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Young Women in Excellence

Tonight we went to the Young  Women in Excellence program at the church.  True to form, they had a great program!  The theme was Mission Possible and each of girls had secret agent names.  It was cute.  Brittany was Special Agent OSO, and Kirstyn was Special Agent Caramel.  We got a laugh out of that. […]

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Meet the Mormons Night!

Tonight, we had a GREAT event over a the church.  Our long-planned “Meet the Mormon’s Night” finally came to pass and we had a wonderful attendance.  We had lots of friends of ward members come and it was wonderful to share with them everything about the church and what we believe.  The official program was

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Angela Scout Training

Today, Angela had her first official scouting training at East Aurora High School!  It is so cute to see her walk out the door with her binder in her bag and her scout shirt on!  🙂  She had a fun time there with a couple of the other leaders from the wards that go to

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Zach Gets His Bobcat!

Tonight was pack meeting, and Zach received his Bobcat award!  He was so excited to go and get his first rank advancement!  He has been working really hard and doing all his requirements.  Angela has been doing an outstanding job so far, making sure that they plan activities that will help the boys to get

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Thai Dinner Party and Baptism

Tonight we had a Thai party at the clubhouse of some good friends of ours.  She is part Thai and her dad was in town and loves to cook so they took advantage of this!  Brittany went over early (in her catering interests) and helped prepare the food.  She is now an expert in spring

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Mormon’s Next Door @ C.O.D.

Today, we had a wonderful experience at the College of DuPage (COD).  Angela in her role with Public Affairs went and gave a wonderful “Mormon’s Next Door” presentation to a comparative religion class that one of the young men in our ward is in.  He helped set it up and the teacher was pretty excited. 

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Basketball Starts for Zach & Trunk or Treat

Tonight Zach started basketball and had his first practice with the park district team he’s playing on.  It’s a little more relaxed than the Wheatland team he plays for.  There are some kids who have never played before and he feels right at home.  🙂  We also had our trunk or treat activity tonight at

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Zach Gets Bobcat!

Tonight at Cub Scout Pack Meeting, Zach received his Bobcat rank!  For the first time ever,  Angela and I got to go up and have Zach pin on mom’s first scouting pin!!!!  Yea!!! Great work Zach!  He is really excited about Cub Scouts and can’t wait to do more and get his Wolf rank advancement. 

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General Conference – Exciting News!

This weekend was a VERY busy and VERY exciting!  A friend of ours went to the BYU vs. Utah State Game and saw Sarah.  He sent us a picture of her and Kristen Blackham together… He said they looked like they were having a TON of fun and really enjoying themselves! General Conference was this

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Angela’s First Roundtable!

Angela had her first cub scout roundtable tonight!  I had to give her a hard time as she went out the door in her new scout shirt!  🙂  What goes around comes around Angela!  All those times you poked at me leaving in my scout shirt have come back!  🙂

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Summer End Swim Party

We can’t believe that school is just around the corner again!  Tonight we had our end-of-summer swim party at the South Pointe pool and clubhouse for the young men and women in our ward.  We had a great turnout and a lot of the kids had friends come to join us.  Brittany had 4 I

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