I just finished up my 3rd of 6 Regional Leadership Forum sessions. What a GREAT experience. I read 5 more books, totalling 15 since the first of January. They were 1) First Break all the Rules, 2) The Zen of Listening, 3) The Prince (by Machiavelli), 4) Brain Rules, and 5) The Pearl (by John […]
What a GREAT day today was! Two wonderful things happened in our family: 1) Sarah tried out for section leader for the Metea High School Marching Band last week, and today she found out that she made it! We are very excited for her and she can’t wait. Part of this experience will be to
Brittany shocked us all and made us proud today at her track meet as she secured a commanding win in her heat of the 200 meters! She came around the turn strong and never looked back! Her time of 33.59 was the 2nd fastest girls 7th grade time in the entire meet! Congratulations to Brittany!
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
Brittany had her first Still Middle School track meet this week and did very well. She competed in 3 events: 1) Shot Put, 2) 1600 meters, and 3) 4o0 meters. Her shot distance was almost 15 feet (which is pretty good considering her size and weight). She ran the mile in 8:29, and ran the
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.
My newly designed web site is now up and running and available for you to take a look at! All you have to do is use the same old URL and you will be redirected: http://www.kirkhalliday.com. There’s still a few things I’m working on, like updating my resume, and linking into photo albums, but other
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
Like other faiths, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sometimes finds itself on the receiving end of attention from Hollywood or Broadway, television series or books, and the news media. Sometimes depictions of the Church and its people are quite accurate. Sometimes the images are false or play to stereotypes. Occasionally, they are in
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
