Today was a pretty busy day! Kirstyn (in addition to basketball practice) had auditions for the school musical. She is very excited for these and has been practicing like crazy. She really felt bad last year after not making it and is determined that this year, she will be in it. She is (as are […]
Today, we all went down to the Morris ward building right after church to support Sarah as she received her Patriarchal Blessing. What a WONDERFUL experience that was for Angela and I to sit in on this very spiritual event. We spoke with Patriarch Burkhart for awhile and then he excused us in order to
Today we had a great Ward Conference at church. The best part was that all three girls sang in the choir and it was beautiful! 🙂 The meetings went well and we learned a bunch… The theme of our Stake this year is “I am a Mormon,” which we are all excited about, especially with
Today one of our friends was baptized and it was a really cool experience. Our whole family went and had a great experience with him. He is an ex-Marine and he and his wife moved into the Ward a few months ago. They just had a baby and are a great couple. We wish them
Tonight we had our Ward Adult Christmas Party. It was a ton of fun. It was held at the White Eagle Owners Club which was very nice because the place came pre-decorated! 🙂 All we had to do was set up the tables and decorate them. The food was wonderful (especially the desserts), and we
This morning, the Primary held it’s Christmas Breakfast for all the kids. Angela and I took Kirstyn, Zach, and Ben and we had a great time. I had to leave with Kirstyn part way through to take her up to her EEP program and then I came back. The boys had a great time and
Today was the second half (general session) of Stake Conference so we got everyone packed up and left 2 hours early to drive down to Joliet to get a good, soft seat (which we did). I used my iPad to keep Ben occupied, and again, it proved worth its weight in gold! Ben was very
Today was a pretty busy day! Kirstyn had her Engineering Program (EEP) at NIU in Naperville and was very excited to go. She loves all the activities that they do, and is excited to become an Architectural Engineer herself! 🙂 After she got done, Kirstyn and I joined the rest of the herd over at
Today, our Ward had a service event at Feed My Starving Children. The youth decided they wanted to head this up, so most of the participants were youth. We had a great time and packed enough food to feed 53 kids for a year (I think). It’s always a good feeling to go there and
Today, I woke up and had a wonderful, elegant spread for breakfast. The meetings went very well and I learned a bunch about what we were doing right and a TON about what we were not doing as well as we should and should fix. The people there were a great help! We had participants
Today was Zach’s last football game. He was sad that the season was over. We as the coaches are kind of relieved but we will really miss the kids. It’s been a fun season! Tonight we had our Ward’s Trunk-or-Treat activity. Everyone got dressed up in their costumes and we went to eat some food,
Today was session #2 of the Bishop’s Storehouse Open House. Sarah and Kirstyn went up and helped Angela with the event and they had a great time! We had our neighbors come and they enjoyed it as well. I brought up Brittany and the boys later on and we did a session. Nothing got broken
