Author name: Kirk Halliday

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New Back Yard Started and ACT for Brittany!

This morning Brittany had her final ACT test!  She was really nervous but thinks she did OK.  Best of luck Brittany! This morning they also started landscaping our back yard!  Yipee!!!!  We couldn’t be more excited (and we think the neighbors are pretty excited to see the weeds and such gone too)!  🙂 They started […]

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Date with Friends

Tonight, Angela and I went to Maggiano’s Italian Restaurant on a triple date with Terry and Bonnie Liddell, and Jason and Emily Morris. We had a BLAST!  We ended up getting the family style dinner which is much more expensive than the regular meals, but it’s all you can eat.  The waiter was AWESOME and

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CVHS Curriculum Night

Tonight we had curriculum night at Castle View High School!  As normal, Angela and I had to split up.  🙂  She went to Kirstyn’s schedule, and I went to Brittany’s schedule.  It was great meeting the girl’s teachers.  I think that they’ll have a GREAT year and learn a LOT!  

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Marching Band Showcase

Tonight the Marching Band had their first showcase (pre-competition) at Sports Authority Field in Parker (not the Sports Authority field where the Broncos play).  🙂  They did a GREAT job and played well.  By the end of the season, they’ll have an AWESOME show put together that should help them go a long way! There

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Ben Curriculum Night

Tonight was curriculum night for Ben and we got to meet his teacher and learn about classroom activities.  Miss Kalaveshi is really nice and will be PERFECT for Ben!  It was awesome how much support the parents show for the school!  The whole gym was completely full for the intro presentation, and it was just

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CVHS Homecoming!

Tonight was Castle View High School’s homecoming and Brittany got asked by Ammon Gatrell, a friend of hers she made in Seminary.  They went with a group of friends and had a GREAT time! Julia Liddell wanted to see Brittany at her first Castle View Homecoming so she came over with us to take pictures

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Flowers and Football Game

Today the girls got surprise flowers from one of the guys on the drumline (Zane Cartwright) who is also in the ward next to ours.  🙂  He brought Brittany a bouquet and Kirstyn a single red long-stemmed rose.  It was very sweet and it made the girl’s day! Tonight the girls had a marching band

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Brittany’s New Job!

Brittany got a job!  She started today at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory!  Yea!  A fun source of income for college for her! She’s really excited to be working there and Sarah will be very excited for her as well since she worked at RMCF also before she left for BYU!  I guess chocolate runs in

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CVHS Choirs – Spaghetti Dinner

Tonight the high school choir program hosted a spaghetti dinner fundraiser.  Brittany and Kirstyn performed “Nearer My God to Thee” in front of a huge dinner-eating crowd.  Angela accompanied them and they sounded really good. The microphones weren’t the best so they cut out a bit, but they kept going on and finished strong!  Ben

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School Parade and Festivities

Today the high school and feeder schools had a big parade to kick off homecoming week!  We went to support the girls and the boys were really excited to see if they could get some candy which they did.  🙂  Parade route was about a half-mile long and ended at the high school. After the

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Home Football Game

Tonight the girls had another home football game and did a GREAT job (sorry no pictures).  🙁  I’m now an official pit dad now though!  🙂  I get to help the pit with bringing all their stuff on and off the field for their competitions.  Angela is going to help out with that too!  They

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Landsharks Running Club

Zach and Ben joined their first club at school today!  They are doing a version of cross country running!  The group is called Landsharks and they meet to run every Thursday!  This is part of a larger organization that helps kids love to run. They are going to be doing a bunch of these types

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