Today was quite the interesting day! Brittany had a concert tonight featuring all the honors music groups. She sang with the Honors Chorus and played her violin with the Chamber Orchestra. She is doing quite well! She just got a brand new violin ($1400 ouch!) but it sounds soooo much better than her old rented […]
Today was a fun day for all of us! This morning, Brittany went out on a date with Mom and met Tracy and Carrie Raketic at Ikea for breakfast. They wandered around afterward and looked at all the fun stuff to buy! 🙂 This afternoon, Angela and I met 3 other couples (Collingwood, Smith, and
Tonight Kirstyn had her very first band concert! It was held over at Waubonsie Valley High School in the auditorium and her school was combined with 4 other elementary schools in the district. It was great to hear them play for the first time together. They showed examples of what was good and what was
In a nail-biter final game of the year, BYU beat Utah in overtime 26-23! It was such a sweet win! They ended the season 10-2! Max Hall redeemed himself from a year ago, when Utah intercepted him five times in a 48-24 blowout in Salt Lake City. Max made some pretty seering remarks about Utah’s
We hope you all had a very happy Thanksgiving! We sure did! The day started off with Angela and Brittany running the 2009 Naperville Turkey Trot 5K. They had a great time and although it was a little chilly, it could have been much colder! We all then cleaned up the house, started cooking the
Today, the Comcast cable installer came and hooked us up with new internet access (cable with up to 20 Mb download), new internet phone, and a huge cable package of over 300 channels (HD included), and an HD DVR! We are very excited! We were on Dish Network, AT&T DSL, and standard phone service and
Tonight Brittany had a “Sing and Share” at Waubonsie Valley High School. They put on this program every year and invite the honors choruses from the middle schools that feed into Waubonsie to sing with them. It was a short program, but it showcased some of the talent at the high school. The honors choruses
Today we went to a memorial to veterans in downtown Naperville. At the park by the carillon tower, they had over 2000 flags set up, honoring those who had fought for the freedoms of our country. This was in conjunction with Veterans Day last week. It was cool to see all the flags set up
Tonight Sarah and Brittany had their Young Women in Excellence program. What a wonderful program! The cultural hall at the church was decorated to the hilt and on the walls, each girl had a side-view of their silhouette. We all had to go around and match these to their names. It was very interesting and
After a short night, I got up at 3am, got ready, and met a couple of the group in the lobby of the hotel at 4am for our trip to the airport. My flight left at 6am (not sure what I was thinking when I booked the flight)! 😐 After sleeping most of the way
Day 3 of SIMposium was great too! We had some more great workshops and learned much. The best part of the day was in the evening when a bunch of us got together and hung out. We started by going to a local recommended wine bar where everyone tasted of the local wine (I was
We had a great second day of SIMposium in Seattle! It was full of great keynote presentations, breakout sessions, and good food! I learned a lot of great things not only about Information Technology but about leadership in general. There were a lot of CIOs from around the country that we were able to talk
