Today, the Metea Valley High School Marching Mustangs went to a competition at Northern Illinois University (NIU) to perform. They didn’t “officially compete” but were on the program to give them a competition-like experience. The Fine Arts Department Chair, Mr. Devany (who is also the band director), doesn’t really believe in the full-fledged “competition model” […]
Today Sarah and Brittany marched in the Naperville Labor Day Parade! It was great to see both of them in the band. Brittany carried the state flag, and Sarah played her flute. It was a perfect day for the parade! Not to hot and not too cold, and it didn’t rain like it did for
Tonight was the first varsity football game at Metea’s stadium! Brittany and Sarah were VERY excited to perform in marching band as well! Angela went up early to help with the band uniforms, and I helped out during halftime in our first attempt at being the “pit crew.” It was a lot of fun and
School started today! It’s hard to believe how fast the summer went by! It seems like yesterday that the kids came home from their last day of school very excited for a summer full of fun, trips, and rest! 😐 Next thing we know, we’ve returned home from a 2 week vacation to Utah and
Today was an absolute CRAZY day! We had a blast, but it was non-stop! It started with cleaning the church at 7am. We couldn’t do it at any other time, so we were all up at 6 getting ready to go clean. We were there with a couple of other families so the work went
Zach had his ice cream social back at Gombert Elementary today! He is very excited to be in First Grade! He found out who his new teacher is: Mrs. Swanson. She was the Student Council faculty leader when Brittany and Kirstyn were there. She should be very good for him. We hope that she is
Today Kirstyn went to Still for the first time as a new 6th-grader for PAWS (Peer-Assisted something) day (not exactly sure what it stands for). They had all kinds of getting-to-know-you activities, got their locker assignments, met some of the teachers, and she made some new friends. She doesn’t have her schedule yet, but can’t
Today Brittany had her freshman orientation up at Metea High School and both her and Sarah played in the pep band for it. They had a great time! Brittany became even more familiar with the school and found her classrooms. Then came the best part of it for her… THE DANCE! Sarah and her friend
We got up REALLY early and drove up to Rexburg, ID for a campus visit at BYU Idaho at 9:00 am. The girls were really excited about this one too. I was also excited as I got to go on the tour and such while Angela stayed with the rest of the kids! 🙂 Sarah
Today we left North Ogden (which made the kids very sad) and drove up to Logan Utah to Utah State University. We arranged a visit with admissions for Sarah and Brittany, just like we did at BYU. Angela went with the girls while I drove around sleeping kids. When they got on campus, not only
Today we left early and drove down to Provo for a BYU campus visit. It’s hard to believe that Sarah will be a Junior next year and will be applying to college! YIKES! Sarah worked on her resume and we set up a visit with an admissions counselor and a BYU campus tour for both
Today was the big day for the Memorial Day Parade in Naperville. Sarah was all set to march in the parade with the Metea Valley High School Marching Mustangs. The parade started out well and then it looked like rain would threaten it. Right before the band started marching, the rain started coming down in
