Brittany recently applied to participate in a leadership program through the city called the Aurora Leadership Institute (ALI). Only 30 kids each year are accepted, and out of the hundreds of applications submitted, she was chosen! We are very proud of her for her desire to do this. It is a week-long, all-day leadership program (starting […]
Brittany is participating in a track club this summer through Waubonsie Valley High School. She attends practices daily and has a few meets throughout the summer. She is very excited for this becuase she is participating with her good friend Christina, and she gets to work on her skills at the 200, 400, triple jump
Today, I (Kirk) was selected by the School District’s CIO to be part of the District 204 Community Technology Forum. This is a volunteer forum that I applied for and was selected. I am very honored to participate with other technology-minded members of the community to help make our district a better place to be
Last night, we held our 5th Annual Teacher Appreciation Dinner for the kids’ teachers. We honored them with a dinner, a program (where the kids read poems and letters they had written – Zach also read a book all by himself , sang songs, and played music), and a gift. This year, Sarah invited Mrs.
This Memorial Day was crazy busy! While Sarah marched in the Aurora Memorial Day Parade with the Waubonsie Warrior Marching Band (Angela and Ben watched), Brittany, Kirstyn, and Zach went to a Kane County Cougars baseball game (Kirk watched) as part of the Ozzie Reading Club. We had a GREAT time and loved it! Go
Our family will be joined in July by a young woman from Spain! A lady involved in the PTA sent us some information about this and after much thought, we decided we would jump in and do it. We are VERY excited! This will give our family a little taste of another culture, as well
Today, the last day of our 4-day spring break, 1500 mile road trip (Sunday – Wednesday), we visited the Kirtland Temple on our way home. The Community of Christ has done a nice job keeping the temple maintained. They have added a new visitor center addition since we were last there: a theater where, after
After we visited Kirtland (see previous post), we drove to Palmyra where we stayed at the new and beautiful Palmyra Inn (two thumbs up if you go there and need a place to stay). Today we saw the sites around Kirtland (the Hill Cumorah, the Grandin Building, the Sacred Grove, the first log cabin, the
Well, spring break is here and as is typical of the Halliday family, we decided to do a road trip! Our destination: LDS Church sites in Kirtland, OH and Palmyra, NY! Yesterday we drove the 6 1/2 hours to Kirtland, visited the John Johnson Farm (in Hiram, OH), and today enjoyed the sites in Kirtland.
We did it! We had an injury-free weekend! No stitches for Ben, no sprains for Sarah, no other bumps or bruises! We were hoping we wouldn’t have 3 weeks in a row with something happen! 🙂 We did have a hugely busy Saturday, however… It all started at 6:30 where Sarah worked until 1pm at
Ben’s stitches came out yesterday. His scar will be obvious for a little while, but it should blend into his eyebrow eventually (especially if he gets Kirk’s eyebrows). 🙂 Sarah’s follow-up x-rays happened yesterday, as well. And Brittany was at the doctor on Monday. Hopefully next week, they’ll be absolutely no doctor visits. (Ben did
Just after Benjamin turned 1, he was weeble-wobbling around (his version of walking), fell, and hit his head on the corner of Sarah’s bed. He now has 5 stitches right on the edge of his right eyebrow. Ouch! Sarah felt horrible and freaked out at all the blood running down his face when she picked
