Today was the big day! We picked up Carmen from the airport! She is such a sweet girl! She has only been with us for a few hours, but we feel very blessed to have her in our home! She’s all smiles, very polite, and is ready and eager to jump into the life we lead. […]
Now that our Family Reunion is over, we are excitedly looking forward to Carmen coming to stay with us for the month of July! We pick her up on Tuesday the 30th! We will add many more entries to our blog as we have GREAT experiences with her this coming month! Stay tuned for more…
We had an incredibly WONDERFUL Hobbs Family Reunion in Nauvoo, Illinois on June 23-25! Mom, Dad, all 8 kids and their families, Auntie Carla Fisher, Sue and Arlen Mounteer, Ben and Ashlee Despain, and Corey and Ashley Mounteer were there. 49 in all! We all met on Tuesday the 23rd and had lunch, watched the “Just Plain
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
I just finished up session #4 of 6 in my Regional Leadership Forum (RLF) today. Yesterday and today were, as usual, outstanding as I was able to get back together with my new friends and participate in a wide range of leadership and book discussions. On Monday, I led the book discussion on “Made to
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.
