Today we had a special Stake Conference that was not on the normal schedule. Bishop Burton of the Presiding Bishopric came to speak to us and it was a wonderful meeting! He is Brittany’s idol (if you can say that about a general authority), because she loves it when he talks about the welfare program […]
Last night and this morning, Ben, Zach, and I had our annual Fathers and Son’s Campout with the ward. We had a GREAT time! Zach was VERY excited (as usual), and Ben was happy as well. This was Ben’s first trip. He was a little nervous because he didn’t know what to expect, but as
Tonight was seminary graduation. Both Sarah and Brittany completed the year with flying colors and both got the Stake President’s award. This includes 100% attendence, reading daily and finishing the book they are studying (Doctrine and Covenants), memorizing all 25 scripture mastery scriptures, and more. We are so proud of them. Sarah has received this
When we were shopping a month or so ago at Jewel, Zach picked up a sheet to color for their annual coloring contest. He entered and we found out that he WON for his age group! 🙂 What a kick in the pants we thought that was! Zach is not known for his patience with
What a great last 2 days of General Conference! Fortunately we were able to be home for it (back from our trip) and able to watch all the sessions on TV (streaming from the Internet). We were a little worried about whether we would be able to watch it (overwhelming Internet streaming traffic), but it
Today was an exciting day for Sarah! She went tonight to the Priest/Laurel dance (i.e. Mormon Prom) at the Naperville Stake Center. They had to have tickets and everything. A group of them got together (6 girls and 1 guy) and had a blast. Sarah looked stunning in her formal dress and her hair done
Tonight was our Young Women New Beginnings Program. It was fun to see all our girls there! 🙂 We put Zach and Ben in a room to play with toys and they were pretty good. I had to only go out and tell them to quiet down 3 times! 🙂 Angela had the opportunity to
Kirstyn gave her first talk at church today! She did a GREAT job and wrote a wonderful talk all by herself. She was really nervous, but when she got up in front of the congregation, you couldn’t tell at all. She seemed very calm and ready to go! GREAT JOB Kirstyn! We are very proud
Today was an absolute crazy busy day! Where to start… Sarah had the ACT today and was very nervous about taking it. She has been studying and feels ready but still hates taking tests! She got up early and Angela drove her down to a high school in Plainfield to take the test. She was
Today, was a pretty busy day! Angela (with me as her tech crew) started the day off early with a couponing class at the church. She and a friend/sister in the ward presented a class on how to save money through couponing and it was well received. They did a great job and will have
Happy Birthday Kirstyn! Wow, it is amazing how old our kids are getting! Kirstyn went to her first Young Women activity yesterday and everyone sang to her! It was really cute! On Monday night, we celebrated with a birthday dinner at Sweet Tomatoes! We ran into a friend of Sarah’s that works there. HE gave
Today was a pretty cool day in our home. After church members of the Young Women’s Presidency came over to visit Kirstyn to welcome her into the YW Program! 🙂 It’s really hard to believe that she will be 12 this week and now we’ll have to be more careful of our Tuesday plans because
