Today, Zachary had his baptism interview with the Bishop. He is so excited to get baptized! We also dressed him up and took pictures for his announcement. We also got a call from Brittany this morning and she said she met this “really hot” guy down at EFY and she said his name was Baxter. […]
Today, Brittany went off to EFY in Normal, IL. She is SO excited! Initially we weren’t going to let her go because she is saving money for her Florida road-trip with the Marching Band during Christmas Break, but we gave in and decided to let her go. She comes back acting so nice and has
Over the last 2 days, Brittany has been participating in our Stake Youth Conference. She really enjoyed it. It’s weird now that Sarah “too grown up” for that kind of thing. Having only 1 daughter attend is strange. Next year, Kirstyn will be able to go. This year, Youth Conference was centered around a Book
Last night, the boys and I went to the annual father’s and son’s campout! We had a GREAT time and the boys really enjoyed being with their dad. We always go to the Blackwell Forest Preserve, and as you can tell by the pictures below, it’s quite the groomed camping area! 🙂 True to tradition,
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 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
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
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.
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 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. 🙁
