Tonight we went to Sarah’s Baccalaureate at Metea and it was great! It was a little strange for us because in Utah and Idaho, the event is much more religious and takes place on Sunday. Everyone dresses up in Sunday dress as well. This evening, there were people there in shorts, tank tops, jeans, and […]
Tonight we had two back-to-back events. Sarah and Brittany had their Metea Music Awards Ceremony, and Kirstyn had her final chorus concert of the year. We all went up to the high school where Sarah and Brittany got their music awards for the year. Brittany got her letter award, and Sarah got a Senior Award
Today, Sarah had her first “Adult Talk” in church! 🙂 We had all the seniors take 10 minutes and talk on specific topics. Sarah’s was on “The Glory of God is Intelligence” and she knocked it out of the park! What a fine young woman she has grown up to be. We were very impressed!
Today was the District’s Fine Arts festival for all the activities we were gone ALL day! Not only did we have the kids in all the activities, but Angela and I had a table for the ARTSpeaks group we participate in. We are hoping to get momentum going for the arts in the district! There
Today was the last day of Seminary for the year and Sarah’s last day of Seminary ever! 😐 She came home a little bummed that she wouldn’t have seminary anymore, but also a little bit excited that she wouldn’t have to get up early anymore for it either! 🙂 They had a great year and
Today, Angela helped out in the classroom and did Super Science with Zach’s class. Mr. Farrell said that she could bring Ben and that was also a hit! 🙂 They had a great time and Zach is always so proud to have his mom and little brother there with him at school! Tonight, Sarah had
Today, Sarah had her scholarship award ceremony from the Naperville Junior Women’s Club. We met over at Mimi’s Restaurant, and they welcomed the 5 recipients of the $1000 scholarships heartily and really made them feel special. They had a nice little program and read letters of recommendation about kids from their applications. The one they
Tonight, Brittany had her final orchestra concert. She has done so well and she is very excited to again be in the upper orchestra next year! She has practiced much more and it shows. She and the rest of the orchestra played wonderfully and we totally enjoyed being there. Although our schedule is completely hectic
Today we held our 8th annual Teacher Appreciation Dinner in our back yard. We really love this event and so do all the teachers we invite. This year we had 20+ people attend, so we had to hold it outside. Because this is Sarah’s last year doing this, we decided to let her not only
Happy Mother’s Day Angela!!! You are very much loved and appreciated! Today we all got up early and made breakfast in bed for Angela. We made her crepes, sausage, juice, and fruit, which she really loved. It’s always fun to see the kids do this for their mom. 🙂 Brittany got to give a tribute
Today, Zach and I went to a Kane County Cougars ball game for the Ozzie Reading Club reward through school. Zach really likes these events because he gets to be with his dad, eat junk food, and watch baseball. 🙂 Unfortunately, we missed the traditional parade around the inside of the ballpark for all those
Tonight, we attended the first annual Metea Valley High School Black and Gold Senior Awards Ceremony. All the seniors receiving awards were honored tonight, and Sarah was the recipient of the 2012-13 Illinois State Scholar award which honors students for their outstanding academic achievement during the year. Way to go Sarah! She has also received
