This morning, we all got up, piled in the van, and drove to the general session of Stake Conference. We went REALLY early in order to get a seat, and still didn’t get in the main chapel. Elder Oaks came around and talked to as many people as he could, and we all got to […]
Tonight, Brittany and Angela went to the Metea Musical and had a great time just as we did last night. Meanwhile, I was at church meetings for most of the afternoon and into the evening. We had the Saturday sessions of our Stake Conference and Elder Oaks of the Twelve suprised us with a visit.
Tonight Sarah played in the pit for Metea’s production of Beauty and the Beast. She was so excited to have the opportunity her senior year to participate in the musical, and also have the chance to play music for one of her favorite Disney movies. I took Zach, Ben, and Kirstyn and we had a
Happy Anniversary Angela! I can’t believe it’s been 21 years! It’s been a great run and I look forward to the next 21 with excitement! 21 years ago I married my best friend. The one I have laughed with, lived for, dreamed with, and still love with all my heart. 🙂
This afternoon, Angela took her cub scouts over to the Naperville Police Department for a tour. They had a great time and learned a bunch about how police work “works.” After that, we all went over to Still Middle School for Kirstyn’s final band concert of the year. She was really excited to play and
Tonight was the second night of the Still Musical and Kirstyn did an awesome job as well (according to Brittany). We didn’t have tickets for night 2 but went over at the end to help clean up and strike the set. After getting everything cleaned up, I took Brittany (because she wanted to be social
Tonight Kirstyn had the Still Middle School Musical called “Once on This Island,” and Zach had Gombert Poetry Night. Both were very excited to be participating. I took Kirstyn over to the musical and Angela took Zach over to the poetry night. I was kind-of bummed because Poetry Night finished up and Angela was able
Tonight we had a fun time with Zach as we went to Gombert Elementary for Literacy Night. The boys especially had the most fun listening to stories, and participating in activities. The son of a friend of ours from another school came over with a storytelling group and performed for the kids. It was pretty
Tonight we had a “I’m a Mormon” fireside activity at the church for a ward activity. It was very well put together. We had a wonderful presentation in the chapel, and then afterwards, we had refreshments and booths/displays about all facets of the church in a “trade show” format around the outside walls of the
Today we took all the youth 12 and up to the temple to do baptisms. It was a great experience and it was nice to have all three of my daughters up there. This was Sarah’s last trip as a youth and she was kind-of sad that her time is almost up. 🙁
This evening we had our Pearls of Wisdom event at the church. This is to honor all the graduating seniors. Sarah had a huge amount of stuff set up for a display table and it was fun to see. There were 4 seniors that participated. Each senior was introduced by a sibling (Brittany spoke and
Today Sarah paid taxes for the first time!!! She came in a little close to the deadline, but no worries. She ended up having to pay Illinois taxes (go figure – this state is so screwed up)… On a much better note, Metea Valley High School had their big end-of-the-year bash, which they called Senior
