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Skype with Tokyo!

Tonight we Skyped with Mom and Dad Hobbs in Tokyo!  They are looking great and are having a wonderful time on their mission!  They are in the Mission Office right now taking care of finance and secretarial jobs, but will soon be back out with the people. It took a bit for us to get […]

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Football and Gatorthon

Today, Zach was really busy!  He had an early football game and had a TON of fun, even though his team lost again.  🙁  He played on the offensive line today and had to go against a really big kid that I swear is not in first grade.  We were joking that maybe he is

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Funeral, Picnic, Football, Party…

Today was a crazy day.  We got up early, got ready, and went to the funeral of our friend.  The services were very positive, and the priest gave many encouraging words to the family.  This is the first funeral mass that any of our daughters had been to so they were a little confused as

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Visitation for a Friend

Tonight we attended the visitation for our friend, Lonny Greenwald.  Sarah went over and spent the whole time with her friend, trying to comfort and help her out.  When we got there, we saw many other people that we knew and also met some that we didn’t know before.  Their neighborhood (near ours) is so

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Marching Band Banquet, Job Offer!

Tonight we had the Metea Valley High School Marching Band banquet and had a great time.  Kirstyn watched the boys, while Angela and I went with Sarah and Brittany and stuffed ourselves with roast beef sandwiches, pasta, and great desserts! After eating, we watched a great video presentation of the marching season, the kids were

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Zach’s Football Pictures!

Zach got his football pictures the other day and I just got around to posting them today.  He is such a cute little football player.  He has a great team and really nice and helpful coaches.  Even though they have yet to win a game, they sure have a lot of fun! Zach loves playing

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Sarah’s Birthday! Sweet 17!

On MUCH better news than on yesterday’s post, today was Sarah’s Birthday!!!  SWEET 17!  Yikes!  It is amazing how fast time flies.   Just yesterday, we were in Provo bathing Sarah in the kitchen sink!  🙂 We celebrated a little but with Zach’s football practice and Young Women/Young Men activites, we were pretty swamped!  We’ll celebrate

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Death of a Friend

Today we received some terrible news…  The dad of one of Sarah’s best friends and friend of our family passed away.  Lonny Greenwald left behind his wife Jackie, and 2 daughters, Rebecca and Emily.  It was quite a shock.  We just chaperoned with him at the Homecoming Dance on Saturday, and he ran and finished

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Busy Day Part 2 – Football and Homecoming Dance

Part 2 of our very busy Saturday consisted of football and the Metea Valley High School Homecoming Dance! Zachary had his football game and played pretty well.  He is still starting at center and today, he didn’t have a single missed snap!  What a cute little football player he is.  He is trying really hard

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Homecoming Football and Last Performance

Tonight was the final Metea Marching Mustangs performance on the field.  🙁  On a good note, they had their best halftime show of the season and did a wonderful job!  I absolutely loved being part of the pit crew and will miss hanging out with the pit dads at games.  We had a great time! 

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Mom and Dad Hobbs in MTC!

Last night, Mom and Dad Hobbs were set apart as missionaries, and today they finally went into the MTC after weeks of preparing and getting excited!  Jeremy (Angela’s Brother) took them down and dropped them off.  They were just like two little kids on Christmas morning!  🙂 They only get to spend a week in

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Billy Joel Tribute Concert and Football

Today, Sarah and Brittany participated in a REALLY cool Billy Joel Tribute concert at the high school as part of their marching band season and show.  They played all the music in their marching show and a Billy Joel cover band was there and played a bunch of music as well.  Angela and Kirstyn went

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