Author name: Kirk Halliday

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Leadership Re-Connect – Day 2

Today we had day 2 of our RLF Re-connect, and it was even better than the first day!  Cliff Higbee (our facilitator) flew out from Salt Lake just to be there with us.  He’s a great guy and we all respect him quite a bit. We met at the Eaglewood Resort and found an area […]

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Leadership Re-Connect – Day 1

Today I had an absolutely wonderful day!  We held day 1 of a 2-day Regional Leadership Forum (RLF) Re-connect with a bunch of the folks from our group.  We had 8 or 9 people there and we met at the Eaglewood Resort in Elgin.  We read a fascinating book on leadership called It’s Your Ship

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Teacher Appreciation, Merit Badge and Painting

Today we finally got the outside wood on the house painted!  It was MUCH needed and I had put it off for so long.  We found a painter that had done other homes in our neighborhood and had done a great job.  He power washed the wood and prepared it yesterday, and then painted today. 

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Easter Egg Hunt and Easter Sunday

Yesterday we filled all the plastic eggs we had with candy and hid them in the back yard for our annual family Easter egg hunt.  The boys had a blast!  We invited the two little boys from next door over to join and they had a lot of fun as well.  It was fun watching

Church

First Den Meeting!

Angela was called last week to be a Den Mom for our Pack and she is very excited!  🙂  She can’t wait until Zach becomes a Cub in July.  She had her first Den Meeting today and although the kids are pretty rowdy, she had a great time and loves doing things with the boys. 

School

Official Cougar!

Today was a monumental milestone for education and for our family!!!  Sarah accepted her letter of invitation to BYU Provo and also signed up for her housing!  We have an official BYU Baby Cougar in our family! The only down-side (and probably won’t be when she gets there) is that when she went to sign

Church, Home Life

General Conference Weekend

This weekend was a pretty busy weekend due to General Conference.  Kirstyn had EEP and then the rest of the weekend was spent watching conference sessions and learning a bunch.  Last night for the Priesthood session, we did our usual get-together at Portillos for dinner and then went over to the session as a group.

Home Life

BBQ and Party

Today we had our neighbors over for a BBQ and had a great time.  We got to know them better and the boys really were excited to have people over, even though the kids are in middle and high school.  Kirstyn also went to a birthday party of one of her friends and had a

Church, Home Life

Play Day!

Today was a full “play day” for the kids.  Kirstyn did a mall trip with her friends, Brittany hung out with friends as well, and tonight, since it was spring break, we didn’t have any “official” Young Men and Young Women activities.  That said, the Laurels and Priests decided to get together and have a

Home Life

Spring Break Day Trip

Today we got up early and drove to Starved Rock State Park, where we hiked for about 7-8 miles around all kinds of trails, canyons, etc. and really wore ourselves out!  All the kids did a great job and we had a wonderful time!  We all didn’t think we could keep up with Angela, but

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Home from Japan and Bulls Game!

Today, Mom and Dad Hobbs got home from their mission to Japan!  🙂  They landed in Idaho Falls around 2pm or so totally exhausted and probably a little sad to have left all their friends in Japan behind.  They had a great welcome party waiting for them when they got home, however!  Angela was really

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Spring Break Starts!

Today Spring Break started and even more importantly for Sarah, Hunger Games came out to the theaters!  They made shirts and went to the movie… Going to the movie was part of a birthday party for a guy in our ward.  They had a blast and Sarah LOVED the movie! This week should be a

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