away from the hatchery, I love that my kids love it there.  The place has not changed at all over the years.  Fish food still costs only a nickel.  There are rows and rows of cement tanks filled with baby steelhead.  My family used to ride our bikes along the the American River bike trail from our home to the fish hatchery.

Next weekend is the Salmon Festival.  That is when they open the ladders gates and the salmon begin spawning.  They jump the ladder to the fish hatchery where workers remove all of the salmons eggs.  It is pretty amazing.

picture 1 - salmon up close in the holding tanks waiting to die :( 

picture 5 -One year we went and you could see all of the salmon swimming up the river.  Look at all of the fishermen lined up (year 2006).